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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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