AOD Case Work Team leader
Big Splash,
Pharmacotherapy Support Lead
Your Community Health,
AOD Youth Outreach Residential Worker
Anglicare Victoria, Werribee
Drug adulteration from potent synthetic opioids remains a nationwide risk
The tragic overdose fatalities of four individuals in Broadmeadows in 2024 highlight the urgency of a Potent Synthetic Opioid Plan. With a further 601 fatal overdoses occurring in Victoria in the 23-24 financial year, the time to act is now.
Mental Health Presentations in the AOD Sector | Highlighting the challenge and working towards solutions
This report, drawing on data provided by the Victorian alcohol and other drug (AOD) sector and correlated against data from the Victorian Agency for Health Information, confirms long held anecdotal evidence, that people presenting for alcohol and drug treatment in Victoria do so with very high levels of mental illness and psychological distress.
Submission to the Social and Legal Issues Standing Committee | Review of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis) Bill 2023
VAADA are pleased to provide this submission. This Bill is an opportunity for Victoria to align its drug laws with the values and realities of todays society. The Bill’s modest, evidence-based proposed changes will reduce harms associated with coercive and harsh criminalisation and enable law enforcement to better focus its resources on serious crime, marking a positive step for Victoria’s drug laws.
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