President’s Annual Report 2018
2018 has seen an unprecedented amount of action in support of drug law reform. Most notably this has involved Uniting’s fair treatment campaign launched in...
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Drug checking as a harm reduction tool for recreational drug users: opportunities and challenges
Background paper commissioned by the EMCDDA for Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/document-library/drug-checking-pill-testing-harm-reduction-tool-recreational-drug-users-opportunities-and-challenges_en
Blaming the parents
Letter to the Canberra Times – Unpublished Dear Editor The column (“Why parenting can’t be outsourced to a pill tester”, January 3, p18) brings a...
Blaming the kids
Letter to the Editor of Canberra Times – Published 07/01/2019 Frustration infuses so much of the media reporting of defiant young music festival goers. How...
Pill Testing
Pill Testing at music festivals is well and truly on the agenda. If you are wanting to understand it better the following link gives a...
ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan
The ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan 2018-2021 (released on 11/12/2018) outlines ACT Government priorities to address and minimise harms from alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and...
FFDLR Submission to Drugs of Dependence (Personal Cannabis Use) Amendment Bill 2018
Submission of Families and Friends for Drug Law ReformTo Mr Michael Pettersson concerning the exposure draft ofthe Drugs of Dependence (Personal Cannabis Use) Amendment Bill...
ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan
The ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan 2018-2021 (released on 11/12/2018) outlines ACT Government priorities to address and minimise harms from alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and...
REGULATION – THE RESPONSIBLE CONTROL OF DRUGS
The Global Commission on Drug Policy The purpose of The Global Commission on Drug Policy is to bring to the international level an informed, science-based...
What is a church doing running a facility where illegal drugs can be used openly? And why?
This podcast by Amanda Tattersall from ChangeMakers gives an excellent history of the involvement in drug policy over many years of the Uniting Church. Many...