...accidental heroin overdose. He was 28 and had been just managing his addiction for many years. He had tried several times to rid himself of his dependence, but unfortunately was...
...heard has highlighted the many intersections between illicit drug addiction and mental ill health. Indeed the Australian Medical Association lists substance use disorder as a form of mental dysfunction. It...
...about comfort for family and friends who have lost loved ones to drugs even though dear friends and children of dear friends and parents of dear friends have been lost...
...his sense of humour along with the joy of working beside him when he was at his most creative. His children miss their very loving father even more. We all...
...member, at her midwifery training at the Queen Victoria Hospital in Melbourne in the 1960s, recalls that the hospital retained a precious supply of the drug for use for intractable...
...the tension between the known principles of person centred care and punitive law enforcement especially as it relates to drugs and mental health. “This tension is lethal,” declared Bill Bush,...
How do we gather strength for the journey, when some of the ones we travelled with have fallen behind? It is in the returning again each year, or in one...
...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...
...asking questions to which he rarely found satisfactory answers. One question was how a drug like heroin came to be prohibited when it had been widely used medically… Read more...
...reality like I have at a music festival. It’s like a circus, a wonderland, a place for unconventional souls. Bill Bush President Families and friends for drug law reform https://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/heritage-chiefs-surrender-to-seidler-mystique-20190107-p50pwu.html...