AustraliaLEAP

LEAP Australia - Law Enforcement Action Partnerships International - Dedicated to Ending Drug Prohibition and the War on Drugs

[Greg Barns SC @BarnsGreg]

#springst @heyracheddie @theage @FionaHPatten The decision of the Andrews government to delay reforms to drug driving laws for 18m to 2 years of tests of medical cannabis users will mean thousands more cases of injustice as people lose their licences because of unjust laws.

[Peter Krykant @PeteKrykant_OPC]

I've visited Overdose Prevention Sites in 4 countries, Australia, Portugal, Spain & Denmark. My biggest hope was the next one I'd visit was in Scotland but I'm abt to visit one in a 5th country.

17 countries now have them, Scotland & the UK needs them desperately, so many lives lost needlessly 💔

[LEAP UK @UKLEAP]

Trying to change the way the media and language around addiction and bereavement, this is a welcome contribution…

Language really matters when it comes to reporting substance use https://t.co/OzVNFNhHo4 by @DrHannahCarver and @TessaParkes

[Anyone's Child: Families for Safer Drug Control @anyoneschild]

Is spending all that money on policing, the criminal justice system and prisons, really the best way to go?

Would it be better to bring the supply of drugs under legal regulation and control?

Anyone's Child member Hope writes in her new piece on the blog https://t.co/eBYlCjkMPl

[Grinspoon: Grinspoon on Drugs @Peter_Grinspoon]

My latest in @TIME:
'Decriminalizing Opioids Will Save Countless Lives'
The Drug War is what is why we are losing 100+k lives a year to #opioids, & we need to decriminalize along general lines of #cannabis
Link to my latest book: https://t.co/T5wFsr0Qco
https://t.co/tVXWpbhLzp

[Transform Drug Policy Foundation @TransformDrugs]

👉Legal regulation means that access to drugs would be more restricted
👉We already legally regulate other risky substances such as alcohol and tobacco
👉Legal regulation can alleviate the problems caused by drug prohibition

Learn how to make the case 👇
https://t.co/GKhdPpgvIX

[Peter Krykant @PeteKrykant_OPC]

Not said it recently so let's shout it loud for the people at the back.

📢 Drugs are not prohibited because they're dangerous.

📢 Drugs are dangerous because they're prohibited.

With synthetics enter the drug market this has sadly never been more true.

[Harm Reduction Vic @HRV_Aust]

International Overdose Awareness Day lead up Naloxone training FAQs. FAQ #4:
Will the cops come if I call 000 at an overdose???
 ANSWER:
According to Victorian Police Policy , the answer is. NO- not necessarily…but there can b exceptions. Don’t let this stop u asking for help

[Harm Reduction International @HRInews]

Join us for the launch of our new report, Aid for the War on Drugs, which looks at how wealthy governments are using international aid to fund the global war on drugs.

Register now at https://t.co/Jtk5J5T4Yf

#investinjustice

[AustraliaLEAP @LEAPAUST]

Vigil for IOAD August 31st Melbourne Town Hall come along if you are free.

[LEAP UK @UKLEAP]

We always have to remember that drug policy fits into the broader context of society: Homelessness, mental health, domestic violence and disturbance, all issues which correlate to drug laws. We’re seeing some serious examples of this across the globe, especially in the US.

[Julian Buchanan, PhD @julianbuchanan]

Prohibition fuels gangs, crime, violence and unregulated drugs with unknown purity and content.

It's time we end this façade and started engaging sensibly with the issues.

Legalise drugs, and regulate & tax drug suppliers

https://t.co/ndTmZnN65q

[Harm Reduction Vic @HRV_Aust]

AUGUST 31-INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY
Leading up to August 31st, we are looking at different substance overdoses & how to respond to them!

Number 6 and final substance in this series is OPIOIDS
#overdoseawareness #opioids #sayKNOWtodrugs
https://t.co/KZrpsIIemL

[AustraliaLEAP @LEAPAUST]

Illegal drugs, illegal tobacco, pizza shops, car washes, people trafficking. outlaw motor cycle gangs are diversifying their business interests and their management approach is violence. All funded through illicit drugs. https://t.co/QDU3GjwwFu

[Julian Buchanan, PhD @julianbuchanan]

Drug consumption rooms.....

There is no war on drugs - only certain drugs
#Monopoly
#HypocrisyExposed
#Lies
#Propaganda

[AustraliaLEAP @LEAPAUST]

@ACTINOSProject They should be investigated and charged.

[The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) @PoliceForReform]

Yet another politician murdered in Ecuador as gangs and cartels expand their power.

Let us never be complacent on the lucrative illicit trades - such as the drug trade - and what it can do to whole countries and regions. https://t.co/6KvOSBLmmO

[guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 @guyfelicella]

To everyone who doesn't support supervised consumption sites for inhalation/ injection for people who are using drugs then you are basically supporting open drug use. Drug users will always do what's necessary to look out for each other when health services aren't created to support them.

[AustraliaLEAP @LEAPAUST]

Please sign the petition for an overdose prevention service in Melbourne. Get your friends and colleagues to sign too!!! https://t.co/FKoT5VejtB

[Harm Reduction Vic @HRV_Aust]

Leading up to International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31st, we’ll be posting 2 series: Part 1: looking at different substances overdoses & how to respond and Part 2: answering the questions that we are asked most frequently re naloxone.

First up: ALCOHOL
#hrvic_hpteam