Freedom from serious drug harms.
To help people and institutions, regardless of their status or beliefs, to minimise serious harms from legal and illicit drugs.
Penington Institute champions an open, rational, and compassionate approach to building and sharing knowledge to reduce drug-related harm.
We push for an effective regulatory framework for cannabis defined by public health goals, with priority placed on targeted prevention, education, and treatment.
Penington Institute produces Australia’s Annual Overdose Report to demonstrate the nature of the overdose crisis and to support change to reduce drug-induced deaths.
Penington Institute – Australia’s leading independent drug policy research non-profit – believes the NSW Government has missed an important opportunity to show national leadership on evidence-based cannabis reform. In its newly published response to the Impact of the regulatory framework for cannabis in New South Wales Parliamentary Inquiry’s final report,
At this month’s Victorian Liberal state council, party members will debate a motion to establish a regulated cannabis market for adult use, The Guardian reports. The proposal, put forward by former Liberal staffer turned lobbyist Mark Briers, calls for cannabis to be treated in a similar way to alcohol,
New data from the Penington Institute reveals a troubling trend: while drug-related deaths among young Australians have declined, fatal overdoses among older adults are climbing. The Age highlights a troubling shift in drug-related deaths in Australia. While overdose deaths among young people have declined, the number of fatal overdoses among
Penington Institute – Australia’s leading independent drug policy research non-profit – believes the NSW Government has missed an important opportunity to show national leadership on evidence-based cannabis reform. In its newly published response to the Impact of the regulatory framework for cannabis in New South Wales Parliamentary Inquiry’s final report,
At this month’s Victorian Liberal state council, party members will debate a motion to establish a regulated cannabis market for adult use, The Guardian reports. The proposal, put forward by former Liberal staffer turned lobbyist Mark Briers, calls for cannabis to be treated in a similar way to alcohol,
New data from the Penington Institute reveals a troubling trend: while drug-related deaths among young Australians have declined, fatal overdoses among older adults are climbing. The Age highlights a troubling shift in drug-related deaths in Australia. While overdose deaths among young people have declined, the number of fatal overdoses among
Penington Institute convenes the world’s largest annual campaign to end the overdose crisis. International Overdose Awareness Day falls on August 31 each year.
