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Families & Friends for Drug Law Reform believes prohibition laws are more the problem than the solution. It seeks alternative laws that minimise the harms.
ACT, Australia
Joined February 2013
The 29th Annual Remembrance Ceremony ‘for those who lose their lives to illicit drugs’, Weston Park, Yarralumla, ACT Mon 21 Oct 12-1pm followed by a BBQ. If you would like a loved one remembered please contact info@cahma.org.au @PetterssonMLA @FairTreatmentAU @emmadavidsonACT
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This is so painful especially after 30 years of advocating for drug law reform and harm reduction. What a pity heroin on prescription wasn’t agreed to back in 1997. It would have reduced the reliance on the black market that kills.
Our Policy & Engagement manager, Robert Taylor, spoke to @7NewsMelbourneabout the alarming increase in synthetic opioids. The @VicGovDH issued a drug alert for a white powder posing as cocaine, which contains a dangerous substance, protonitazene: https://t.co/JvfYfMeurC
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We need more than a piecemeal approach. Comprehensive reform that ends the black market and provides real, sustainable resourcing for best practice harm reduction is what is needed, Australia-wide. See @harmreductionau ED @Annie_Madden_ in @theage today...
theage.com.au
The director of drug harm reduction charity warned the deaths were “a major wake-up call” as medical professionals fear an opioid crisis could engulf Australia like it has overseas.
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Thank you @JacintaAllanMP. Wise, factual and caring words from a politician. Lives matter!!
I wanted to tell you here first: pill testing will be trialled in Victoria this summer.
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Is this the optimal way of allocating Australian government spending in response to illicit drugs? Don’t think so somehow. Very low return on investment from 64% allocated to law enforcement. Much higher ROI from treatment & pittance invested in harm reduction @harmreductionau
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Important piece by David Caldicott & Mal McLeod in MJA Insight on @pilltestingaus saving lives @ACTINOSProject @emmadavidsonACT @RyanPark_Keira @greencate @IngridStitt @AivGoesGreen @rachelpayneMP @TammyMLC @WAHealth @NatashaFylesMLA @rosaliewoodruff
https://t.co/HhqTqFiWbT
insightplus.mja.com.au
Despite the success of pill testing trials in Australia, there continues to be ideological opposition to a practice that could save lives. Pill testing (often called “drug checking”) is designed to...
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And how would it be now if the well researched and well modeled ‘heroin trial’ under the renowned leadership of Gabriele Bammer had not been quashed by PM Howard in 1997? How will we know I guess. @ACTINOSProject
Just imagine what harm reduction would achieve in Australia & elsewhere if didn’t have to waste so much time & energy fighting for interventions & instead could deploy that energy starting & expanding interventions! @harmreductionau @weareuniting @FFDLR
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From an organisation that has advocated for the past almost 30 years for drug law reform to save our family members from unjust, badly conceived drug policies this response from Qld opposition is so so frustrating. Thanks @ACTINOSProject
I’m sitting on a plane, on the way back to Canberra, from implementing QLDs first #pilltesting trial at #RabbitsEatLettuce. So I have some time to address this nonsense. Let’s have at it.
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Come on @AlexWodak change has been far too slow. Political parties are far too easily intimidated with the fear tactics of the press when they could be preserving and improving lives. Australia should do much better. Well done @greencate and @weareuniting.
Based on principle 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing, drug law reform supporters IMHO should accept incremental gains while continuing to advocate for more substantial reforms @weareuniting @harmreductionau @FirstSteptweets @Unharmdotorg
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Qld Pill Testing Services to begin next week - congratulations to @pilltestingaus and team for breaking new ground again & our thanks to Qld Govt. @ShannonFentiman @greencate @AivGoesGreen @TammyMLC @rachelpayneMP @IngridStitt @RyanPark_Keira @FFDLR
https://t.co/gAKMcALdg8
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The public health principle of the better informed you are the better decisions you make stands.. btw @pilltestingaus never say its safe to use any drug but lets not bother the jury with facts @BuckinghamJN @FFDLR @greencate @FDS_NGO @JRK68993240
https://t.co/ONKIc93Gz3
skynews.com.au
Legalise Cannabis MP Jeremy Buckingham argues young people are “opting out” from taking drugs as a result of pill testing centres. “In Australia hundreds of thousands of people are doing it every...
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The pressure is on! 🚗 “Medicinal cannabis advocates call for WA driving law overhaul” https://t.co/DBV5rULIdw
abc.net.au
A West Australian man says he breaks the law out of necessity every time he gets behind the wheel after taking medicinal cannabis for pain relief.
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HILDA survey at a glance: 7 charts reveal we’re smoking less, taking more drugs and still binge drinking https://t.co/INKcAfrYMM via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
Some 17,000 people told us exactly how much they drank, smoked and used illicit drugs. Here’s a unique snapshot of Australians’ vices.
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“It's certainly not surprising to see that overdose deaths are as high as they are, because we have not meaningfully addressed the production and the supply of drugs,” Read more:
thespec.com
By Alexandra Mehl
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Nine in hospital after suspected festival overdoses, eight critical (CT 8 Jan) “The ambulance union believes the incident highlights the need for pill testing at festivals not only to inform potential drug users …. but to help emergency services allocate resources.”
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