HYDROMORPHONE TRIAL A SMOKESCREEN TO DISTRACT FROM LABOR’S OUTRAGEOUS DECISION TO AXE SECOND INJECTING ROOM
2024-04-26 The Victorian Greens have called Labor’s recently announced hydromorphone trial a dangerous smokescreen, distracting from their decision to reject expert health advice and axe a second safe injecting room. Earlier this week Labor announced it wouldn’t establish a second safe injecting room in the CBD despite this being the key recommendation in Ken Lay’s […]
SAFE INJECTING ROOM DECISION A ‘SPINELESS CAPTAIN’S CALL’ THAT WILL COST LIVES
2024-04-23 The Victorian Greens have called Labor’s decision to reject a second medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) in the CBD a ‘spineless captain’s call’ that will cost countless lives. The Greens say it will leave people who are struggling with heroin addiction to die on the streets of Melbourne, and the local community and families […]
LABOR MUST HEED REPORT ADVICE AND ESTABLISH SECOND SAFE INJECTING ROOM IN MELBOURNE
2024-04-09 The Victorian Greens have said people using injectable drugs will continue to die while Labor refuses to act on a report into a second safe injecting room in the CBD. While Labor has been sitting on Ken Lay’s report into a second room for almost a year, 9 News has overnight revealed some of the details […]
CORONIAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PILL TESTING INCREASE PRESSURE ON NEW PREMIER
2024-03-15 The Victorian Greens have said the new Premier can no longer ignore the mounting pressure in favour of pill testing, following the release of new coronial recommendations. Overnight two Victorian coroners released new recommendations that the Victorian Labor Government trial a pill testing service, following two independent coronial investigations. This follows several previous coronial […]
TRAGIC OVERDOSE DEATH COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD PILL TESTING BEEN IMPLEMENTED
2024-03-11 The Victorian Greens have said the tragic death of a festival-goer over the weekend could have been prevented had the Victorian Labor Government implemented pill testing. The Greens say that while untested pills masquerading as party drugs like MDMA continue to circulate in the community, young people will be at risk of drug-related overdose […]
GREENS’ PRESSURE SEES PILL TESTING ON HORIZON, BUT SHOULDN’T COME AT EXPENSE OF INJECTING ROOM
2024-03-11 The Victorian Greens have said the tragic death of a festival-goer over the weekend could have been prevented had the Victorian Labor Government implemented pill testing. The Greens say that while untested pills masquerading as party drugs like MDMA continue to circulate in the community, young people will be at risk of drug-related overdose […]
UPPER HOUSE BEGINS DEBATE ON HISTORIC PILL TESTING BILL
2024-02-21 The Victorian Greens have renewed their calls on the Victorian Labor Government to introduce pill testing, saying the evidence on pill testing has been clear for years. Earlier today, the Upper House began debating the Greens’ historic joint bill with the Animal Justice Party and Legalise Cannabis Victoria. The Pill Testing Pilot for Drug Harm […]
PILL TESTING HELPS PREVENT FESTIVAL DEATHS, YET NEW PREMIER REFUSES TO LISTEN
2024-01-16 The Victorian Greens have said the Victorian Labor Government is looking more desperate by the day as the Premier continues to ignore the mounting evidence in favour of pill testing. A new study published in the International Journal of Drug Policy has found that more than 60 music festival drug-related deaths in Australia over […]
LABOR PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH YOUNG VICTORIAN LIVES BY REFUSING TO ADOPT PILL TESTING
2024-01-13 The Victorian Greens have said the Victorian Labor Government needs to stop ignoring expert health advice and introduce pill testing as a matter of urgency, to help keep young people safer. This follows reports of several hospitalisations yesterday at Juicy Fest in Melbourne, with a woman in a critical condition after a suspected drug […]
PREMIER ALLAN’S COMMENTS ON PILL TESTING ‘COWARDLY’, AND A KICK IN THE GUTS TO YOUNG VICTORIANS
2024-01-10 The Victorian Greens have called Premier Allan’s comments on pill testing cowardly, and say without it young people will continue to be at greater risk of overdose or drug-related death. Over the weekend eight people were sent to hospital in a critical condition following a suspected drug overdose at the Hardmission Festival in Flemington. […]
