harm reduction
PSA seeks harm reduction champion
PSA launches search for a pharmacist to become its spokesperson on harm minimisation The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is inviting pharmacists to submit expressions of interest to become its first harm reduction champion. The organisation is …
Fixed site pill testing service ‘can save lives’: expert
Moves to establish a permanent drug checking facility are being welcomed by a pharmacist. Victoria is set to open a fixed site pill testing service in Fitzroy, close to one …
ODT changes: how they happened
In this episode of the AJP Podcast, host Carlene McMaugh speaks to harm reduction experts about the way changes to opioid dependence therapy were made – and how pharmacy reacted …
What does drug testing for welfare recipients really mean?
We look into the proposal, first introduced in the May budget, which the Coalition is hoping to roll out from 1 January 2018 The Government has begun to plan its …
“Australia hasn’t yet come to terms with the option of harm reduction”
In the wake of the TGA’s decision to maintain a ban on nicotine for e-cigarettes, research shows such restrictive environments inhibit smokers’ attempts to quit A study published this week …