FDS Insight Magazine Nov - Dec 2022

Launch of FDS Toowoomba, Queensland	4
Tess Heming	4
Letter from a past member to Tony	6
The rising appetite for powerful drugs like fentanyl is a direct result of Australia’s failing prohibition policies	7
Greg Denham, The Guardian (31/8/22)	7
ACT decriminalises drug possession: Labor MP M. Pettersson on forging reform	8
Paul Gregoire, mondaq (31/10/22)	8
Avoiding the courts	9
In the footsteps of cannabis reform	9
The strength of our scars	13
The global state of harm reduction 2022	14
Harm Reduction International, hri.global (2022)	14
Main findings	14
Introduction	14
Harm reduction is stronger in 2022	14
Unequal resources, unequal progress	15
Harm reduction in times of crisis	15
Continued crisis for harm reduction funding	17
Human rights and harm reduction	17
Needle and syringe programmes	19
Opioid agonist therapy	19
Countries or territories employing a harm reduction approach in policy or practice	20
Poems by FDS members	26
Spirit of Life Journey	26
A precious child is born	26
Spirit of life expanding	26
Spirit of life dulling	26
Spirit of life reviving	26
Kerry	26
Poem by SW	26
Poem of Honest Feelings	27
Family Support Meetings	28
Events Diary	35
‘I feel a wave of relief’: WA government inquiry promises truth on Pentecostal-linked Esther Foundation	39
David Hardaker, crikey.com.au (7/2/22)	39
‘We need to walk free again’: former resident of Pentecostal-linked centre calls for accountability	42
David Hardaker, crikey.com.au (17/2/22)	42
Patricia’s way	43
What’s the issue?	44
What’s new?	45
Why is this important?	46
What’s next?	47
Memorial Corner	48

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