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August 7, 2020

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The Yarra Drug & Health Forum (YDHF) is a dynamic, adaptive and educative local network committed to identifying and responding to the health and social needs of the community in Yarra.

The Forum aims to ensure health and community relationships are minimally harmed by drug use in the City of Yarra – this includes the impact of drugs on individuals, families and friends, residents and visitors to the area and local businesses.

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Subscribe to VAADA e-news for sector updates, job opportunities and more.

Find out more about: Consumer Participation and Lived Experience Project – Consumer Focus Groups at our website.

#consumerparticipation #LivedExperience #drugpolicy #harmreduction #harmreductionsaveslives #peerworkers #aod

Notes from our October 2021 meeting, with service

Notes from our October 2021 meeting, with service provider updates and more at our website now.

#harmreduction #cityofyarra #drugpolicy #msir #mentalhealth #neighbourhoodjustice #healthandwellbeing #covid19australia

Peer workers provide a vital service in the all to

Peer workers provide a vital service in the all too-often under-resourced alcohol and other drug sector.

@harmreductionvictoria's Sione Crawford talks about peer workers' vital role.

#PeerWorkers #DrugPolicy #HarmReduction #SupportPeers #Stopthestigma #harmreductionsaveslives #drugtreatment

#EndOverdose and #StopTheStigma ❤ Thank you to

#EndOverdose and #StopTheStigma
❤ Thank you to everyone who remembers those lost and works toward a post-stigma world that addresses overdose as a public health issue ❤

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Heidi Everett author, composer, mental health advo

Heidi Everett author, composer, mental health advocate will be in conversation with Philippa Hemus and Katherine Barling about her recently published memoir My Friend Fox and the role of the arts in mental health.

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The Drive Change campaign are hosting a Zoom 'Ask

The Drive Change campaign are hosting a Zoom 'Ask Me Anything' for those who want to know more about medical cannabis and the drug driving laws.

#MedicalCannabis #Cannabis #DrugDriving #RoadsideDrugTest #RDT #DriveChange

We commend the @cityofyarra for their thorough and

We commend the @cityofyarra for their thorough and careful consideration of how to achieve the desired outcomes for the law in terms of managing unwanted impacts on community safety and amenity while assuring that unintended harmful impacts for vulnerable people by the new local law are anticipated and managed.

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We are seeking two people with lived/living experi

We are seeking two people with lived/living experience of injecting drug use to join our executive committee.

If this is you or someone you know, get in touch.
More information at our website.

Webcast starting at 7:30pm Watch at our website -

Webcast starting at 7:30pm

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The full webcast will be available to watch after the live event at our YouTube channel

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Live on Monday 6th September Link in bio

Live on Monday 6th September

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The Inquiry into Cannabis use in Victoria had its

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🏛 Chair of the committee @fionapattenmp spoke about the report at our recent forum.
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#cannabislawreform #vicpol #drugpolicy #cannabislegalisation #springst @victorianparliament

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@vicaboriginallegalservice Acting CEO George Selvanera speaks about the urgent need to decriminalise public drunkenness, a law where discretionary application disproportionately effects aboriginal people.

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Starting now! Visit our website to find the zoom l

Starting now! Visit our website to find the zoom link.

@fionapattenmp talks the cannabis report with us.

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Orlando Green is the @multicultural_dap Clinic and

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A journey through the archives. We haven't had an

A journey through the archives.
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It's easy to create an illusion of majority in the digital age

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Jon Faine spoke at our November forum on what a post-covid community might look like

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YDHF supports #naidocweek #naidoc2021 this year calling to Heal Country.

Seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction.

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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 in Victoria.
⚖ We will hear about how our justice system works to address issues of #stigma, substance use and #mentalhealth – the many complex needs often at play with people who are charged for a drug offence.

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An excerpt from our April 2021 forum 'Drugs, Stigm

An excerpt from our April 2021 forum 'Drugs, Stigma and the Media'

Dr. Liam Engel is an adjunct research fellow at Edith Cowan University and talks about the role of stigma in perpetuating and fostering further harm among people who use drugs.

#aodmediawatch #harmreduction #stigmakills #stopthestigma #drugpolicy #aod

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Head to our website and sign up for our newsletter for forum invites, events, campaigns and drug news from the #CityofYarra

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