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Year - 2013

  • Reducing the harm of prison
    • October 20, 2013
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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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  • Drug deaths – communities in crisis
    • September 24, 2013
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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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  • VAADA Annual Report 2012-2013
    • September 20, 2013
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    VAADA Annual Report 2012/13 1 VAADA Board 2 VAADA Staff 5 Vision & Mission 6 Management Reports • President 7 • Executive Officer 10 • Co-occurring Capacity Building (CCB) Project 11 • Sector Development 12 • Treasurer 25 Snapshot 12/13 14 Financial Reports 25 TABLE OF CONTENTS VAADA Annual Report 2012/13 2 VAADA BOARD &

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  • The Victorian Drug Court must be accessible state wide
    • August 5, 2013
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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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  • Drug Courts in Victoria: evidence & options
    • July 1, 2013
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    Drug Courts in Victoria: evidence & options Issued July 2013 Overview This paper describes the current Drug Court model in Victoria and proposes an extensive program of expansion through strategically applying the Drug Court model to all regions of Victoria. It provides the most up‐to‐date evidence regarding the cost effectiveness of the Victorian Drug Court.

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  • Rising drug death toll fails to get relief from stagnant AOD budget
    • July 1, 2013
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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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  • THE REAL FACTS: AOD IN VICTORIA
    • June 20, 2013
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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
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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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