Media Release
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State Budget Analysis: Alcohol and Drug funding – a move in the right direction
- August 13, 2014
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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No CommentsMEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 6, 2014 State Budget: Alcohol and Drug funding – a move in the right direction The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the additional funding allocation to the Victorian alcohol and other drug (AOD) sector. This allocation of $9 million annually over the next four years is pivotal for the ongoing
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Drug deaths – communities in crisis
- September 24, 2013
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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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 in Victoria, following the release of acute drug toxicity deaths data for the first half of 2013 by the Victorian Coroner’s Court. This data also
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The Victorian Drug Court must be accessible state wide
- August 5, 2013
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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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 Victoria: evidence & options’ which calls for the Victorian Drug Court to be accessible in all regions of Victoria. Currently the Victorian Drug Court is
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Rising drug death toll fails to get relief from stagnant AOD budget
- July 1, 2013
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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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 died due to acute drug toxicity in 2012 – more than one person per day. Medically prescribed pharmaceuticals now account for more deaths than the
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Public health no‐brainer: provision of sterile syringes a necessity
- May 20, 2013
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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 increase access to sterile injecting equipment in light of the disproportionate level of injecting drug use, overdoses and discarded injecting paraphernalia within the City of
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The bloated cost of Alcohols Harm outweighs slim tax revenue
- April 2, 2013
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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 is only half the actual cost posed by the harms associated with alcohol. The Australian Institute of Criminology today released a paper entitled, ‘The societal
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Government change shouldn’t affect alcohol and drug reform
- March 7, 2013
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 7 March 2013 Government change shouldn’t affect alcohol and drug reform The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) today congratulates Dr Denis Napthine on his appointment as Premier of Victoria. VAADA looks forward to working with Premier Napthine and Minister Wooldridge in continuing to drive the reforms currently occurring in the Alcohol
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Prison expansion increases costs for all
- February 1, 2013
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MEDIA RELEASE Friday 1 February 2013 Prison expansion increases costs for all The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) today expresses continuing concern regarding the disproportionate amount of scarce public resources allocated to the prison system in Victoria. The alarming figures from the Productivity Commission regarding the extraordinarily high cost of running prisons in Victoria