Was a good meeting with some good outcomes OSF Harm Reduction NZ Drug Foundation Sarah Helm (she/her) Helen Clark UN Office on Drugs & Crime Melissa Sweet Linda Burney MP Coalition of Peaks WGAR News👣 #GrassRoots #AboriginalVoices #WGARmob also had meeting with Hernan Vale’s Office of @UNCHR Penny Hill (she/her) Harm Reduction International IDPC Juan Fernandez

Diego Andres Lugo-Vivas from Columbian speaking at the Side Event 23rd Session of ⁦UNPFII⁩ in New York today ⁦Sarah Helm (she/her)⁩ ⁦Colleen Daniels⁩ ⁦NZ Drug Foundation⁩ ⁦OSF Harm Reduction⁩ ⁦IDPC⁩ ⁦Juan Fernandez⁩ on Indigenous Issues

⁦Sarah Helm (she/her)⁩ ⁦OSF Harm Reduction⁩ Sarah Evans OSF, Sam Rivera speaking at Side event today in New York UN PFII ⁦NZ Drug Foundation⁩ ⁦Melissa Sweet⁩ ⁦Croakey News⁩ ⁦SAACCON⁩ ⁦Scott Wilson⁩ ⁦Harm Reduction International⁩ ⁦Harm Reduction Vic⁩ ⁦Penny Hill (she/her)⁩

One to watch: Indigenous drug policy session at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. 👏🏻👏🏽👏🏾
Register below. Our friends Scott Wilson & Prof James Ward presenting in this promoted session, and Diego Andres Lugo-Vivas⁩ & Sam Rivera earlier

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Listen: Drug Foundation executive director Sarah Helm (she/her) shares our findings from the 98 drug checking clinics that we ran in 2023. These new stats show just how vital this service is. rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

'We have a confidential harm reduction conversation with every person who walks through the door about ways to stay safer. For some people it's the first time they've been able to have an honest conversation about their drug use.' - Sarah Helm (she/her)

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Ha pasado algo excepcional en la historia de la diplomacia de Colombia y se constituye en nuestro segundo gran triunfo internacional, el primero fue detener las pretensiones de Nicaragua sobre nuestro mar Caribe.

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Back home from #CND67 . While a frustrating experience, as always, there were some gems of progress. Presence and excellent engagement of ⁦Volker Türk⁩ of OHCHR, highlighting human rights obligations in context of drug control, was one of them

'Why in 2024 are Indigenous People still asking for a seat at the table' re drug policy that so profoundly impact us, Gaby Bruning for International IndigenousDrugPolicyAlliance Scott Wilson Te Rau Ora Thunderbird PF IDPC #cnd67

Gaby Bruning from Int Ingenuous Drug Policy Alliance #IIDPA speaking in No more Silence Amplifying the voices of pop disproportionately impacted by punitive drug policies ⁦Scott Wilson⁩ ⁦UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs⁩ ⁦Kasia Malinowska⁩ ⁦Sarah Helm (she/her)⁩ ⁦UN against Organized Crime⁩

Minister Matt Doocey with Sally Pitts-Brown chair of the Platform board at the Platform Members' Day happening now. Just announced implementation of a new mental health and addiction peer support service in hospital emergency departments. Read below:
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Major blind spot: Indigenous Peoples rights & decolonising drug policy

International Indigenous Drug Policy Alliance calls for Indigenous-led reform, self-determination & justice

“Indigenous People were the first harm reductionists” Melissa Sweet Helen Clark

Unveiling #DrugPolicy 's blind spots at #CND67 with IDPC's shadow report. Addressing #HumanRights vs state surveillance, #HarmReduction as health strategy, the rights of #Indigenous peoples within international drug policy. A crucial step for fairer, more effective policies!

Stealthing is rape and we all know it. And now another SWer has stood up for justice and won

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