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How does alcohol contribute to family violence?
ABC Melbourne’s Conversation Hour looks at how alcohol contributes to family violence and what we can do about it.
Radiotherapy – 30 June 2024
A/Prof Shalini Arunogiri joined a discussion on the recent announcement of a pill testing trial set to begin this summer in Victoria.
ABC Life Matters: How to handle a new class of deadly drug and Parisa Sekandari's journey from Afghanistan
A new family of drugs, nitazenes, are causing alarm among medical professionals and experts are warning that harm minimisation policies, including pill testing, need to be put in place now to protect unsuspecting drug users.
ABC Life Matters: New class of deadly drug sparks pill testing push
Up to fifty times stronger than fentanyl, nitazenes are synthetic opioids that have been detected in Australia in recreational drugs like MDMA and ketamine.
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VIC’s New Pill Testing Trial Will ‘Empower’ LGBT People To Party Safer
LGBTQI+ health advocates have welcomed the Victorian Government’s announcement about drug checking.
Victorian pill testing trial to go to cabinet ‘within weeks’ with premier’s support
A year-long pill testing trial could be announced in Victoria within weeks, as the proposal will be taken to cabinet with Premier Jacinta Allan’s support.
Victoria Will Finally Trial Pill Testing This Summer: Everything We Know So Far
Victoria will start pill testing this summer, in what Premier Jacinta Allen called “a simple and common sense way to save lives”. The mobile service will attend up to 10 music festivals and events throughout the trial period, with a fixed site to open in mid-2025 in Melbourne.