Starving welfare recipients off drugs
...those who are likely to use the money to support their habit? The spongers! Impecunious drug users themselves are only too familiar with such negative attitudes. read more at newmatilda.com...
...those who are likely to use the money to support their habit? The spongers! Impecunious drug users themselves are only too familiar with such negative attitudes. read more at newmatilda.com...
...heroin and died alone with no friend to call the ambulance. In another case, a 15-year-old girl died in the drain opposite the Canberra hospital. Her young mates on that...
...the most harm, including dependence and longer-term health problems. They are also the biggest financial burden on the community. Neither is addressed under this measure, so it will not assist...
https://vimeo.com/718541342 00:42:09 – MS STEPHEN-SMITH – Alcohol and other drug use – harm minimisation policy – Ministerial statement 00:50:38 – MS STEPHEN-SMITH/MADAM SPEAKER – continuing 00:58:14 – MR DAVIS/Mr Assistant...
https://the-riotact.com/modern-day-leper-how-drug-policy-is-isolating-canberrans-from-help/389095 “If former Chief Minister Kate Carnell had been allowed to finish her proposed six-month trial of a safe-injecting room in Canberra, there would be no need for a second...
...analysis on communications strategies on drug harm to produce an effective communications strategy. The ACT Greens have been working with Common Cause in developing our communications strategy on drug harm...
https://the-riotact.com/pill-testing-safe-injecting-room-support-jumps-in-act-as-drug-use-goes-up-aihw/389736 “The [National Drug Strategy Household Survey] survey found 57 per cent of Australians supported pill testing (around one-quarter opposed) while 47 per cent supported supervised drug consumption rooms (around...
https://citynews.com.au/2021/letters-a-welcome-step-in-fixing-failed-drug-laws/ Letter writer MARION McCONNELL says Michael Pettersson’s Bill to decriminalise small amounts of drugs for personal use is a very welcome small step in the right direction. I FIND it difficult...
Calling on governments to count the costs of half a century’s ‘war on drugs’ – and explore the alternatives. transformdrugs.org twitter.com/countthecosts Cannabis legalisation in Canada – One year on The...
...has a piece in the New Scientist below. Dutch among lowest cannabis users in Europe – report Also some notes from the 2009 Annual Report from the European Monitoring Centre...