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Government promises expansion of drug & alcohol treatment workforce & naloxone without prescription buff.ly/3R7zkhp #DrugStrategy

🚨The global drug control system is unfit for purpose — fostering rights violations & failing communities. 📢 At #CND68, IDPC calls for urgent reform, human rights leadership, and support for harm reduction. Time for transformative change! 🔴 WATCH: youtu.be/YdJhvMBzd1I

Australia’s tobacco tax is going up in smoke with $5B in lost revenue. Meanwhile, the black market is lighting up like Guy Fawkes Day, with 100’s of shops firebombed. When policy fuels crime, it’s time for Health Minister Mark Butler to rethink🚬 drugpolicy.org.au/prohibition_fa…

This shift has triggered a fiscal crisis. As more consumers turn to illicit nicotine, federal tax revenues have plummeted. The Government’s own budget papers revealed a $5 billion shortfall in tobacco excise revenue in the most recent financial year alone. 📉

The latest Budget figures released yesterday provide more evidence that Australia's tobacco tax is going up in smoke #excise

#TobaccoExcise

Emerging drugs like nitazenes are showing up across Australia in unexpected places. As a community, alongside our sector partners, we are working out how to tackle this issue to keep people informed and safe. Full interview featuring Sione, Harm Reduction Victoria CEO and Charles

The very truth re #drugpolicy

Opening Harm Reduction International - it’s about “compassion not condemnation” says shaun shelly

Victoria’s frontline police officers have been told they are not allowed to carry a free, life-saving overdose-reversal drug. theage.com.au/national/victo…

Australia needs more facilities #drugpolicy

Last week, the #GCDP hosted the in-person launch of the report, “Beyond Punishment: From Criminal Justice Responses to Drug Policy Reform,” at the 34th CCPCJ. 📺Missed the event? Watch the recording: youtu.be/045bMrbhBpw 📖Read the report: tinyurl.com/5n85ffbx #CCPCJ

Permanent pill testing site announced for Fitzroy #drugpolicy abc.net.au/news/2025-06-1…

At the launch of the Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs report, President Joaquim Chissano reminded us: Addiction is not a crime. It is a response to pain—born of trauma, disconnection, and despair. Recovery doesn’t begin with punishment. It begins with dignity,

Australia risks losing ‘war on nicotine’ in same way as war on drugs as illegal tobacco sales explode theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Our new study has found that 7% of all workers in Australia use illicit drugs weekly, mostly cannabis. Additionally, workers who consumed risky levels of alcohol and currently smoked were more susceptible to using illicit drugs. Read more at doi.org/10.1016/j.addb…

.The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) members Chatham House setting out the case for fundamental reform of drug policy to a model based on health & #humanrights principles. Organised crime thrives on prohibition. Current settings drive over-incarceration & human rights abuses. Decriminalise & regulate.

'Boeing 737' full of Aussies dying of drug overdoses every month, researchers say abc.net.au/news/2025-07-0…

#WorldDrugDay #DrugPolicy

Commissioner Geoff Gallop discusses the urgent need to move from punitive drug policies to health-centered approaches. In his The Standard interview, he explains why decriminalizing all drug use is key to this shift. 🔗 standard.co.uk/news/london/sa… #DrugPolicy #HarmReduction