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VAADA

Locality: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9412 5600

Address: 211 Victoria Parade 3066 Collingwood, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.vaada.org.au

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25.01.2022 Deputy Premier and education James Merlino has been announced by Daniel Andrews as the new Minister for Mental Health: "The work of rebuilding our mental health system matters more than ever. It’s why the Deputy Premier James Merlino will take the lead in one of the Government’s signature reforms as Minister for Mental Health, in addition to his responsibilities in Education." https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/ingrid-stitt-joins-ministry... #AOD #mentalhealth

24.01.2022 We are excited to invite you to the launch of the Embracing Equality Pledge this #IDAHOBIT Day, Monday 17 May. Featuring a presentation from Dr Adam Bourne on what the latest LGBTIQ+ data is telling us as well as a dynamic panel discussion. The Pledge is the important next step by Victoria’s leading peak organisations to embrace equality and work to end the discrimination and inequities experienced by LGBTIQ+ people in Victoria. #EmbracingEquality Register now: https://bit.ly.../3tt0CA9 Victorian Aboriginal Children & Young People's Alliance Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare Victorian Healthcare Association Youth Affairs Council Victoria Council to Homeless Persons Victorian Trades Hall Council Mental Health Victoria

23.01.2022 Have you registered for the launch of the Embracing Equality Pledge this #IDAHOBIT Day, Monday 17 May? Featuring a presentation from Dr Adam Bourne on what the latest LGBTIQ+ data is telling us as well as a dynamic panel discussion. The Pledge is the important next step by Victoria’s leading peak organisations to embrace equality and work to end the discrimination and inequities experienced by LGBTIQ+ people in Victoria. #EmbracingEquality Victorian Aboriginal Children & Youn...g People's Alliance, VAADA - The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association Victorian Healthcare Association Youth Affairs Council Victoria Council to Homeless Persons, Victorian Trades Hall Council and Mental Health Victoria. Register now: https://bit.ly/3tt0CA9

22.01.2022 PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed until 2021 We are proud to be a Partner for the International Summit on Psychedelic Therapies for Mental Illness hosted by Mind Medicine Australia from 19-20 November 2021 in Melbourne. This important event features the global leaders in this field and explores themes including ethics, current state of mental health in Australia, clinical outcomes of psychedelic research, therapeutic mechanisms of psychedelic treatments, enhancing e...ffectiveness and minimising risks, and preparation towards creating a new paradigm for treatment of mental illness. For more details and to book your tickets: https://summit.mindmedicineaustralia.org/ Mind Medicine Australia #MMA2021 #mentalhealth #psychedelics #psychology #psychiatry #therapist #training #medicine #health #innovation #leadership #Melbourne

20.01.2022 https://summit.mindmedicineaustralia.org/

16.01.2022 Victorian AOD Service Provider’s Conference October-November 2020: Adaptations and Innovations in the AOD Sector The next Service Provider’s Conference will be held digitally as a four-part webinar series over October and November. It will look at some current topical issues within the Victorian AOD sector. We encourage CEOs, managers and frontline AOD staff within funded organisations to attend. Webinar 1: Telehelp! Tools and Techniques for telephone and video consultations... for AOD Treatment https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/spc-webinar-1-telehelp-tick Tuesday 20th October 11:30am-1:00PM Description: Telehealth has become increasingly popular due to its convenience and ability to increase accessibility to consumers. It has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is likely that telehealth is here to stay. This webinar looks into the importance of telehealth, key takeaways from the 'Telephone and Video Consultations: How to Identify and Respond to Substance Use' Guide, and the challenges involved with telehealth. There will be opportunities for audience questions as well. #AOD #TeleHealth #substanceabuse #counselling

16.01.2022 Episode 3 of Addicted Australia airs at 8.30pm tonight on SBS. Addicted Australia is a bold, revelatory and inspiring documentary that puts a spotlight on Austr...alia’s addiction crisis in the most powerful and deeply personal way. We encourage you to tune in and join our campaign encouraging Australians to #RethinkAddiction. Read more about both the campaign and the program at: www.rethinkaddiction.org.au/addictedaustralia

14.01.2022 Alcohol Beverages Australia refer to 30/6/20 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - AIHW data to refute our survey conducted Jan 2021, thus willfully ignoring the 2nd #COVID19Vic wave. They also question the integrity of treatment orgs on the severity of #alcohol-related presentations.... FARE Australia https://theshout.com.au/aba-calls-out-misleading-survey/

14.01.2022 The National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (NCCRED) and National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction - NCETA have developed an onlin...e Clinical Guidelines Matrix. This online resource enables clinicians working across all clinical settings to identify the best quality Clinical Practice Guidelines for their treatment area and population type. Download for FREE.

13.01.2022 Media Release - NO SIGNIFICANT BBV/STI OR AOD MEASURES IN HEALTH BUDGET Read the full media release here - http://aivl.org.au/media-releases/ #departmentofhealt...h #health #Budget2020Health #Budget2021 #COVID19 #HepC #unemployment #harmreduction Hepatitis Australia See more

12.01.2022 "In an Australian first, the state government could begin to treat medicinal cannabis the same as other medications as part of a plan to be drafted over coming months in consultation with MPs, police and doctors and expected to be implemented early next year. Medicinal cannabis prescribed by doctors has been legal in Victoria since 2015, but it remains an offence for drivers, regardless of their medical status, to have the drug in their systems. Wednesday’s announcement comes... after a five-year campaign by Reason Party MP Fiona Patten, who has argued it is unfair for doctors to prescribe cannabis for patients who are unable to drive after taking the medication." #AOD #medicalcannabis #cannabis #RDT

10.01.2022 The allocations in this budget highlight a government focus on the implications of Covid-19 on mental health, while assuming that it’s had no impact on [substance] dependence, Sam Biondo, the executive officer of Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association, said. The anxieties relating to Covid-19 and the impact of recession will result in increased at-risk alcohol and drug use and subsequent treatment demand going forward. #AOD #Budget2020 #COVID19 #substanceabuse #alcohol

10.01.2022 This year, the 30th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, the Victorian Government must fully fund Aboriginal legal services. All Aboriginal people should have equal access to culturally-safe, holistic legal services, regardless of whether they live in metro or regional areas. #Vicbudget #IndigenousLivesMatter

10.01.2022 VAADA CEO Sam Biondo on the #Oregon decision to #decriminalise #drugs on #9Today.

09.01.2022 Today is International Overdose Awareness Day. VAADA acknowledges those who have passed through fatal overdose and the enduring grief experienced by their family and loved ones. VAADA has developed a statement and companion infographic detailing eight straightforward evidence-based innovations that will reduce fatal overdose. ... Read our full media statement here: https://www.vaada.org.au//uplo/2020/08/MED_IOAD_300820.pdf #IOAD2020 #EndOverdose #OverdoseAware

07.01.2022 VAADA presents the Victorian AOD Service Providers Conference Webinar Series, Webinar #2: Harm Reduction Innovation and Challenges: What we can learn from other jurisdictions With keynote speaker Jane Buxton - Professor in the UBC School of Population and Public Health and medical lead for harm reduction at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)... 27 October, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm For more information and to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spc-webinar-2-harm-reduction-i #harmreduction #AOD #substanceabuse

07.01.2022 For more info visit: https://visiblehealthwarning.org/

06.01.2022 Premiering at 8.30pm tonight on SBS, #AddictedAustralia is a bold & inspiring documentary that puts a spotlight on Australia’s addiction crisis in the most powe...rful & deeply personal way. We encourage you to tune & join our campaign to #RethinkAddiction. https://youtu.be/ToEhFR016EA

06.01.2022 The Vic Government has committed 188.9M on Dame Phyllis Frost #prison. 1000 new public homes could be implemented for the same sum. Evidence shows jurisdictions that spend more on prisons and less on #housing and #socialservices have higher crime rates. Homes not Prisons... Sign the open letter here: https://homesnotprisons.com.au/#open-letter

05.01.2022 Register now for the 4th and final webinar of our Victorian AOD Service Providers conference webinar series. Stephen Duckett from the Grattan Institute and Prof. Nadine Ezard, Addiction Medicine Specialist at NDARC and SVHS will be presenting on their vision for the future of health system delivery in a post COVID world. https://us02web.zoom.us//1215881/WN_PP7jlJkHRMyAStpaf5LoqQ

04.01.2022 Independent Review of the Medically Supervised Injecting Room in North Richmond: Findings and recommendations Webinar presented by Prof Margaret Hamilton August 3, 12:30 - 2:00pm Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//1915946/WN_KJQFQqrTT3SkbZCo9UKfzw... Over the first 18 months of operation , the MSIR has responded to 2,657 overdose events, and is estimated to have prevented between 21 and 27 deaths. To view the summary report, click here: https://www2.health.vic.gov.au//med-supervised-injecting-r Co-sponsored by VAADA & the Yarra Drug and Health Forum

03.01.2022 #ReconciliationWeek provides a timely reminder of the significant reforms which need to be done to create social equity for #aboriginal and #TorresStraitIslander. For too long, changes have been at best incremental with powerful resistance to do what is fair and right in the interests of better health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. While we welcome the pending reforms on public drunkenness, there is still so much to do.... The number of deaths in custody remains a national disgrace with inaction highlighting that for many, the status quo is acceptable. We know that many communities have been devastated by the high number of deaths in custody that have marked 2021. Broader reform of the justice system should be prioritised, to overhaul the discriminatory elements which have informed the operation of that system for decades and ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are safe.

02.01.2022 Fantastic News from the state government. Let's hope regional MSIRs are next.

02.01.2022 Media Release from VAADA Additional supervised injecting capacity vital in addressing reduce drug harm The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association welcomes the announcement of a second Injecting room following the release of the Hamilton report.... Mr Biondo, EO VAADA says, ‘the benefits outlined in the report align with international evidence on the lifesaving practices that occur in supervised injecting facilities with the North Richmond facility carrying the additional benefit of having made 13,000 referrals to health and social services during its’ time in operation’. ‘Many of these referrals and the subsequent benefits in housing, health and welfare may not have been otherwise achieved’. ‘The surging tide of heroin harms highlights the wisdom in establishing a second facility to further reduce the harms, increase referrals and in part reduce the burden on the overstretched MSIR’. ‘We also welcome the announcement to improve amenity in North Richmond and look forward to the benefits to the local community, including traders.’ https://www.vaada.org.au//MED_Injecting-room-statement_050