...with the death rate steadily increasing over a decade and now at 7.5 deaths per 100,000 Australians – data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows. http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/3303.0~2016~Media%20Release~Drug%20Induced%20Deaths%20Increase%20in%202016%20(Media%20Release)~9...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n_RPDuNY6c Please check out Uniting’s full version of the evening here....
...under 4 in 10 Australians either smoked daily, drank alcohol in ways that put them at risk of harm or used an illicit drug in the previous 12 months. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/illicit-use-of-drugs/ndshs-2016-detailed/contents/table-of-contents...
...28 years of Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform. Watch Win News video of nominees here: https://www.facebook.com/WINNewsCanberra/# (scroll down to “From drug reform advocates to selfless volunteers –...
...Strategy Action Plan 2018-2021 (the Action Plan) outlines ACT Government priorities to address and minimise harms from alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and non-medical use of pharmaceuticals in the territory. https://www.health.act.gov.au/about-our-health-systempopulation-health/act-drug-strategy-action-plan...
...The deputy coroner’s reasoning? Our current drugs policy is futile and likely to exacerbate harms rather than to alleviate them. It’s hard to understand why the government won’t listen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-15/poor-drug-policy-needs-a-pill-testing-trial/10895360...
www.canberratimes.com.au No guarantees There cannot be an absolute guarantee that pill testing would have saved the life of the 24 year old who died at the music festival in Tocumwal...
...for a health-focused legal response to drug use Report by the Australian Lawyers Alliance released this month. President of FFDLR recommends this report and it can be found at https://www.lawyersalliance.com.au/documents/item/2064#page29...
...Reform will be participating in the Volunteering Expo 2017 tomorrow Tuesday 19 September 12 noon – 6.30pm at the Southern Cross Club Woden. Everyone is invited to come along. https://www.facebook.com/VolunteeringandContactACT/...
...message about treating people who use drugs as people not criminals. It was exciting to watch so many people enter the doors of the historic St Stephen’s Uniting Church on...