Media Release

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

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

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

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

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

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

We stand in support of the trial of a supervised injecting service in the City of Melbourne. The proposal for a supervised injecting service in the CBD will save lives,

The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the release of the key findings and recommendations from the final report into the Review of the Medically Supervised Injecting Room (the

PRESS RELEASE 5/3/2023 While yet to be formally announced, The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) supports the continuation of the Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) in North Richmond beyond