Category Archives: illicit drugs

Quality press can take no credit for advances in drug policy

June 29, 2009 – 10:34 am

The Croakey post below about television series, The Wire, has prompted the following response from Dr Alex Wodak, President, Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation:
“Croakey is right that ‘The Wire’ is a remarkable series and exceptional in that it depicts a complex reality from multiple perspectives.
But the argument advanced by David Simons, the primary series creator, [...]

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Nice people don’t take drugs after all – not on London buses, anyway

June 15, 2009 – 7:52 am

Dr Alex Wodak, President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation, recently filed this Crikey report (complete with photo) about a new advertising campaign on London buses advising that “nice people take drugs”.  Now he has this update:
After only a few days, Release, a drugs and humans rights charity, was told by advertising regulators that [...]

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Germany has just approved heroin assisted treatment – should we?

June 1, 2009 – 2:51 pm

Dr Alex Wodak, President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation, reports on the implications of Germany’s recent decision to allow heroin assisted treatment:
Last week by a majority vote of 63%, the Bundestag decided to allow heroin assisted treatment to become available in Germany as a therapeutic option for severely dependent heroin users who had [...]

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