Publications

Message from the Executive Officer Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association’s (VAADA) 2021-2025 Strategic Plan builds on the achievements of recent years and looks to our future landscape. In contributing to

Working with COVID for close on two years has been challenging for both body and soul. It has tested both individual and organizational capacity, it has created complexity, it has

Summary AOD sector report Document purpose This document provides a summary of consultations undertaken by VAADA with AOD sector representatives in late August and September 2021. The consultations were designed

Media Statement                                                                                                                                                                 30 August 2021   International Overdose Awareness Day The forgotten people: surging overdose toll in COVID-19 year   International Overdose Awareness Day gives us time

The report from the Inquiry into Cannabis in Victoria, while asserting support for drug law reform, does not recommend it. While this is a step in the right direction, in

Purpose This report presents the 2020 update to Victorian overdose death statistics. This is the first in a planned series of regular public reports on overdose deaths data from the

Thursday 29 July 2021 A new report released today by the Coroners Court of Victoria, reveals 4551 Victorians died by overdose in the past decade. The report, Victorian Overdose Deaths 2011-2020,

MEDIA RELEASE 29/7/21 Victoria: 526 fatal overdoses in 2020 The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) is highly distressed at the excessive number of fatal overdoses that occurred during

May 2021 OVERVIEW In April, the Coroners Court of Victoria published findings from an inquest into five drug-related deaths linked to the unintended consumption of the novel synthetic drugs 25C-NBOMe