Supervised Injecting Rooms Save Lives. Why Are Councils Turning Their Backs on Them?
Australia is facing a growing crisis of drug-related harm. Overdose deaths are rising and there’s inadequate investment in proven harm reduction strategies such as Supervised Injecting Facilities (SIFs). Despite the evidence supporting SIFs as effective public health interventions, Australia operates...
Victoria’s Ongoing Heavy-Handed Cannabis Policing Is Harmful
The Victorian state government has created a “ring of steel” enforced and protected by police. Protection from COVID-19, you’re thinking? Well, yes, but there is another ring of steel operating in this state, which is preventing drug policy reform. Already...
Supervised Injecting Rooms Save Lives. Why Are Councils Turning Their Backs on Them?
Australia is facing a growing crisis of drug-related harm. Overdose deaths are rising and there’s inadequate investment in proven harm reduction strategies such as Supervised Injecting Facilities (SIFs). Despite the evidence supporting SIFs as effective public health interventions, Australia operates...
Victoria’s Ongoing Heavy-Handed Cannabis Policing Is Harmful
The Victorian state government has created a “ring of steel” enforced and protected by police. Protection from COVID-19, you’re thinking? Well, yes, but there is another ring of steel operating in this state, which is preventing drug policy reform. Already...