Effective, just, humane drug policies
Reducing the potential harms associated with drug use and drug policies
Treatment Equity Project
Advocating for a more affordable, accessible and equitable Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) in Australia.
Pill Testing Australia
Advocating for and providing evidence-based pill testing services Australia-wide.
Drive Change
Advocating for drug driving and medicinal cannabis reforms that are fair, equal and improve public health.
Our impact
HRA has a commitment to making change happen. Here’s some of our outcomes.
Opioid Treatment
Led a national advocacy campaign that resulted in ground-breaking reforms to the affordability of the Opioid Treatment Program for over 50,000 Australians
Pill testing
Conducted Australia’s first legal pill testing trial at a festival in the ACT in 2018 and delivered the first festival-based pill testing service in Qld in 2024
drug driving
Led nationwide campaign to reform current discriminatory drug driving laws against people prescribed medicinal cannabis
drug testing
Advocated on the negative impacts of workplace drug testing for people prescribed medicinal cannabis
Video of the 2024 National Harm Reduction Forum
News
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Reform for Roadside Drug Testing in NSW
This report provides an overview of recent data provided to the Legislative Council by the Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism in New South Wales on 10 September 2024, with regards to roadside drug tests conducted over the last 5 years (by Local Area Command), number of positives by drug type and whether there has been…
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HRA 2024 National AOD Data Report
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the key national data sources on alcohol & other drugs (AOD) and harm reduction in 2024. Although Australia has established routine data monitoring systems and national surveys on AOD issues, currently there is an absence of a centralised national report that collates key information from each of these…
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HRA & Drive Change responds to NRMA Report.
“Driving high – the need to detect drug drivers” report published by NRMA demands a response.
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Stop Child Strip Searches
HRA is pleased to support an initiative led by our colleagues at Redfern Legal Centre ahead of the NSW Drug Summit aimed at stopping the strip searching of children and young people by NSW Police. An open letter has been sent to the NSW Premier and copied to the Ministers for Youth, Police, Health, and…
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Harm Reduction Australia backs tobacco harm reduction
From the 1st of October, Australians will legally be able to purchase nicotine vaping products from participating pharmacies. While an improvement on previous legislation which required people to acquire a medical prescription to purchase a vape, this approach remains inadequate and imposes significant barriers for people seeking alternatives to deadly cigarettes. Tobacco harm reduction focuses…
