FFDLR Newsletter November 2021
...many countries punitive drug control measures continue to operate unabated. The net result is that there is a severe dearth of accountability when it comes to the repressive approaches to...
...many countries punitive drug control measures continue to operate unabated. The net result is that there is a severe dearth of accountability when it comes to the repressive approaches to...
...perspectives of Drug Users. 2017 Pharmaceuticals officially more of a problem than illicit drugs, report finds http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/misuse-of-pharmaceuticals-on-the-rise/9271046 2015 Drug Driving – There is no minimum level behind the wheel http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/6840926...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-22/drug-properties-being-found-by-cantest/101798128 Key points: Five hundred samples have been collected by CanTEST since it opened in July this year The latest results have revealed some drugs contain children’s cough medicine, pre-work...
...when we decriminalise drugs? Life Matters with Hillary Harper – This is 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...
...offence of possess and/or use illicit drugs. The ACT 2017-18 rate of 140 per 100,000 population is just 39% of the national rate of 362 per 100,000. The good news...
...non-medical use of pharmaceuticals in the territory. https://www.health.act.gov.au/about-our-health-system/population-health/act-drug-strategy-action-plan Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT The Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA) is the peak body representing...
Program-2022Download https://www.ffdlr.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Marion-1.mp4 Marion’s SpeechDownload https://www.ffdlr.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mackenzie.mp4 Kenzie-FFDLR-Oct-2022-Final-copyDownload https://www.ffdlr.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MichaelP.mp4 PetterssonAddressDownload https://www.ffdlr.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SarahB-1.mp4 27th-Families-and-Friends-Remembrance-ServiceDownload...
...dangerous ones: cheap and nasty crack cocaine in the United States; cheap and nasty ice in Australia in place of heroin; the development of more potent strains of cannabis. The...
...New South Wales, for example, what happens to those drugs that get through? Because there is no safety net there. In the ACT we have a safety net. We have...
Audio: http://www.ffdlr.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/SenGaryHumphries.mp3 Transcript: I want to welcome all of you who attend here today to take part in this annual act of remembrance for those who are the victims...