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Vale Professor The Hon Marie Bashir AD CVO

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Stop police wasting time on cannabis so they can focus on bigger crime threats, Victorians urge government

International Overdose Awareness Day 2025 Partners’ Report

International Overdose Awareness Day 2025 Partners’ Report

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GHB and Stimulants: Navigating Complex Polydrug Use Presentations

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Australia needs “comprehensive and coherent” laws to regain control of cannabis markets

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Penington disappointed by NSW Government’s “dangerous timidity” on drug reform

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The Australian: Penington Institute cautions against overly strict cannabis regulation

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Australia’s medical lobby groups failing to take a ‘wider view’ on cannabis questions

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Intersecting Realities: Neurodivergence and Substance Use

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Rush to restrict medicinal cannabis could cause additional harms, Penington Institute warns

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NSW government misses key opportunity on cannabis reform

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The Guardian: Victorian Liberal members to push for regulated cannabis market at state council

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The Age: Drug overdoses spike in those over 40, new data shows

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Justice & Reform: 2025 David Penington Oration Champions Cannabis Policy Change

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More middle-age and older Australians dying from drug overdoses, new figures from the Penington Institute reveal

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Overdose in Australia: Findings from Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2025

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Live stream: The David Penington Oration 2025

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The Australian: Policy leader says medicinal cannabis reform impossible without legislation

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ABC 7:30: The mock cannabis shop showing us what legalisation might look like

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The Weekly Times: Cannabis ‘economic lever waiting to be pulled’

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Legal cannabis within reach: new plan urges government action

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Herald Sun: Drug of choice – Sneak peek inside Fitzroy’s mock cannabis shop

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ABC Radio Melbourne: Legalising cannabis will bring $10 billion to Victoria

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9News: 57% of Victorians support regulated cannabis

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Cannabis regulation revealed as a $10 billion economic opportunity for Victoria — if we embrace it

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Young Victorian men back cannabis reform – see it as central in voting decision

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The Briefing: plane load of Aussies die from silent killer each month

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ABC: ‘Boeing 737’ full of Aussies dying of drug overdoses every month, researchers say

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Overdose killing ‘plane full’ of Australians every month: new figures

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Penington Institute welcomes new chair and board members

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