... and here's the full letter with the list of signatories 🙂#yes23 #referendum23

‘The idea persists because of stigma.’ ‘If we want people to get help earlier, we need to stop blaming them and treat addiction like any other health condition.’ Paula Goodyer The Age Dr Nicole Lee Rethink Addiction smh.com.au/lifestyle/heal…

RESEARCH SEMINAR | Join us during #NTMHW2023 as we celebrate 20 years of Menzies’ Stay Strong program! Hear from mental health researcher Dr Josie Povey who will share this innovative program's current and future directions. Register today: bit.ly/3t3aO7G

Potent synthetic opioids classed as ‘nitazenes’ have been seized in South Australia and could be present in illicit drugs theknow.org.au/alerts_warning…

Alcohol pharmacotherapies are under prescribed and under utilised. Here we summarize how they are also really cost effective. Help us get that message out there, and implementing what works. Great work by Benjamin Higginbotham Edith Collins Centre in leading this important project!

The All Good Project Care Team are looking for volunteers for the Electric Storm Halloween Festival in Darwin to promote safer partying. Interested? See info below!

In better news, good things are happening in the ACT. Check out this great article from ABC News on Saturday: 'The ACT is decriminalising small amounts of illicit drugs in a move to treat addiction as a health issue. How will that help users?' - abc.net.au/news/2023-10-2…

"If we have a system that allows these types of products to be produced and marketed en masse, then ... it’s failing young people and failing the community," FARE CEO Caterina Giorgi tells The Australian. theaustralian.com.au/nation/watchdo…

NT Drug Warning - Metonitazene aadant.org.au/news/nt-drug-w…

NT Australian of the Year Blair McFarland has been acknowledged for his decades-long commitment to improving the health and lives of some of Australia's most disadvantaged youth. ab.co/3MvlKSu

World AIDS Day is an international day that began in 1988. It’s held on 1 December each year to help raise awareness about HIV and AIDS. aadant.org.au/news/world-aid…

Some insights from our colleagues in this article that are worthy of consideration in the lead up to this year's Federal Budget too - 'Synthetic opioids like fentanyl could increase in Australia soon. Experts say we need to prepare now' (ABC News): abc.net.au/news/2024-01-2…

New systematic review from Georgina Lau & team examines substance use in violence-related injuries & provides a useful benchmark for harm reduction and injury prevention strategies. Monash University Ben Beck See Table 7 for policy and research implications: tinyurl.com/3wb7wt6s

I couldn't agree more with Ashwin Dhanda (follow me on Bluesky)'s article - the stigma that exists around alcohol means that people aren't getting the help that they need, when they need it. A 🧵 1/ theconversation.com/stigma-kills-p…

Are you 18+ years old with lived or living experience of an alcohol use disorder? Participate in the Menzies Research 'zero alcohol drinks and recovery' study here: aadant.org.au/news/zero-alco…

An #NT rehab expert has criticised the revival of the zombie policy of mandatory alcohol treatment, seven years after the $18m per year program was found to have no apparent long-term health impacts. The NT News ntnews.com.au/news/politics/…

New drugs mean more risk of overdose. Experts say we need more pill testing now abc.net.au/news/2024-02-2…

Drug Alert: There have been two recent cases in Queensland involving fake Nucynta® tablets. Nucynta® tablets contain tapentadol and are not available in Australia. community.theknow.org.au/news

Despite clear evidence that alcohol causes at least 7 types of cancer, a new national survey conducted by @AlcoholChangeAustralia has found too many Australians remain in the dark about the link between alcohol & cancer. Read the full media release here: brnw.ch/21wKrwF

Great to see all the media in the past week including Channel 7 news report on Victoria Kostadinov's PhD and latest paper looking at high-risk drinking by women. 7plus.com.au/seven-news-mel… (13.20m). View paper doi.org/10.1111/dar.13… Billie Bonevski Nathan Harrison Jacquie Bowden