This 1st-hand story of grass roots activism is essential viewing.

#1 spotlights The Netherlands, Belgium & France. It tributes amazing peers like former INPUD Board member Tonny Van Montfort who recently passed, leaving a powerful legacy of seminal harm reduction services. 3/4

“Taking Back What’s Ours” documents peers that have worked tirelessly for our community over many years.

These incredible stories show ordinary people doing extraordinary things with courage, resilience, passion & intelligence. 2/4

This International Harm Reduction Day, we are featuring a powerful set of films made for INPUD by Drog Reporter documenting the history of the global drug user movement with a focus on the activism that delivered us harm reduction. 1/4

Photos from our recent Thought Leadership Event, which explored the topic 'Is drug testing just for festivals?', are now available on our Facebook Page Harm Reduction Vic Dr Monica Barratt 🌈 Annie Madden (PhD) AO Pill Testing Australia The Loop Australia #pilltesting #harmreduction

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In rejecting a 2nd SIF for Melb CBD the Vic Gov claimed they were ‘unable to find a balance between supporting people who use drugs and the needs of the wider community’. Guess what? People who use drugs ARE part of the wider community! Our needs are community needs! #EndStigma

Take part in this survey to help understand your perspectives on drug policies. Your input can make a real difference in creating informed decisions and improving the health and safety of our communities.
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Pleased to publicly support new cannabis reform bill tabled this morning by Legalise Cannabis Australia Jeremy Buckingham in NSW Legislative Assembly with Harm Reduction Aus President Gino Vumbaca speaking at press conference this morning. More details soon…

And we're back.
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Revellers at Canberra's Spilt Milk music festival will be able to have illicit substances checked at EPIC, after Pill Testing Australia received the eleventh hour go-ahead.
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It’s time for a public health based pill testing service! Our members in mental health and drug & alcohol services know it — it’s time for Vic Govt to make it happen #SpringSt

Join us for a vigil at Parliament
Weds 15 Nov
Preventative overdose deaths continue to increase and especially in our CBD. The govt committed 2 years ago to a supervised injecting room in the city and 29 people have died waiting
#YouTalkWeDie #KeepOurCityAlive
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Big event at Vic Parl House today on pill testing

Jacinta Allan Ingrid Stitt MP Pill Testing Australia FFDLR Family Drug Support HACSU Victoria Thorne Harbour Health Mary-Anne Thomas MP Students for Sensible Drug Policy Australia cohealth Directions Health Services CanTEST Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association Aiv Puglielli MP Victorian Ambulance Union MSAV

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Credit to Minns, Daley & Park, Legalise Cannabis Party's Buckingham & Green's Faehrmann - devil is always in the detail but looking good if correct

Chris Minns Michael Daley Jeremy Buckingham Cate Faehrmann 🌏🐨 Alex Wodak AM Alex Greenwich MP Ryan Park MP Family Drug Support

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The drug driving issue needs to be fixed ASAP or we create a whole new group of so-called criminals

Cate Faehrmann 🌏🐨 Legalise Cannabis Australia Ryan Park MP Michael Daley David Caldicott Alex Greenwich MP Alex Wodak AM Drive Change Mat Henderson Tom Brown Redfern Legal

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End 50 years of Injustice: Support Compensation for Communities Affected by War on Drugs - Firma la petizione! chng.it/PKWzhrWQ via Change.org Italia

Huge thanks to TalkingDrugs for their interview with Jude Byrne Award Winners Kira Weir from Crew: Mind Altering & Jess Morales from LANPUD. We cannot wait to see what they both achieve during their mentorship with International Network of People who Use Drugs and to meet them in person at #INHSU2023

If #HarmReduction and #HumanRights are your jam, check out our latest submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia's Human Rights Framework on the Harm Reduction Aus website here: harmreductionaustralia.org.au/people/hra-sub… Students for Sensible Drug Policy Australia ARCSHS

Fantastic to see this change. Thanks to the pharmacists who reentered every methadone and bupe script today to enable pbs subsidies to start, and esp. to those who have ensured years of unfair payments, I'm glad we made it through today.. here is to a better, fairer tomorrow.

Happy #ODTP Reforms Day! Today marks the end of a longstanding #discrimination against people on opioid treatment. Massive improvement which will make #ODTP more affordable for thousands of Australians! #equity #endstigma Australian Department of Health and Aged Care Mark Butler MP @DaivdPocock

Harm reduction services are effective and cost-effective, saving lives and government funds. These services are severely underfunded. At domestic and international levels, funding for harm reduction is inadequate and shrinking.

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