Thanks for having us FARE! It was a privilege to see first hand all the great work that everyone at FARE is doing in the alcohol policy space.

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Great to attend the Family Drug Support forum for #IFDSDay being held Parliament of Victoria being opened by the awesome Chloe Span 💸💎 from Family Drug Support Victoria Harm Reduction Vic @cohealth_au VAADA Aiv Puglielli MP Rachel Payne MP David Limbrick MP 🌸

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Looking forward to this discussion hosted by First Step & Patrick Lawrence (thank you) into: is drug checking just for festivals? Excellent panellists Harm Reduction Aus Annie Madden (PhD) AO The Loop Australia @monicabarratt Harm Reduction Vic & Sione Crawford.

‘drug checking is NOT just for festivals ... to have checking only at festivals isn’t aligned with harm reduction principles’ @monicabarratt First Step

‘There has been an explosion of drug checking in North America and that has nothing to do with festivals, but everything to do with the fentanyl crisis’ @monicabarratt First Step

‘I want a drug checking model that is accessible to everybody and anybody who wants it, which is not just festivals.’ @monicabarratt First Step

‘Does drug checking just keep us trapped in minimising the harms of illicit drug use without challenging the broader political issues such as, why is there an illicit drug market in the first place and what can be done to end it?’ Annie Madden (PhD) AO First Step

‘Generally speaking, people who go to festivals can afford the ticket, food, camping and the drugs on top. So, festival drug checking has a very limited reach arguably to a more privileged group in the community.’ Annie Madden (PhD) AO First Step

‘Drug checking reduces harm and gives people the opportunity for safer drug use. Regardless how effective it is, a great deal of advocacy continues to consume many hours of those pushing for this to happen’ Annie Madden (PhD) AO First Step

‘Drug checking can be used for serve all members of the community.’ Harm Reduction Vic First Step

‘Fentanyl has almost entirely replaced heroin in the North American drug market. Peer-based safer supply models are being used to successfully avoid overdoses’ Harm Reduction Vic First Step

‘Until we can access a safer regulated supply, we can advocate to drug checking and for it to be responsive and adaptive to community first and foremost’ Harm Reduction Vic First Step

This aged well #Lehrmann

Last chance to join our live interview with best selling author Antony Loewenstein to talk about his book 'Pills, Powders & Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs'. Join Annie Madden (PhD) AO at 7pm tonight for 45mins of the best drug law reform chat online. Click below to register:

Synthetic opioids are not a potential threat for Australia, they are already here! Comprehensive reform is urgently needed: more harm reduction and an end to the black market! See Harm Reduction Aus statement here... harmreductionaustralia.org.au/synthetic-opio…

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It was a pleasure to be interviewed by ABC News as part of this. 'Tough love' doesn't not work with people who use drugs and it is not trauma-informed. Have a look at what is:

Family Drug Support's Chloe Span features in this ABC article: 'What loving someone with an addiction or dependence can look like' - abc.net.au/news/2025-10-2…