Podcasts about victoria street drug solutions

The Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions Incorporated (RVSDS) is a group of Yarra residents who successfully advocated for a Medically Supervised Injection Centre (MSIC) to be trialled within the Victoria Street, Richmond precinct to address the high levels of public drug taking, unacceptable rates of overdoses and fatalities, and the associated drug dealing, crime and risk to public health and safety.In this repeat program of the Living Free show, Judy and Melody outline their campaign and discuss the launch of the MSIC in July 2018.To contact Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions, go online to vicstreetdrugsolutions.org(link is external) or Facebook page victoriastreetdrugsolutions(link is external).

Judy and Colin outline the progress of the Trial Medically Supervised Injecting Centre development and how the residents group have continued to advocate for its acceptance and successful implementation in July 2018.Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions (RVSDS) is a group of City of Yarra residents from North Richmond and Abbotsford, who are directly and personally affected by the high levels of public drug taking and illicit drug dealing within the precinct. They successfully advocated for a Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) to be trialled within the Victoria Street precinct; to address the high levels of public drug taking; unacceptable rates of overdoses and fatalities; and the associated drug dealing, crime and risk to public health and safety.To contact Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions, go online to vicstreetdrugsolutions.org or Facebook page victoriastreetdrugsolutions.

Judy and Colin outline the progress of the Trial Medically Supervised Injecting Centre development and how the residents group have continued to advocate for its acceptance and successful implementation in July 2018.Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions (RVSDS) is a group of City of Yarra residents from North Richmond and Abbotsford, who are directly and personally affected by the high levels of public drug taking and illicit drug dealing within the precinct. They successfully advocated for a Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) to be trialled within the Victoria Street precinct; to address the high levels of public drug taking; unacceptable rates of overdoses and fatalities; and the associated drug dealing, crime and risk to public health and safety.To contact Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions, go online to vicstreetdrugsolutions.org or Facebook page victoriastreetdrugsolutions.

Medically Supervised Injecting Centres have been proven to be an effective way of preventing deaths from from drug overdoses, and helping people to access safe injecting equipment and support services. Late last year a trial of a medically supervised injecting centre for North Richmond in Melbourne was announced by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and is due to start in June this year. This week on Women on the Line we hear from Dr Marianne Jauncey, the Medical Director of the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Kings Cross, Sydney, Jane, a Drug Overdose Peer Educator at Harm Reduction Victoria, and Judy Ryan from Victoria Street Drug Solutions, a resident's group which has advocated strongly for the trial centre in Richmond.  

The Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions Incorporated (RVSDS) is a group of Yarra residents from Victoria Street and the surrounding streets, who are directly and personally affected by the high levels of public drug taking and illicit drug dealing within the precinct. They successfully advocated for a Medically Supervised Injection Centre (MSIC) to be trialled within the Victoria Street precinct; to address the high levels of public drug taking; unacceptable rates of overdoses and fatalities; and the associated drug dealing, crime and risk to public health and safety.Judy and Melody outline the progress that the group have made so far and also what is planned for 2018, including the launch of the MSIC in July.To contact Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions, go online to vicstreetdrugsolutions.org or Facebook page victoriastreetdrugsolutions.

The Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions Incorporated (RVSDS) is a group of Yarra residents from Victoria Street and the surrounding streets, who are directly and personally affected by the high levels of public drug taking and illicit drug dealing within the precinct. They successfully advocated for a Medically Supervised Injection Centre (MSIC) to be trialled within the Victoria Street precinct; to address the high levels of public drug taking; unacceptable rates of overdoses and fatalities; and the associated drug dealing, crime and risk to public health and safety.Judy and Melody outline the progress that the group have made so far and also what is planned for 2018, including the launch of the MSIC in July.To contact Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions, go online to vicstreetdrugsolutions.org or Facebook page victoriastreetdrugsolutions.

On this week's episode, Member for Richmond Richard Wynne and Secretary of Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions, Judy Ryan, join Nicola to discuss the Andrews Labor Government’s planned trial of a safe injecting facility in North Richmond.

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Talking with the Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions about the upcoming rally on 27 August 2017 for the implemenation of a Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in North Richmond.

Talking with the Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions about the upcoming rally on 27 August 2017 for the implemenation of a Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in North Richmond.

This week on Breakfasters, Judy Ryan from Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions came in to talk about the March to Save Lives happening on August 27, with a focus on harm reduction through safe injecting rooms in North Richmond. Dr Jen came in for Weird Science and chats about the "imposter syndrome" - feeling like you're going to be found out as an incompetent fraud. They also talk about eating gross food out of politeness, and auctions. With Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow, and Geraldine Hickey.

Howie and Lawrence speak to Judy Ryan from Victoria Street Drug Solutions about how to curb drug use in our streets. 

Today’s guests are JUDY RYAN, Secretary of the Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions; MARY a member of Al-Anon Family Groups; and RHONDA, a member of Alcoholics Anonymous.The Radiothon theme this year is Radio for Change and that pretty much sums up LIVING FREE – we’re all about changing lives for alcoholics, addicts, their families and the community. Remember, your support will keep our message of HOPE on the airwaves.

Today’s guests are JUDY RYAN, Secretary of the Residents for Victoria Street Drug Solutions; MARY a member of Al-Anon Family Groups; and RHONDA, a member of Alcoholics Anonymous.The Radiothon theme this year is Radio for Change and that pretty much sums up LIVING FREE – we’re all about changing lives for alcoholics, addicts, their families and the community. Remember, your support will keep our message of HOPE on the airwaves.

Nick and Ash discuss the week in news.SEGMENT Judy from Victoria Street Drug Solutions group joins the program to share with us a resident's perspective on the on-going injecting drug use issue in the Abbotsford / Richmond area. The Vic Street Drug Solutions group is seeking to raise awareness about the issue and about the need for a Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) in the area to properly manage the issue.Find them on FacebookSEGMENTNev from the High Alert campaign joins the program to talk to us about why this campaign has cropped up. The campaign launches on Thursday the 11th of May.Until August 2017, Victorian Police are conducting nightclub raids across Melbourne under the name Operation Safenight.There will be no warning before they search a venue, and this will include checking patrons with sniffer dogs in the line before they have entered, posing as undercover buyers, patrolling club toilets, as well as inspecting vehicles used to arrive at the nightclub. Read more about OperationSafenight.Find them on FacebookMUSICWhitebear - MORSEGMENTAnnie Madden from Harm Reduction Australia joins the program on International Harm Reduction Day 2017 (#IHRD) to talk about what harm reduction is, why it is a simple approach to understanding the harms associated with drug use and why applying it across many of our drug problems can help move these on-going issues toward humane outcomes that will benefit the community.