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Nitazenes are a ticking time bomb

Nitazenes: the deadly synthetic opioids threatening Australia in 2024

Nitazenes are synthetic opioids hundreds of times stronger than fentanyl – and they’re causing a wave of overdoses and deaths across Australia. Learn more.

2.9.2024by Sam Kidd
Posted in Movement news, Opinion piecesTagged drug policy, first nations justice
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Unharm’s submission into the Inquiry into the impact of the regulatory framework for cannabis in New South Wales

Our submission to the NSW cannabis inquiry focuses on the harmful impact of criminalisation, especially the disproportionate harm to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples due to overpolicing.

1.8.2024by Will Tregoning
Posted in Movement news, Opinion piecesTagged drug policy, first nations justice
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Victoria to roll out pill testing in 2024 summer

Victoria rolls out 2024 summer pill testing trial. Now it’s NSW’s turn!

24.6.2024by Sam Kidd
Posted in Movement news, Opinion piecesTagged drug policy, first nations justice
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Unharm’s Campaign for Cannabis Decriminalisation

The ACT’s partial decriminalisation of drug use should be regarded as just one step towards getting this important reform right.

8.12.2022by Sam Kidd
Posted in Movement news, Opinion piecesTagged drug policy, first nations justice
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ACT decriminalisation

The ACT’s partial decriminalisation of drug use should be regarded as just one step towards getting this important reform right.

21.10.2022by Will Tregoning
Posted in Movement news, Opinion piecesTagged drug policy, first nations justice
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My experiences prove drug prohibition is not only unfair, but ineffective 

Angela’s experiences prove that drug prohibition doesn’t make sense. This is what she wants Australia’s politicians to know about drugs, and the people who take them.

2.6.2022by Will Tregoning
Posted in Opinion pieces, StoryLab, UncategorizedTagged drug policy, medical cannabis, prohibition, StoryLab
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I’m nervous about methamphetamine. Here’s why

Should methamphetamine be legalised and regulated the same as other drugs? Here’s what one mental health professional thinks.

8.2.2022by Sam Murray
Posted in Drug use, Opinion piecesTagged drug use, methamphetamine
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Let’s be honest – most of us have used drugs, including me

Catharine Lumby shares her honest experiences with drugs and urges us all to do the same.

1.11.2021by Catharine Lumby
Posted in Opinion piecesTagged Catharine Lumby, Let's be honest
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If the ACT is going to decriminalise drugs, it should do it properly

We don’t fine people for alcohol consumption. Why should other drug use be any different?

2.8.2021by Will Tregoning
Posted in Opinion pieces
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Berejiklian government’s response to ice inquiry close to contempt

6.5.2021by Will Tregoning
Posted in Drug policy news, Opinion pieces
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