FDS Insight Magazine Jun - Sep 2023

ACT government providing funding for families affected by drug addiction	4
Kerem Doruk, Canberra Times (24/2/23)	4
FDS presents at HR23 Conference	6
Farewell to FDS Family Support Worker, Natasha Stapleton	7
International Family Drug Support Day 2023	8
QLD – Gold Coast – 20 February	8
SA – Adelaide – 22 February	9
QLD – Rockhampton – 22 February	10
VIC – Melbourne – 23 February	11
NSW – Sydney – 24 February	12
QLD – Brisbane – 24 February	16
Poem: Finding an open path	17
‘Something broke’: How an overdose at her back gate turned one Melbourne woman into an activist	18
Sophie Black, The Guardian (18/2/23)	18
Join the movement: Minister calls for pill testing trial in NSW	22
Angus Thomson & Michael McGowan, Sydney Morning Herald (21/4/23)	22
Australia ranks third for opioid deaths: National drug crisis revealed	24
Elena Couper, new.com.au (14/6/23)	24
Legalising cannabis could generate tens of billions in revenue, enabling big dole increase, Greens argue	26
Samantha Maiden, news.com.au (30/1/23)	26
Melbourne’s injecting room delay puts lives at risk as heroin overdoses spike in CBD	29
Calt Kelly, The Guardian (24/1/23)	29
Poem: Fear	31
Family Support Meetings	32
Events Diary	38
Memorial Corner	51

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