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This stroke survivor wants the government to do one thing in his lifetime
Tony Trimingham wants to see one outcome from his 20 years of drug reform advocacy: that NSW decriminalises small quantities of drugs. Harm Reduction Australia executive director Annie Madden has urged Minns to announce the summit to “get on with the business of saving lives and reducing drug-related harms”. […]
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Australian Medical Cannabis Users Say Our ‘Outdated’ Road Rules Are Putting Them At Risk
Patients say that they are being unfairly penalised despite not being high, and are urging governments to make changes that bring driving laws to bring into line with other drugs such as opiates and antidepressants. […]
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Australia ‘lags internationally’ in harm reduction as drug overdose deaths continue to rise
Harm Reduction International executive director Naomi Burke-Shyne says Australia has now fallen behind in the harm reduction space, failing to offer “innovative and comprehensive services” […]
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Victorian government approves health services to hand out life-saving overdose-reversal drug
Victorians will be able to get an opioid overdose-reversal drug directly from addiction support services at no cost from this week, in a move advocates say is long overdue. More than one person every day dies of an opioid-related overdose in Victoria, according to the Coroners Court. […]
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Harm Reduction Journal Publication on Pill Testing in Australia
A step change model analysis of the establishment of pill testing in one Australian jurisdiction […]
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Greens introduce Pill Testing Bill in NSW Upper House
Greens MP and spokesperson for drug harm reduction, Cate Faehrmann, has introduced legislation that would allow a trial of pill testing at music festivals and a fixed site across New South Wales in the Upper House today. […]
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Crossbench teams up on pill testing trial, as government says it’s open to cannabis discussion
Pill testing could be trialled over next year’s music festival season if three minor Victorian parties get their way on Thursday, a day after the state government announced it was open to talks about decriminalising personal use of cannabis. […]
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NSW drug law overhaul would allow six marijuana plants for personal use
People would be allowed to grow six marijuana plants for personal use and give their friends pot as a gift under a proposed law being introduced to the New South Wales parliament on Wednesday, as the government comes under more pressure to enact drug reform. […]
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Vending machines for clean syringes and opioid treatment proposed by Melbourne City
The City of Melbourne will investigate setting up vending machines to dispense clean syringes and opioid medication naloxone in the CBD after a council motion was passed on Tuesday night. […]
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Put morality aside — drug liberalization works, says ex-New Zealand PM
Speaking ahead of the launch of a report showing that the world is failing to reduce HIV and viral hepatitis cases among people who inject drugs, Clark said measures such as drug consumption rooms, needle exchanges and decriminalization would help make progress in combating these infectious diseases. […]
