The Age | Life at the sharp end of Melbourne’s drug debate
The Age | No pill testing: Daniel Andrews stays firm on state policy
By Neelima Choahan & Rochelle Kirkham Premier Daniel Andrews says he will not reconsider his opposition to recreational drug testing despite…
The Age | Injecting room trial to continue despite drug trafficking arrests
By Jewel Topsfield The state government has vowed to stick with the controversial two-year trial of the safe injecting room…
The Age – Outreach worker charged with heroin trafficking won service award
An outreach worker from a needle exchange program who was charged last week with trafficking heroin won an award last year for resuscitating multiple people who had overdosed.
Matthew Honey, 49, of Richmond was presented with Yarra Drug and Health Reform’s Worker of the Year Award in 2018.
“Matthew has saved people’s lives,” said Yarra Drug and Health Forum chairman Peter Wearne.
ABC Radio | North Richmond safe injecting rooms expanded despite opposition from some residents
On Breakfast with Jacinta Parsons and Sami Shah Despite complaints from some residents living near the safe injecting room in…