Overdose
Since the first edition of Australia’s Annual Overdose Report in 2014, Penington Institute has called for a shift in policy to address the overdose crisis. Key to this shift is the development of a National Overdose Prevention Strategy.
Australia’s existing framework to prevent and reduce drug-related harms is the National Drug Strategy, 2017-2026. However, this document only makes passing mention of overdose prevention and does not adequately address the current crisis.
A National Overdose Prevention Strategy must be developed in cooperation with people with lived experience of drug use, frontline workers, and other experts in the field of drug-related issues.
Penington Institute offers several regular e-newsletters, publications
and online forums to help keep you up to date.
Penington Institute offers several regular
e-newsletters, publications and online forums
to help keep you up to date.
Every dollar you donate supports our work to improve community
health and safety related to alcohol and other drugs.
Every dollar you donate supports our work to improve community health and safety related to alcohol and other drugs.
Penington Institute
PO Box 722
Carlton South VIC 3053
Australia
