President’s Annual Report 2008
Internationally there are signs of a change in thinking on the issue of illicit drugs. The United Nations, once a strong defender of the law...
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Nobody’s Children Inquiry
Recommendation 1 Open minded consideration should be given to the serious possibility that policies like those concerning illicit drugs actually harm children of drug dependent...
President’s Annual Report 2007
Internationally there have been some positive signs of change. There is a positive movement in the UK to make changes to the drug classifications and...
Submission by FFDLR to the Inquiry into the use of Crystal Methamphetamine
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DISABILITY – INQUIRY INTO THE USE OF CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE submission by Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform...
Submission of FFDLR to the Inquiry of the impact of illicit drug use on families
SUBMISSION OF FAMILIES AND FRIENDS FOR DRUG LAW REFORM TO THE INQUIRY OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEE ON FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO...
President’s Annual Report 2006
Internationally there have been some positive signs of change. Canada, on the doorstep of the USA, has opened a medically supervised injecting centre. Great Britain,...
Inquiry by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission into Amphetamines and other Synthetic Drugs
Submission of Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform to the Inquiry by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission into Amphetamines and...
FFDLR views on Australia’s mutual assistance arrangements
The Mutual Assistance Act needs to be amended to broaden the scope of assistance to which the safeguards of the Act apply. In particular, Australia...
President’s Annual Report 2005
Events of significance The year 2005 has been a mixed year. Internationally there have been some positive signs of change. In Europe heroin on prescription...
FFDLR submission to the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Serious Drug Offences and Other Measures) Bill 2005
SUBMISSION OF FAMILIES AND FRIENDS FOR DRUG LAW REFORM TO THE INQUIRY OF THE SENATE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE INTO THE PROVISIONS OF THE...