Courting Drugs – Punishment or Opportunity?
In this forum, we focus in on the role of the courts in matters concerning substance use. Our guest speakers will discuss the different approaches to justice being explored and that need to be explored…
End overdose. Promote health and human rights #IHRD2021
https://youtu.be/ZfraAAfzV8w The 7th of May is International Harm Reduction Day, where we promote evidence based public health policy, practices and human rights to end overdose and signficantly reduce drug harm. Mick Clear spoke at our…
Paul Dietze on COVID-19 and drug use
https://youtu.be/-aqBLBuADcc Professor Paul Dietze An excerpt from our December 2020 end of year forum. https://ydhf.org.au/events/december-2020-meeting-impacts-and-opportunities-of-covid-19/ Professor Paul Dietze is one of Australia’s leading alcohol and other drug epidemiologists and speaks here about recent research into…
Stigma in the media
https://youtu.be/K4GvFwf49Ac Dr. Liam Engel An excerpt from our April 2021 forum 'Drugs, Stigma and the Media' https://ydhf.org.au/events/drugs-stigma-and-the-media/ Dr. Liam Engel is an adjunct research fellow at Edith Cowan University and talks about the role of…
Why is the Herald Sun obsessed with Medically Supervised Injection? (AOD Media Watch)
Police are again trying to justify the huge amount of resource allocation to drug enforcement by blaming all of society’s problems on people who use drugs.
Why a new CBD drug room would ‘take people off the streets’ (3AW)
Forum chairperson Peter Wearne spoke with 3AW's Tom Elliott about the future for medically supervised injecting centres in Melbourne. Listen to the full discussion at their website. https://www.3aw.com.au/why-a-new-cbd-drug-room-would-take-people-off-the-streets/
International Harm Reduction Day 2021
https://youtu.be/ZfraAAfzV8w Today is International Harm Reduction Day, where we promote evidence based public health policy, practices and human rights to end overdose and signficantly reduce drug harm. https://twitter.com/cohealth_au/status/1390428230641803264 https://twitter.com/YarraDrugForum/status/1390504664949411843 https://twitter.com/ihrdmay Mick Clear spoke at our International Overdose…