Medical Profession and Drugs
The Green’s recently announced a change in policy direction on drugs. There was a predictable backlash with distinct lack of support from the AMA. The...
View ArticleAMA supports needle and syringe programs for prisons
“BBVs are a major health problem in our prisons, which is no surprise given that many people are in custody for drug-related offences in the...
View ArticleWe Should ‘Just Say No’ to Australia’s Approach to Drugs
Gino Vumbaca, President of Harm Reduction Australia writes in the Huffington Post How many more people need to die before we change this flawed system?...
View ArticleGood move on suicide
The following letter by Bill Bush was published in the Canberra Times on 24/1/2017 Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform (FFDLR) applauds the Capital...
View ArticleHEROIN PRESCRIPTION:THE NEED FOR RATIONAL DRUG POLICY
This is the video from the seminar held on 27 July, 2017 to commemorate 20 years since the Federal Government abandoned the Heroin Prescription Trial....
View ArticleDrugs and Driving
Drugs and driving – FFDLR comment following media speculation on methadone causing tragic accident. No one should drive while their capacity to do so is...
View ArticleATODA Research eBulletin – May 2019
Research Findings How strong is evidence for depot injection treatment for opioid use disorder? Any progress yet in defining and understanding the contested concept of...
View ArticleUnderstanding the impact of opioid agonist treatment in reducing crime
http://connections.edu.au/opinion/understanding-impact-opioid-agonist-treatment-reducing-crime By Dr Natasa Gisev, Scientia Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research CentreIn a recently published...
View ArticleDispension’s biometric opioid vending machines ready for Canada-wide roll out
Dispensions biometric opioid vending machines ready for Canada-wide-roll-out The device was used in the MySafe project pilot, the first to involve Opioid Dispensing Kiosks and...
View ArticleOpioids are driving drug overdose deaths, but people with addiction are...
Methadone, and other similar opioid replacement therapies (ORT), have been used for decades in countries including Australia, and are designed to reduce craving and withdrawals associated with opioid...
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