Publications

VICTORIAN ALCOHOL & DRUG ASSOCIATION Submission Submission to the Community Sector Reform Council Discussion Paper August 2014 VAADA Vision A Victorian community in which the harms associated with drug use

Reducing the harm of prison Dealing with alcohol and other drugs within the prison system Issued October 2013 Overview The state incurs the responsibility of providing healthcare to all prisoners

MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, 24 September 2013 Drug deaths – communities in crisis The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) is highly concerned with the continuing high trends in drug deaths

VAADA Annual Report 2012/13 1 VAADA Board 2 VAADA Staff 5 Vision & Mission 6 Management Reports • President 7 • Executive Officer 10 • Co-occurring Capacity Building (CCB) Project

MEDIA RELEASE 5 August 2013 The Victorian Drug Court must be accessible state wide The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) today releases a position paper entitled ‘Drug Courts in

Drug Courts in Victoria: evidence & options Issued July 2013 Overview This paper describes the current Drug Court model in Victoria and proposes an extensive program of expansion through strategically

MEDIA RELEASE Monday 7, 2013 Rising drug death toll fails to get relief from stagnant AOD budget The latest figures available from the Victorian Coroners Court indicate that 367 individuals

MEDIA RELEASE Monday 20 May, 2013 Public health no‐brainer: provision of sterile syringes a necessity The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) supports the call from the Burnet Institute to

MEDIA RELEASE 2 April 2013 The bloated cost of Alcohols Harm outweighs slim tax revenue The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) is very concerned that government revenue from alcohol