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Insurance companies have betrayed the community on pill-testing
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HRA Executive Director Appointed
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Parliamentary Inquiry into impact of illicit drugs being traded online
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National Health Amendment Bill
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NZ: Drug checking to be permanent after law passes third reading
Drug-checking services have been given the all-clear to keep testing the safety of illicit substances at festivals and other locations over summer. Legislation confirming that such services can permanently continue, and expand, passed its third reading yesterday – replacing a temporary law that was set to expire at the end of the year. […]
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Study finds police presence at music festivals can lead to “panic overdoses”
A new study has found that the presence of police at music festivals can lead some attendees to “panic overdose”, consuming all their drugs prior to entering the site. The Australian study, led by researchers at the University of NSW, surveyed festivalgoers at six music festivals in New South Wales that took place between November 2019 and March 2020. […]
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An Australian First – Fixed Site Pill Testing Announced
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HRA Submission to the Opiate Dependence Treatment Program Post Market Review of Medicines
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Australia needs drug testing and opioid blockers to reduce overdose deaths
If we want to reverse the growing trend of overdose deaths, naloxone, a drug that blocks the effects of opioids, must be distributed to everyone who is interacting with those who are dying, including the police. As well, it is time that we follow Spanos’s recommendation and make pill and drug testing available. […]
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‘A disgrace’: Ice inquiry commissioner accuses government of ignoring calls for reform
The commissioner who led the state’s ice inquiry has accused the NSW government of missing a once-in-a-generation opportunity for drug reform and ignoring his recommendations 15 months after handing down a landmark report. Professor Dan Howard SC said he was deeply disappointed with the government’s failure to respond to the 104 remaining recommendations after rejecting five almost outright, including pill…
