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  • Additional supervised injecting capacity vital in addressing reduce drug harm
    • June 5, 2020
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association welcomes the announcement of a second Injecting room following the release of the Hamilton report.

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  • Supervised injecting is better than unsupervised injecting
    • May 1, 2018
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    MEDIA RELEASE WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL 2018 Supervised injecting is better than unsupervised injecting The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) support the development of supervised injecting in North Richmond as a necessary place based intervention to reduce substance related harms and associated broader local issues. Recent reporting highlighting concerns regarding the location of the Medically

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  • International Overdose Awareness Day
    • June 27, 2017
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    MEDIA RELEASE THURSDAY 31 AUGUST 2017 International Overdose Awareness Day Today the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) with many in the community, commemorate the community members who have lost their lives through fatal overdose and recognise the ongoing trauma which survivors and families experience. We recognise that this is an issue central in the

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  • Responding to alcohol and other drug related harms in emerging ‘hotspots’
    • June 27, 2017
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    MEDIA RELEASE FRIDAY 9 JUNE 2017 Responding to alcohol and other drug related harms in emerging ‘hotspots’ The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) notes with concern the increasing illicit substance related offending highlighted in recent data released from the Crime Statistics Agency (CSA). This data identifies specific regions which have experienced an increase in

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  • The Victorian Drug Court must be accessible state wide
    • August 5, 2013
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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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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  • Public health no‐brainer: provision of sterile syringes a necessity
    • May 20, 2013
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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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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  • Alcohol Taxation
    • May 21, 2010
    • Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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    Alcohol Taxation Issued March 2010 A Caveat This background paper has been developed to accompany VAADA’s Alcohol Taxation Position Paper (issued February 2010). It contains a more detailed discussion of the complexities of alcohol taxation than was possible or desirable in VAADA’s position paper. VAADA awaits the Commonwealth Government’s response to the review of Australia’s

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