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100,000 Australians were prescribed medicinal cannabis for chronic pain in 2022
With the exception of Tasmania, Australia’s drug driving laws prohibit the use of THC, even with a script. […]
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Australia Has Legalised Psychedelic Therapy — Here’s How It’s Going to Work
Before you start thinking all the rules have gone out the window, there are quite a few caveats here. […]
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‘Historic’ funding changes for opioid dependency treatment
Medicines prescribed for the treatment of patients with opioid dependence are set to become more accessible in the coming weeks. […]
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To tackle Australia’s opioid overdose problem, learn from global solutions
“We must recognise that addiction is a public health issue – not a law enforcement problem,” Schumann writes below. […]
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Australia ranks third for opioid deaths: national drug crisis revealed
The extent of Australia’s drug crisis has been revealed, with the country following the United States and Canada to rank third for the highest number of opioid overdose deaths. […]
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A free, legal drug checking service is being set up in three cities around Aotearoa.
The new service is now available at community clinics in Wellington and Christchurch five days a week, and four days a week in Dunedin. […]
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CanTEST on their first 1000 drug tests
Canberra’s drug checking site has now tested 1000 substances. The harm reduction service reported a majority of users disposing of their illicit drugs when testing found they contained unexpected and dangerous substances. ABC’s Adam Shirley spoke with Stephanie Stephens, the Director of Service Delivery at Directions Health. […]
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Drive Change Submission to Law Reform Commission of NSW
David Heilpern, Lead of Drive Change, an organization auspiced by HRA to lobby for change to the drug driving laws for prescribed medicinal cannabis patients. […]
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No doubting the need, Melbourne needs a second safe injecting room
If there is a lesson to be learnt from Melbourne’s first safe-injecting room in North Richmond, which the state government finally made permanent this month after a five-year trial, it’s that the success of such a facility relies on appeasing the community as much as managing what goes on inside. […]
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HRA Federal Budget Media Release – 9 May 2023
Harm Reduction Australia welcomes the announcement in tonight’s Federal Budget that will see $377.3m over 4 years (with $98.4m ongoing) invested in making access more affordable under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for the Opioid Dependence Treatment Program (ODTP). HRA-Media-Release-9-May-2023-1Download […]
