harm reduction – 2SEA Southern Community Radio Sapphire Coast NSW

ACT Advocates Call for Expunged Records Following New Drug Legislation

Over the weekend, The ACT’s new legislation decriminalizing drugs for personal use came into effect. Under the new legislation, anyone found with small quantities of illicit drugs will be subject to fines or diverted to health education, rather than face criminal charges. Health advocates are urging the ACT government to go one step further and …

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Health Agencies urge Victorian Government to implement Drug Testing

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A coalition of Victorian health authorities say the Victorian Government must implement drug testing services to address the growing number of related casualties Seventy-seven agencies have joined forces with the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association and RMIT, in urging the government to follow recommendations made by the State Coroner… for testing facilities across the state. …

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Open Letter Pleads with The Victorian Government

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In a Medically supervised injecting room (MSIR), clients are made to wash their hands before they are provided with sterile equipment and harm reduction advice. Clients are not provided with any substances. In case of overdose, trained professionals are ready to administer emergency healthcare, including CPR and the opiate rescue drug Naloxone. Between 2019 and …

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