We are a coalition of more than 75 organisations working to improve access to drug and alcohol treatment and change how we respond to drug use. We believe everyone deserves dignity and respect, with better access to treatment and a compassionate, health-based approach to personal drug possession.
We’re working to decriminalise personal drug possession and expand treatment access across NSW and the ACT because people struggling with drug dependency deserve treatment, not punishment.
Meet the 70+ organisations that have us in calling for a fairer, evidence-based approach to drug use and dependency in place of stigma.
Listen to our story. How we went from a grieving mother’s advocacy to running Sydney’s medically supervised injecting centre and, decades later, winning support for drug decriminalisation across NSW and the ACT.
In NSW, too many people are being funnelled into the court system for personal drug use, instead of being offered support.
The Early Drug Diversion Initiative (EDDI) was meant to help change that by giving police a way to divert people away from court and toward a health response. But right now, the scheme is too limited and too inconsistent.
