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Drug treatment – an essential service ELECTION ISSUE November 2018 In this issue 2 Pre-election statements from our fellow peaks 4 VAADA 2018 election position 4 Victorian drug mortality – 2017 data 5 Intersectionality: what it is and why it matters 6 VAADA 2019 conference update Election time always ushers in a period of insecurity

September 2018 The importance of evidence In this issue 2 Sector update 3 VAADA Conference 4 Disrupting the pathway from vulnerable young girl to criminalised woman 5 Real Time Prescription Monitoring in Victoria 6 Ten point plan 6 Does workforce matter? At a time when elections are looming and the desire for ideas over substance

Looking back to look forward Another year has passed, and who would have thought that this year the Victorian AOD sector would have been the recipient of what can only be described as historically high investment across most of the sector. The many years of advocacy has either directly or indirectly borne fruit. Announcements over

AOD budget initiatives; making progress September 2017 In this issue 2 Sector update 2 New staff 3 Living in a “governnmentsanctioned drug ghetto” in Melbourne, 2017 4 Sector priorities survey 2017 5 Real-time prescription monitoring in Victoria 6 CCB project update 6 Calendar Welcome to the August edition of the VAADA Newsletter! The last couple

Investment in AOD treatment June 2017 In this issue 2 Sector update 3 Living on the edge 4 VAADA service providers conference 5 2016 acute drug toxicity data 6 Peer Led Harm Reduction Overdose Prevention Intitiative 6 Calendar It has been a long time in the Victorian AOD treatment sector, since alcohol and other drug

March 2017 The degustation of reform In this issue 2 VAADA 2017 conference 4 Family Violence Royal Commission – one year on 2 Victorian government announcements 5 Launch of AOD Media Watch 5 Growing SIF advocacy 6 Turning a blind eye to drug abuse gets us nowhere 6 Calendar The ebb and flow of activity

Change and uncertainty remain As we head into the second half of 2016, it is fair to say that the AOD sector continues to deal with significant change and overwhelming uncertainty at a political, funding and service delivery level. The additional media attention due to crystal methamphetamine seems to have increased help seeking and service