Position Paper
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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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No CommentsBackground 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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Drug Courts in Victoria: evidence & options
- July 1, 2013
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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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
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