News From The Drug War Front Podcast - 21.12.21

<p>Aired 10:30am AEST 21.21.21</p> <p>Supported by: Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimization and Advocacy and The Connection.</p> <p>Recorded at: 2xx FM98.3 Community Radio.</p> <p>Special thanks to 2xx FM98.3 Community Radio, a fantastic resource run entirely by volunteers which fosters support for the wider community, providing a platform to innumerable worthwhile causes, organisations and voices.</p> <p>Thanks for listening!</p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/newsfromthedrugwarfront'>https://www.facebook.com/newsfromthedrugwarfront</a></p> <p>Visit The Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy and The Connection at:</p> <p><a href='https://www.cahma.org.au/about.html'>https://www.cahma.org.au/about.html</a></p> <p>And at Facebook:</p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/CAHMAandTheConnection/'>https://www.facebook.com/CAHMAandTheConnection/</a></p> <p>Visit 2xx FM98.3 Community Radio at:</p> <p><a href='https://2xxfm.org.au/'>https://2xxfm.org.au/</a></p> <p>The contents of News From the Drug War Front Podcast does not necessarily reflect the views and or policies of The Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy (CAHMA).  CAHMA does not condone nor condemn drug use and does not promote illegal activity.  CAHMA recognises that drug use happens and as such CAHMA seeks to reduce the harms associated with drug use, as well as the harms associated with the criminalisation of drug use. </p> <p>- Jake Docker, AIVL Chief Executive Officer, will be our special guest. He will talk about the AIVL overdose campaign, stigma and discrimination and drug use being a mainstream health issue.  </p> <p>-In local new we will read and discuss an interview with ACT Labor MLA Michael Pettersson who introduced the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Bill 2021 back in February, aiming to bring local laws into line with “global trends that seek to treat drug use as a public health problem and not one first and foremost of the criminal justice system.”</p> <p> </p>