Pharmaceuticals officially more of a problem than illicit drugs, report finds – TripleJ Hack
Drug use is a really big problem in Australia, but the culprit is closer to you than you realise. The Australian Institute of Health and…
THE OPIOID CRISIS IN NORTH AMERICA
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...
President’s Annual Report 2017
During 2017 Families and Friends was still finding its feet after the loss of Brian McConnell with whom the organisation has been so much identified...
Starving welfare recipients off drugs
You have to admit that having a go at drug users is enticing politics. What pushback could there be against introducing drug testing of welfare...
FFDLR Newsletter November 2017
Newsletter contains information on AGM & BBQ Thursday 23rd November Moving Forward – pill testing and injecting rooms Report on Remembrance Ceremony Starving Welfare Recipients...
Ceremony remembers a record number of overdose deaths
Contrary to all our hopes and in defiance of all our efforts over the past 22 years to prevent drug users dying, the 22nd annual...
Drug checking as a harm reduction tool for recreational drug users: opportunities and challenges
EMCDDA European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction drug checking pill testing harm reduction tool recreational drug users: opportunities and challenges Summary: A number...
Interview on 2CC – What does the Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform think about Pill Testing
Marion McConnell was interviewed by Chris Coleman on Radio Station 2CC following the shelving of the pill testing trial that had been given the go...
Letters re Harm Reduction
Here are two letters published in the Canberra Times with different thoughts on harm reduction. One is by Bill Bush, President FFDLR (Oct 14) and...
Potential to save lives at dance festival stopped
Potential to save lives at dance festival stopped Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform are dismayed at the shelving of the pill testing trial...