FFDLR Newsletter October 2019
Contents include: ACT legalises Cannabis Pill testing Half a Million Steps film showing on Tuesday 29th October – check the newsletter for details. Remembrance Ceremony...
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Half a Million Steps Screening
will be held on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm at the Palace Theatre Canberra 2 Phillip Law Street Canberra, ACT 2601...
24th Annual Remembrance Ceremony
Monday 28th October 2019 12:30pm - 1:30pm Weston Park, Yarralumla, ACT
How philosophy 101 could help break the deadlock over drug testing job seekers
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...
Drugs don’t affect job seeking, so let’s offer users help rather than take away their payments
Drug testing risks further marginalising welfare recipients. Iakov Filimonov/Shutterstock Nicole Lee, Curtin University The Morrison government is having another shot at getting its proposal to...
Letter to the Editor – Pill testing works
Letter to the editor of the Canberra Times was published in today’s paper – 6/9/2019. It was significantly edited but the original is copied here....
Half a Million Steps documentary, coming to a screening near you
The next exciting phase of the Fair Treatment campaign is to empower community members to share the powerful stories in our documentary Half a Million...
Understanding the impact of opioid agonist treatment in reducing crime
http://connections.edu.au/opinion/understanding-impact-opioid-agonist-treatment-reducing-crime By Dr Natasa Gisev, Scientia Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research CentreIn a recently published study, we examined the link between opioid agonist treatment...
Pru is still a mystery
Framing drug policy that minimises harm to users, families and the community is not for dilettantes.
CLASSIFICATION OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES: WHEN SCIENCE WAS LEFT BEHIND
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...