FFDLR Newsletter November 2021
...efficient than domestic drug law enforcement – the most effective form of drug law enforcement. Heroin assisted treatment in Switzerland produced a reduction in drug trafficking and drug use and...
...efficient than domestic drug law enforcement – the most effective form of drug law enforcement. Heroin assisted treatment in Switzerland produced a reduction in drug trafficking and drug use and...
...this shame and stigma that stops many seeking help is to remove the criminal sanctions for drug use. Decriminalisation does not increase drug use. It increases the understanding of drug...
...certainly worth listening to. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/what-happens-when-we-decriminalise-drugs-/101389420 The ACT will soon become the first jurisdiction to decriminalise the possession and use of illicit drugs. It’s a pivot to treating drugs as a...
...the Family Drug Support Day Newsletter: Voices-to-be-heard-survey-newsletter Founder and CEO of Family Drug Support (FDS), Tony Trimingham OAM, who started the organisation after the death of his son Damien 25 years...
...2021 Newsletter. Even though many of us are in lockdown life goes on and we continue to promote Drug Law Reform as much as we can. You will find in...
...both alcohol and other drug problems and unemployment than drug testing welfare recipients. Read more: Helping drug users get back to work, not random drug testing, should be our priority...
...and carried out by the Drug Policy Modelling Program which sought evidence on typical drug consumption patterns in the ACT. It is hoped the trafficable amounts will follow this research...
Proponents and critics of drug testing welfare recipients are repeating the same arguments. Here’s how to break the deadlock. from www.shutterstock.com Alison Ritter, UNSW The proposal to drug test welfare...
...tablets, is a powerful sedative that has become a popular illicit drug. Canberra’s pill-testing results confirm that ‘ketamine’ is often another drug https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/pill-testing-shows-ketamine-is-often-another-drug/101864346 Key points: Only 53 per cent of...
...indicators of price, purity and availability confirm that drug law enforcement does not reduce supply. Despite large border seizures retail prices remain stable, purity levels rise and users report availability...