Introduction by Croakey: To mark International Overdose Awareness Day on 31 August, the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) called for a greater focus on prevention and... Read more
Bardi researcher Dr Michael Doyle and PhD candidate Teagan Weatherall, a Kamilaroi and Anaiwan woman, will present on Thursday (3 September) in the latest webinar of the 2020 Symposium Serie... Read more
In her latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell reports on concerns about food insecurity, mental health and other health impacts of the pandemic response, as well as updating re... Read more
Malcom Hogg writes: The use of opioids remains essential to the care of people experiencing acute pain and remains a major component of anaesthesia and post-surgical care. Collectively and i... Read more
Desperately needed reforms to laws around illicit drug use have been rejected by the NSW Government. The reforms were proposed by the NSW Special Commission into the Drug ‘Ice’, which report... Read more
As communities grapple with bushfires and their devastating health impacts, with vast swathes of NSW affected, the need for effective, creative and sustained public health advocacy becomes i... Read more
Prohibitionist, ‘just say no’ approaches to drug use do not work and are causing significant harm, according to two much-anticipated inquiries which have called for a reframing o... Read more
Ambrose Bierce, in his wonderful Devil’s Dictionary, defines politics as ‘A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles’. The Coalition government’s i... Read more
Health and social service groups have condemned the Federal Government’s decision to resurrect one of its so-called “zombie” policies with its plan to trial drug testing for new welfare reci... Read more
In this latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell reports on the continuing scourge of infectious diseases, the need to improve chronic pain management, and some... Read more
