The ABC’s ‘Ice Wars’ Is Exploiting Vulnerable People
Written by Tony Trimingham, and Gino Vumbaca After watching the ABC ‘Ice Wars’ last week they believe there is no option but to call for...
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Huge cocaine busts don’t affect drug supply. We need another way
It’s reasonable to assume that huge drug busts, such as Monday’s seizure of 1.4 tonnes of cocaine, will deal a heavy blow to the drug’s...
New Drug Plan Needed
The following letter was published in the Canberra Times on 25 Jan 2016 New drug plan needed In October 2016, what was then the largest...
Good move on suicide
The following letter by Bill Bush was published in the Canberra Times on 24/1/2017 Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform (FFDLR) applauds the Capital...
Ice – Failure of Drug Law Enforcement
Law enforcement agencies and politicians like to boast about record seizures of drugs as an indicator that they are succeeding in overcoming the problem. In...
We Should ‘Just Say No’ to Australia’s Approach to Drugs
Gino Vumbaca, President of Harm Reduction Australia writes in the Huffington Post How many more people need to die before we change this flawed system?...
AMA supports needle and syringe programs for prisons
“BBVs are a major health problem in our prisons, which is no surprise given that many people are in custody for drug-related offences in the...
AUSTRALIA’S FLAWED DRUG POLICY
Gino Vumbaca, President of Harm Reduction Australia writes in the Huffington Post about Australia’s flawed drug policy and offers five changes that would make a...
Committee refuses to investigate the link between drug policy and suicide
In April 2016 Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform made a submission on the association between drug policy and suicide to the Standing Committee...
Alison Ritter: Calling for more humane drug policies
Professor Alison Ritter, Director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program at the UNSW-based National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, spoke at “UNSOMNIA: What keeps you...