Senior Australian of the Year Awards
Bill Bush (President) and Marion McConnell (founding member) of FFDLR have been jointly nominated for the ACT Senior Australian of the Year Awards in recognition…
How reducing drug harm beats law enforcement
Written by Bill Bush Published in City News of October 12-18, 2023. How reducing drug harm beats law enforcement The reaction to Opposition Leader Peter...
2023 Remembrance Ceremony
Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform (ACT) Inc invites you to its 28th Annual Remembrance Ceremony ‘for those who lose their life to illicit...
Penington Report 2023
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report Penington Institute publishes Australia’s Annual Overdose Report, the most comprehensive and ambitious study of overdose in Australia. The report draws on...
Current trends in overdose and other drug-induced deaths in Australia: Release of the 2023 report
https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/current-trends-overdose-and-other-drug-induced-deaths-australia-release-2023-report The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) has reported on overdose deaths in Australia via an annual national report for over two decades...
What’s in the drugs that are being tested at Australia’s first fixed-site pill testing clinic in the ACT?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-22/drug-properties-being-found-by-cantest/101798128 Key points: From workout supplements in cocaine to children’s cough medicine in MDMA — Australia’s first fixed-site pill testing clinic has found some unusual...
Modest degree of decriminalisation
Well we have had something of a win. Yesterday afternoon the ACT Assembly enacted legislation that will extend a modest degree of decriminalisation to drugs...
