The NSW Government has released a draft Alcohol and Other Drugs Strategy to guide policy for the next ten years. Our submission makes seven recommendations to strengthen it.

Legislation to lift the ban that stopped medicinal cannabis patients from driving successfully passed both Houses in the NSW Parliament today.

The Government confirmed last week that drug checking will run as a permanent service at up to 15 music festivals a year, but a study of MDMA deaths in Australia found 73% happened in private residences, and only 7% happened at festivals or dance parties.

The NSW Government confirmed last week that drug checking will run as a permanent service at up to 15 music festivals a year, backed by $4.3 million and starting in October.

A driving ban meant to keep roads safe has in some cases made them less safe, drug law reform group Unharm said today.

We break down the science behind cannabis – how they’ve reliably mapped the impariment window and the role of roadside drug tests.

The NSW Government will introduce legislation to lift a ban that stops hundreds of thousands of medicinal cannabis patients from driving, even when they are not impaired.

Scientists have now spent years studying exactly when and how the THC in cannabis affects your ability to drive.

Sober? Safe? Doesn’t matter. NSW’s zero-tolerance drug driving laws are punishing people unfairly.

Real safety means care, connection and truth — not punishment. Here’s what the NSW Government must do next.

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

With the NSW Drug Summit in less than two weeks, experts and advocates across the legal, health and Aboriginal justice sectors have come together to call on the Minns government to outlaw strip searching of children.

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

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

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

The rapid emergence of deadly synthetic opioids Nitazenes has raised fears that NSW is underprepared for an imminent overdose crisis, prompting calls for urgent action from the Minns government.

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.

Unharm’s work has revealed that the NSW Police Force (NSWPF) is 4.3 times more likely to pursue legal action for drug possession or use against Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people than it is against non-Indigenous people.

Police have confirmed the presence of the potent synthetic opioids Nitazenes in the bodies of four people who died in Melbourne last week. The tragic mass overdose, whose victims include a 17 year old boy, has increased fears that NSW is heading towards an unprecedented overdose crisis if Chris Minns doesn’t act.

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

With temperatures predicted to reach 40 degrees this weekend, health and drug policy experts are calling on the NSW government to call off the sniffer dogs to prevent overdose tragedies.

A person has died in Sydney after taking cocaine that was laced with heroin. Two more people were left in critical condition after taking the contaminated drugs over the weekend.

Doctors, nurses and health professionals have to come together to call on the NSW government to urgently set up drug checking to help keep people safe this festival season.

Two people have died, and at least another 10 have been hospitalised after attending a music festival in Sydney. These tragic deaths add greater urgency to the growing calls for drug checking in NSW.

Potent ‘Pink Gucci’ pills containing 4 times the average level of MDMA have been found by NSW Health, highlighting the urgent need for drug checking services in the state.

The Queensland Productivity Commission has recently called for the legalisation of MDMA for recreational use in Australia.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan announced yesterday that she’s set to join the list of State leaders setting up pill testing services. The ACT and QLD governments both already have pill testing services in place.

Unharm supporters played a big role in creating The Loop and the momentum to win pill testing (drug checking) in Queensland. Here’s how it happened and how it will work.

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

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

Many people like Katelyn take drugs for pleasure and self-exploration. So why do most politicians pretend that positive drug use doesn’t exist?

Karly shares valuable lessons learnt from past experiences with social stigma, healthcare discrimination and harmful addiction treatment.

Nick shares his journey from being swept up by anti-drug propaganda to being a dedicated drug law reform advocate.

Tom reveals his history of illegal and legal drug use.

Aaron treated his ADHD and autism with street methamphetamine. Criminalising drug use put him in danger.

“I was an addiction specialist addicted to drugs”: Inside this doctor’s journey to get back his license

Drug law reform is dominated by white voices and ignores racialised injustice. We’ve started talking to First Nations people about how to make this movement bigger, and better.

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.

Public poll results prove more Australians want legal cannabis.

Should we legalise all drugs? Here’s what the Unharm community had to say about the drug legalisation debate.

Personal use of cannabis is not legal in Australia… yet. Here’s how Australia’s recreational drug laws compare to countries around the world.

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

Ahead of the festival season, Unharm is sharing the stories of Australians who use MDMA safely and enjoy the experience.

Find out the real reasons why people take drugs – based on actual survey results.

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

Unharm’s groundbreaking report revealing important new insights into how Australians access, consume and experience drugs today.

Psychedelics are moving into mainstream medicine – and television. In Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers series, Nicole Kidman leads an all-star cast in a progressive portrayal of psychedelic-therapy.

Unharm’s Story Lab is a national program training people to share their stories with the public and media, to shift the story about drugs in Australia by putting human stories to the forefront.

A deep dive into Victoria’s inquiry into cannabis use and what the report reveals about drug reform.

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

Unharm’s Story Lab is a national program training people to share their stories with the public and media, to shift the story about drugs in Australia by putting human stories to the forefront.