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  • Strategy towards the Elimination of Seclusion and Restraint – Views of the AOD Sector
    • July 24, 2023
    • Posted by: Julia Daly
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    Background In response to the request via Engage Victoria for feedback, VAADA coordinated an online consultation session on the 13th July 2023 with workers from the AOD sector to gather their perspective on the questions raised. The following report details outcomes of this consultation session and highlights the need to routinely incorporate perspectives from the

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  • The 2022 Revision of the MH Act: Perspective from the AOD sector through an integrated treatment lens
    • August 31, 2022
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    This Issues Paper offers reflections, from an AOD perspective, on the revised Mental Health Bill, to generate thinking, discussion and space for advocacy. We welcome any thoughts, concerns, or differences of opinion on the issues raised and value contributions from all. The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System found that the existing Mental Health

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  • Position Paper: Supervised Injectable Opioid treatment (hydromorphone)
    • March 30, 2022
    • Posted by: Julia Daly
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    Summary The Victorian government should consider introducing hydromorphone as a supervised injectable opioid treatment to supplement traditional therapies for opioid dependence. Background Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) is the gold standard treatment for opioid dependence and is the primary method for treating opioid dependence in Australia. OAT reduces opioid use, overdose risk, drug-related criminal offending and

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  • Drug checking and early warning network: Knowing the harms can prevent the harms
    • May 21, 2021
    • Posted by: Julia Daly
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    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 and 4-FA.1 To prevent similar deaths and other harms in the future, Coroner Spanos recommends that the Department of Health implement a drug checking service

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  • New Psychoactive Substances – Reducing Harms
    • July 16, 2016
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    New Psychoactive Substances – Reducing Harms Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association New Psychoactive Substances – Reducing Harms September 2016 Internationally, there has been a rapid increase in the number and diversity of new psychoactive substances (NPS), with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA1 2016) monitoring 560 NPS throughout Europe, 100 of

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  • Forensic AOD treatment and service delivery: a discussion of issues
    • July 16, 2016
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    VICTORIAN ALCOHOL & DRUG ASSOCIATION Forensic AOD treatment and service delivery: a discussion of issues June 2016 VAADA Vision A Victorian community in which the harms associated with alcohol and other drug use are reduced and wellbeing is promoted VAADA Purpose To provide leadership, advocacy and information within the AOD sector and across the broader

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  • Preventing alcohol related harm
    • July 16, 2016
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    Preventing alcohol related harm Issued May 2016 Alcohol related harm is pervasive throughout the Australia and accounts for 3.2 percent of the total national burden of disease (Preventative Health Taskforce 2009). There are a range of evidence informed policies and programs that can reduce the harm associated with this substance which are implemented in varying

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    Election platform summary 2014
    • August 13, 2014
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    1 | P a g e Election platform summary 2014 The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) is the peak body for alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in Victoria. We provide advocacy, leadership, information and representation on AOD issues both within and beyond the AOD sector. VAADA’s election

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  • Chronic Pain and AOD
    • August 13, 2014
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    Chronic Pain and AOD Issued April 2014 Chronic pain is under-assessed, under-diagnosed and under-treated, mistreated or untreated. Older adults and women are over represented. Waiting times for specialist publicly funded services are on average over 180 days. Service provision in rural and regional areas of Victoria is limited. The lack of appropriate and accessible pain

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  • Reducing the harm of prison
    • October 20, 2013
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    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 in Victoria. The prison population is highly disadvantaged and experiences poor health, welfare and educational outcomes. This includes a Hepatitis C infection rate which is

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