Publications

2019 Annual Report Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association TABLE OF CONTENTS VAADA Board 1 Board Member Profiles 1 VAADA Staff 5 Vision & Mission 5 Management Reports 6 Presidents Report

AOD: where do we fit in the community services puzzle? September 2019 In this issue 2 The Australian Drug Harms Ranking Study 4 Update on Victoria’s Mental Health Royal Commission

MEDIA RELEASE, SEPTEMBER 11 2019 Prison should not be a death sentence Four in 10 Victorians who fatally overdosed with heroin in 2017 were former Victorian prisoners. The Victorian Alcohol

MEDIA RELEASE Overdose Awareness Day 2019 – VAADA Statement 31 August 2019 Overdose Awareness Day reminds us that overdose does not discriminate, the impacts are felt far and wide the

The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the Victorian government’s announcement to decriminalise public drunkenness. The announcement, which aligns with a recommendation from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths

ILLICIT DRUG DATA REPORT 2017–18 Correspondence should be addressed to: Chief Executive Officer Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission PO Box 1936 Canberra City ACT 2601 Telephone: 02 6268 7000 (from within

Methamphetamine Use Among Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People1: Intervention Options for Workers Ann Roche, Allan Trifonoff, Kirsten Ryan There is increasing concern about methamphetamine use in Australia and particularly

For many years, Victoria led the country in supporting kids in trouble. There was a common understanding across sectors, including Government, police and community about holding young people who offend accountable while giving them the chance to make amends for their actions.

Policy reform, personalised medicine and brain science: why we need a multifaceted approach to reducing the harms of alcohol and other drugs VAADA 2019 David Nutt FMedSci Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology

VAADA’s submission discusses the broad conditions for good mental health, and the specific implications this has for our alcohol and other drug sector, and its intersection with the mental health