Year - 2021
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Leadership required to reduce alcohol harms
- December 13, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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No CommentsThe Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) is increasingly concerned by the surge in alcohol related harm which has been generated by the pandemic and the implied support for increased consumption by the State Government. Victoria has been soaking in alcohol throughout the pandemic, with a surge in sales, consumption and harms. During this time,
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VAADA Strategic Plan 2021-25
- November 30, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Message from the Executive Officer Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association’s (VAADA) 2021-2025 Strategic Plan builds on the achievements of recent years and looks to our future landscape. In contributing to its development, I acknowledge the generous input of the VAADA Board, staff, the Victorian Alcohol and other Drug (AOD) sector, colleagues with peer and lived
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VAADA Annual Report 2021
- November 30, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Working with COVID for close on two years has been challenging for both body and soul. It has tested both individual and organizational capacity, it has created complexity, it has led to the rise of new problems through compounding the old, and above all else it has created a new layer of actual and potential
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Summary AOD Sector Report: Integrated Framework for the treatment, care and support of people with mental illness and substance use or addiction
- November 29, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Summary AOD sector report Document purpose This document provides a summary of consultations undertaken by VAADA with AOD sector representatives in late August and September 2021. The consultations were designed to contribute towards the development of an Integrated Alcohol and other Drug (AOD) and Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework for Mental Health and Wellbeing Services.
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Cannabis Inquiry: lost opportunity perpetuates harm
- August 5, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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The report from the Inquiry into Cannabis in Victoria, while asserting support for drug law reform, does not recommend it. While this is a step in the right direction, in light of the failures of prohibition in reducing cannabis use and harms, it is also a missed opportunity. While supporting many of the recommendations, the
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Victorian overdose deaths, 2011-2020
- July 29, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Purpose This report presents the 2020 update to Victorian overdose death statistics. This is the first in a planned series of regular public reports on overdose deaths data from the Coroners Court of Victoria, aimed at supporting drug harm reduction initiatives in the community. The report is produced under the Court’s initiative to release timely
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Over 4500 overdose deaths in a decade the focus of new coronial report
- July 29, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Thursday 29 July 2021 A new report released today by the Coroners Court of Victoria, reveals 4551 Victorians died by overdose in the past decade. The report, Victorian Overdose Deaths 2011-2020, provides an analysis of demographic information including age, gender and geographical data along with a discussion of observable trends in drug overdose deaths. From 2011
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Victoria: 526 fatal overdoses in 2020
- July 29, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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MEDIA RELEASE 29/7/21 [starts] Victoria: 526 fatal overdoses in 2020 The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) is highly distressed at the excessive number of fatal overdoses that occurred during 2020, a year coupled with COVID-19 restrictions. The Coroners Court of Victoria have released data on fatal overdoses in Victoria from 2011 – 2020 revealing
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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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Victorian Budget 2021-22: Alcohol and other drug treatment on the coat tails of MH
- May 21, 2021
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Alcohol and other drug treatment on the coat tails of MH The Victorian Government has handed down a mental health budget that will herald a breadth of reform in the sector not seen since the 1990s. The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) acknowledges that the budget works to address significant underinvestment and support for
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