COVID19 – April Meeting Cancelled
The community information lunch planned for Monday 6 April has been cancelled as part of managing community safety around COVID 19.
YDHF will be looking to continue business using electronic communication means but meanwhile we wish everyone to be safe and well and won’t be holding any physical gatherings for the time being.

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Stigma and discrimination experienced by people who use drugs
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Forum chairperson Peter Wearne spoke with 3AW's Tom Elliott about the future for medically supervised…
Why a new CBD drug room would ‘take people off the streets’ (3AW)
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Notes from our October 2021 meeting
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YDHF Proudly Supporting ‘My Community’ exhibition
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Open Letter of Thanks Dear all, On behalf of the Executive Committee of the Yarra…
SIF Announcement
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Why is the Herald Sun obsessed with Medically Supervised Injection? (AOD Media Watch)

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Penington Institute surveys the effects of the pandemic on drug use and drug markets
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