FDS Insight Magazine Jun - Sep 2023

Contents Insights Out 1 ACT government funding for FDS services 2 FDS website 3 FDS presents at HR23 conference 4 Farewell to FDS worker Natasha Stapleton 5 International FDS Day 2023 6 Poem: Finding an open path 15 Melbourne activist Judy Ryan 16 Minister calls for pill testing trial in NSW 20 Australia ranks third for opioid deaths 22 Legalising cannabis … dole increase 24 Melbourne heroin overdoses spike in CBD 27 Poem: Fear 29 Family Support Meetings 30 Events Diary 36 Stepping Stones Courses 36 Stepping Forward Information Sessions 38 Support the Family Workshops 40 Volunteer Training 41 Not My Family Never My Child 40 FDS welcomes your ideas 41 News from Overseas 42 United States 42 United Kingdom 45 Japan 48 Memorial Corner – June to September 49 Have you considered a bequest to FDS? 52 FDS Remembrance Day: July 2023 53 Need help? 54 Drug-affected families welcome support Injecting room in Richmond, Melbourne Hayden & Jackson drug reform advocates Judy Ryan: speaker at Melbourne IFDSD