Media Release
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VAADA Press Release | Festival Overdoses Preventable
- January 8, 2024
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
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No CommentsThe eight overdoses which occurred at the Hardmission music festival on 6 January 2024 are distressing, not only due to the pain and suffering experienced by those directly affected but also for the broader community who view the overdoses as preventable.
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Drug Checking Saves Lives
- November 30, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
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PRESS RELEASE: 30/11/2023. The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) supports the drug checking pilot proposed by the Victorian Greens, along with the Legalise Cannabis Party and Animal Justice Party. Drug checking (also called pill testing) is currently being supported by 78 agencies in Victoria including health providers, community service organisations, unions, peak bodies and professional associations.
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Cannabis law reform in Victoria a necessary step to improving community wellbeing
- November 24, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) supports law reform which reduces law and order interventions among people who use drugs. To that end, VAADA supports the Regulation of Cannabis
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Increasing rates of overdose in Victoria necessitate urgent action
- November 8, 2023
- Posted by: Trudi Jordan
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The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) is deeply concerned about the surge in fatal overdoses in Victoria during 2022 as detailed in the data released by the Coroners Court of Victoria. The soaring number of fatal overdoses is indicative of a preventable crisis with harm reduction measures such as Overdose Prevention Centres and Drug Testing urgently required to save lives.
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Public Intoxication reforms are overdue and need to be supported
- November 3, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) supports the public intoxication reforms noting that they are a necessary public health measure and that intoxication is unambiguously a health matter. The
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Funding indexation announcement gives security for future planning.
- September 1, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the announcement from the Victorian Government of a new indexation rate and a formula to calculate future funding increases. The announcement will
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International Overdose Awareness Day: Providing Support for Victoria’s most stigmatized population
- August 31, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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PRESS RELEASE 31/8/2023 [starts] Providing Support for Victoria’s most stigmatized population The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) stands with families, people who use drugs and the agencies providing AOD
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VAADA supports a First Nations Voice
- June 30, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) acknowledges the historic and current injustices suffered by First Nations people in Australia. VAADA believes that as a starting point to remedying these
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State Budget 2023-24: State Budget delivers carefully balanced budget to an AOD system on a tightrope
- May 24, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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The 2023/24 Victorian state budget is a steady no frills budget that extends funding for some residential services in the short term, provides an uplift in opioid pharmacotherapy support, workforce
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Government embeds lifesaving support
- May 5, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Government embeds lifesaving support The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the passage of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Medically Supervised Injecting Centre) Bill 2023 which was