Executive Committee Appointment
The Forum welcomes Yasmin Karaata to the Executive Committee. https://ydhf.org.au/staff-member/yasmin-karaata/
12 Point Plan -> Forward!
Advocate for law reform - decriminalize drug use, legalize heroin, look to the story of PortugalAdvocate for a heroin prescribing trial in Yarra/Melbourne, advocate for Cities of Yarra and Melbourne to endorse/advocate for such a…
SHARC | Coming Together: Shared conversations with the Lived and Living Experience Workforces in the mental health and AOD sectors
Funded by the Victorian Department of Health and co-hosted by the Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC) and the Centre for Mental Health Learning Supported by the Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC), The Carer Lived Experience Workforce…
A public health response to public drinking is about community talking and listening
https://youtu.be/yI2dpcABJR8 An excerpt from our August 2021 forum on Law to Regulate Public Drinking. Professor Rob Moodie, Deputy Director Faculty of Health University of Melbourne touches on evidence based health approaches to public drinking, including…
VICTORIA – Stepping Forward Online
Is someone in your family taking drugs or alcohol? Are you looking for practical, down to earth information and support? About this event SATURDAY November 13th 2021 | 10AM FREE online education session for families…
Turning Point presents: Dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance use disorder
REGISTER at EVENTBRITE Mental illness and substance use disorder frequently co-occur, and this co-occurrence is commonly referred to as 'dual diagnosis'. Treatment and health outcomes experienced by people with dual diagnosis is an internationally recognised…
2021 ANNUAL MEETING
https://youtu.be/2GMZNcnKX6c Harm Reduction Victoria's Executive Officer Sione Crawford will speak on the topic of stigma and discrimination experienced by people who use drugs. Join us for our annual meeting to hear our wrap of another…
Film and panel event – Medicating Normal
NOVEMBER 17TH 2021 | 11AM - 1PM Join Reconnexion and NPS Medicinewise for a virtual community screening of Medicating Normal, a 76-minute documentary film that follows the stories of five high-functioning people whose doctors prescribed pills to help with common problems…