AFP Commissioner Blames People Who Use Drugs for Prohibition Policing Failures
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett has hit out at people who use illicit drugs, stating that all illicit drug users are ‘contributing to deadly street violence and expanding criminal networks. These comments have been widely reported on mainstream commercial media, most...
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...
AFP Commissioner Blames People Who Use Drugs for Prohibition Policing Failures
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett has hit out at people who use illicit drugs, stating that all illicit drug users are ‘contributing to deadly street violence and expanding criminal networks. These comments have been widely reported on mainstream commercial media, most...
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...