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Greg Denham has been actively involved in drug policy for over 25 years. A former police officer, Greg has local, national and international experience in harm reduction and has been a strong advocate for evidence-informed policy and practice. Greg was the Executive Officer for the Yarra Drug and Health Forum in Melbourne Greg has helped with the introduction of Naloxone and needle and syringe dispensing machines as well as being active in advocating for a supervised injecting facility in North Richmond. Greg has also worked with law enforcement in developing countries advocating for the introduction of policies and practices that support needle exchange, methadone and condom programs to prevent the spread of HIV and other blood-borne viruses.Greg is also the Australian representative for the US-based agency Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). LEAP is an international group of police officers and other members of the criminal justice system who speak out against the War on Drugs and want to end drug prohibition. If you or a loved one needs help beating addiction, you can visit; www.connectionbasedliving.com.au If you want to check out more about Real Drug Talk & Everything we do you can visit us at our website, www.realdrugtalk.com.au We would love it if you followed us on social media to keep supporting the message. Our social media handle is @realdrugtalk on socials. 

Jack Revell from Drugswrap talks the week in drug news with us.Follow Drugswrap on TwitterNovember 1st is International Drug User's Day and DanceWize, SSDP Australia and Pill Testing Australia have teamed up to release a 'Pill Testing Explained' video.Check out the full DanceWize campaign videos at their YouTube channel.October Online Forum: An empowering, person centered approach to Substance Use and Mental HealthDesigned and delivered by staff from Nexus Dual Diagnosis Service, Harm Reduction Victoria, Mind Australia and Wellways.Brought to you by NEMHSCA, Yarra Drug and Health Forum and Yarra Mental Health Alliance. Harm reduction is a recovery oriented essential practice that can be used by any health care worker regardless of the setting. It values the consumers own experiences with substance use and mental health and supports their expertise in planning and decision-making. In this webinar viewers will be introduced to the principle’s of Dual Diagnosis and Harm Reduction. Viewers will hear real stories using interviews and animations on how staff and consumers from Mental Health settings implemented the Before, During and After Harm Reduction tool and some of the outcomes from using this approach. Viewers will be guided to free Harm Reduction resources to use with consumers and understand why Harm Reduction is a practice that shouldn’t be limited to Drug and Alcohol workers.  

Jack Revell from Drugswrap talks the week in drug news with us.Follow Drugswrap on TwitterDanceWize have launched a campaign aimed at addressing some of the key issues that people who choose to take drugs may face. The campaign is 'Looking After Our Mates' and you can see it on their YouTube channelOctober Online Forum: An empowering, person centered approach to Substance Use and Mental HealthDesigned and delivered by staff from Nexus Dual Diagnosis Service, Harm Reduction Victoria, Mind Australia and Wellways.Brought to you by NEMHSCA, Yarra Drug and Health Forum and Yarra Mental Health Alliance. Harm reduction is a recovery oriented essential practice that can be used by any health care worker regardless of the setting. It values the consumers own experiences with substance use and mental health and supports their expertise in planning and decision-making. In this webinar viewers will be introduced to the principle’s of Dual Diagnosis and Harm Reduction. Viewers will hear real stories using interviews and animations on how staff and consumers from Mental Health settings implemented the Before, During and After Harm Reduction tool and some of the outcomes from using this approach. Viewers will be guided to free Harm Reduction resources to use with consumers and understand why Harm Reduction is a practice that shouldn’t be limited to Drug and Alcohol workers.

Jack Revell from Drugswrap talks the week in drug news with us.Follow Drugswrap on Twitter Yarra Drug & Health Forum presents:International Overdose Awareness Day 2020 - Compassion Not JudgementDecades of expensive prohibition and policing haven’t reduced the harms associated with drug use. Policies focused on reducing harms and understanding people’s complex needs have produced far more positive results. A compassionate approach means understanding complex problems and appropriately resourcing responses that actually work.International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) is a global event held on 31 August each year and aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. Originating in Melbourne 2001, the day acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends by remembering those we have lost, or those who have sustained a permanent injury as the result of drug overdose. Our minds immediately go to illegal drugs when discussing overdose, however alcohol and prescription medication are two of our biggest killers.In honour of loved ones lost and dearly missed, our aim is to raise awareness and reduce stigma within our communities around this significant health issue.Guest speakersFamilies and people with lived experience of the impact of drug overdoseMC – Jason Vandy (Aaron Short Awareness Association)Mick ColtonCherie ShortDebbie Warner (APOD)Professionals:Prof. Margaret Hamilton AOSam Biondo (Victorian Alcohol And Drugs Association)Sione Crawford (Harm Reduction Victoria)Dr. Nico Clark (Medically Supervised Injecting Room)Politicians:Martin Foley MP (State Member for Albert Park, VIC Minister for Mental Health)Fiona Patten MLC (Northern Metro – Reason Party)Dr. Tim Read MP (Member for Brunswick – Victorian Greens) Supporters:Alcohol Prescription & Other Drugs Family Support (APOD)Addiction and the Family International Network (AFINet)Harm Reduction Victoria (HRVic)Victorian Alcohol And Drugs Association (VAADA)Aaron Short Awareness AssociationNorth Richmond Community HealthFamily Drug Support

Listen to part 1Jack Revell from Drugswrap talks the week in drug news with us.Follow Drugswrap on TwitterYarra Drug and Health Forum and VAADA Present:Independent Review of the Medically Supervised Injecting Room in North Richmond: Findings and recommendationsPresented by Professor Margaret HamiltonProfessor Hamilton has 50 years’ experience in the alcohol and other drug field including clinical work, education, research and policy development. She holds an honorary position as Professor of Public Health in the School of Population & Global Health, University of Melbourne.Her work has included founding Director of Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre , Chair of the Victorian Multiple and Complex Needs Panel and she served as an Executive member of the Australian National Council on Drugs for over 12 years, was on the Prime Minister’s Council on Homelessness for 3 years, President of Cancer Council Vic., and a member of board of VicHealth, Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Centre for Alcohol Policy Studies at LaTrobe Uni as well as other roles in many drug and alcohol organisations, and national and international bodies.Co-sponsored by the Yarra Drug and Health Forum and VAADA , this online event took place on Monday 3 August from 12:30-2:00pmYarra Drug and Health Forum has been a long-time advocate for the establishment of the Medically Supervised Injecting room (MSIR) in North Richmond as a strongly evidenced , high impact strategy to prevent overdose deaths and reduce street based injecting, in a neighbourhood that has hosted a long established heroin drug market for many years.Over the first 18 months of operation , the MSIR has responded to 2,657 overdose events, and is estimated to have prevented between 21 and 27 deaths.The Review Summary document is available here.(link is external)

Jack Revell from Drugswrap talks the week in drug news with us Yarra Drug and Health Forum and VAADA Present:Independent Review of the Medically Supervised Injecting Room in North Richmond: Findings and recommendationsPresented by Professor Margaret HamiltonProfessor Hamilton has 50 years’ experience in the alcohol and other drug field including clinical work, education, research and policy development. She holds an honorary position as Professor of Public Health in the School of Population & Global Health, University of Melbourne.Her work has included founding Director of Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre , Chair of the Victorian Multiple and Complex Needs Panel and she served as an Executive member of the Australian National Council on Drugs for over 12 years, was on the Prime Minister’s Council on Homelessness for 3 years, President of Cancer Council Vic., and a member of board of VicHealth, Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Centre for Alcohol Policy Studies at LaTrobe Uni as well as other roles in many drug and alcohol organisations, and national and international bodies.Co-sponsored by the Yarra Drug and Health Forum and VAADA , this online event took place on Monday 3 August from 12:30-2:00pmYarra Drug and Health Forum has been a long-time advocate for the establishment of the Medically Supervised Injecting room (MSIR) in North Richmond as a strongly evidenced , high impact strategy to prevent overdose deaths and reduce street based injecting, in a neighbourhood that has hosted a long established heroin drug market for many years.Over the first 18 months of operation , the MSIR has responded to 2,657 overdose events, and is estimated to have prevented between 21 and 27 deaths.The Review Summary document is available here.

Nick and Ash are joined by former Executive Officers and committee members of the Yarra Drug & Health Forum (YDHF), a unique organisation bridging gaps between community and clinician through events and discussion. Guest speakers:Greg Denham, former Executive OfficerVera Boston, former Executive OfficerPeter Wearne, Executive Committee memberYDHF Meetings are currently being held online. You can find out about upcoming meetings at their website or watch previous meetings on their YouTube channel. 

Take the Global Drug Survey COVID19 special edition and help make sense of what's the same, what's different and what's changing.          And take the Penington Institute's short survey on drug use patterns here.Goosebumpz - AutophagyInterview with Ronnie GriggZero Block SocietyRonnie is from Vancouver in Canada and joins the program to talk to us about the overdose crisis that has swept Canada over the past five years, and the longer history of advocacy for people sleeping rough, community-based harm reduction initiatives and his newly formed not-for-profit organisation, the Zero Block Society.    Yarra Drug & Health Forum Online - What works and why – Evalutating peer worker programs We hear from two of the five speakers at this month's Yarra Drug & Health Forum. Watch the full forum on YouTube.Danny Jeffcote - ​​​Program Facilitator AOD West cohealthDavid de Been - Peer Overdose Response Worker – Harm Reduction Team Barwon HealthDone By Law - Policing & protests during COVID-19A short segment from 3CR's Done By Law (Tuesday, 6-6:30pm) is played, talking about the challenges to our civil liberties during the pandemic and subsequent government response.Background music used throughout the show from M&Ms

Harm reduction is a broad approach to drug policies, programmes and practices that aim to reduce the harms associated with the use of psychoactive drugs in people unable or unwilling to stop. The defining features are the focus on the prevention of harm, rather than on the prevention of drug use itself, and the focus on people who continue to use drugs.Peer workers are vital to harm reduction. They bring the wisdom, knowledge and connections needed to prevent and reduce harm in our community.GUESTSPeter Wearne, Chair of Yarra Drug and Health ForumAssoc. Professor Kate Seear, Law Research Services Monash UniversityTim Payne (May you rest, good soul), EGA co-founderSione Crawford, Executive Officer, Harm Reduction Victoria 

International Overdose Awareness Day is on the 31st of August every year. In this episode, hear audio from an IOAD event held in Richmond for the Aaron Short Awareness Association (ASAA Inc) in collaboration with the Yarra Drug and Health Forum, APOD Family Services and Harm Reduction Victoria.Location: Richmond Town Hall @ 1pm – 5pmInternational Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) is a global event held on 31 August each year and aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. Originating in Melbourne 2001, the day acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends by remembering those we have lost, or those who have sustained a permanent injury as the result of drug overdose. Our minds immediately go to illegal drugs when discussing overdose, however alcohol and prescription medication are two of our biggest killers.In honour of loved ones lost and dearly missed, our aim is to raise awareness and reduce stigma within our communities around this significant health issue.Read the Vancouver safe supply statement

This episode is the 3CR Radiothon special, which you can still donate to for a little while after June 16th 2019.SPECIAL GUESTSNick and Ash are joined by two special guests with decades long experience from vastly different, but converging backgrounds.Greg Denham from Law Enforcement Action Partnerships Australia (LEAP Australia)Peter Wearne is an executive member of the Yarra Drug & Health Forum with decades of experience in the AOD sector.Magistrate Tony Parsons spoke at the 2016 Supprt Don't Punish event in Footscray about the drug courts program.View video of the full event on Facebook.

7:00 Introduction and welcome back to Judith and Dean.7:07 Alternative News headlines & a featured song "I can" feat. Radical Son, The Last Kinection.  7:15 Greg Denham from Yarra Drug and Health Forum joins us in interview to discuss the need for Pill Testing at music festivals. Greg asserts  pill testing as primarily an exercise in education, raising awareness about what is in drugs and promoting greater safety when consuming substances. 7:30 Interview with Lydia Griffiths, program, marketing & events coordinator at Creativity Australia talking about a recent bundle of grants being used to fund and implement community choirs  and the power behind collective voice, for connecting individuals and the community.7:42 Featured song "Khumbaya" by mass choir Soweto. 7:45   Revisiting 2018 with  'New Geographies of New Inequalities and Social Justice' a conference all about social justice. Judith talks  to  Dr Sharon McLennan  regarding her research in Cuban medical Cooperation, building community and health. 7:58 Featured Song “Sista Girl” by the artist Oetha.8:00 Interview with Theo Kartawajaya about his new research project, focusing on gaps in reporting  and media coverage of the Montara Oil Spill followed by an interview with Theo's Thesis coordinator Thor Kerr. 8:15 Interview with Jesse Osowicki from North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network about two new tenders targeting  social isolation and those suffering from loneliness. 8:27 Goodbyes and outro.

Ash Blackwell joins Nick Wallis from the road, on his way to Tanglewood Festival for New Years Eve, to chat about all that has happened in drug policy during 2018.2018 WRAP UPWe wrap up the year that was by looking back at some of our diverse interviews from 2018.Hear from:Yarra Drug & Health Forum executive director Greg Denham Fiona Patten MP, Member of the Upper House for the Reason Party. First broadcast on the 3CR Wedneday breakfast program with Judith PeppardGary Clark from the University of Adelaide talks psychedelics and the mindDr. Attila Danko, former director of the New Nicotine Alliance talks nicotine vaping and its irrational prohibition in AustraliaLiam Engel is a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Canberra and talks about where people are currently obtaining their online drug informationThe show finishes with author and journalist Jenny Valentish taking reigns of the program and interviewing Nick and Ash  

Today on the show with Dean, Judith and William [Segment times in brackets] || We at 3CR are proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung as the owners of the lands on which we meet, live, and work. We pay respect to their elders past, present, and emerging; we recognize that sovereignty has never been ceded and that a treaty has never been signed ||  [7:01] Greg Denham from Yarra Drug and Health Forum comes in to the studio and looks back at the year that was in drug policy. The first public fourm of next year will take place on the 4th of February, 12:30pm at Richmond Town Hall ||  [28:40] Darebin City Council has announced a policy of supporting clubs to end their financial reliance on electronic gaming machines, also called "pokies". Darebin Mayor Susan Rennie calls in to tell us more and you can find the policy on the Darebin City Council website ||  [41:14] Shirley Winton of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network comes on the show to help us look back at a year of peace activism. What does Australia need to change toward developing an independent foreign policy? What are IPAN's plans for next year? || [52:30] The Great Australian Bight houses one of the most important whale nurseries in the world and it's being explored for oil. Peter Owen from the Australian Wilderness Society comes on the show to tell us about the risks and what needs to be done. The Australian Wilderness Society will take part in a rally outside the Labor National Conference in Adelaide on the 16th of December ||  [1:04:50] International law expert and Charles Darwin University senior lecturer John Garrick wrote in The Conversation about the recent lease of Darwin's port to a chinese company. He joins Wednesday breakfast to talk about how this came to be and how Darwin might feature in China's Belt and Road Initiative

This week on the show with Dean, Judith and Will. [Segment times in brackets] || [7:50] State senator Fiona Patton from Fiona Patton's Reason Party comes on the show to look back at her first term in the Victorian senate and to tell us what she hopes for the future, should she be reelected || [21:25] Greg Denham of the Yarra Drug and Health Forum comes on the show to tell us about the pre-state election policy forum last week. Greg gives us his account of the drug policies of the Labor, Greens, Victorian Socialists and Reason parties || [35:14] Friends of the Earth Melbourne's Cam Walker comes on the show to give us the latest on each major party's envionmental policy platform in the lead up to the state election || [48:38] Last Friday, Public Housing Defence Network and other organisations rallied outside the State Library of Victoria against the Andrews Labor state government's plan to sell off or "renew" nine inner-city public housing estates. Speakers include public housing residents and activists, as well as Dr Joe Toscano, Samantha Ratnam (Vic Greens) and Sue Bolton (Vic Socialists) || [1:12:12] Dr Denis Muller (University of Melbourne comes on the show to talk about the Media Law Reform Bill one year after its passing. What has become of the Nine Entertainment/Fairfax News merger? Can Australia's media landscape become any more monopolised? || [1:22:45] Lucy Honan of Melbourne Educators for Social and Environmental Justice talks about the planned Nov 20th Teachers for Refugees Walk Off. Lucy also introduces tomorrow night's No to Naplan Forum, taking place 6:30pm Thursday, November 15th at the Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St Melbourne

Greg Denham, Executive Officer of the Yarra Drug & Health Forum recently returned from a short work trip to Canada, where he spoke with groups running supervised injecting centres and spoke to professionals working in Canada's drug policy space. Greg's trip also coincided with Canada legalising the recreational market for cannabis.VICTORIAN ELECTION 2018 PANEL:Richard Wynne MLA (ALP)Member for RichmondJudy Ryan (Reason)Candidate for Richmond(Note: Liberals informed YDHF they would not be running a candidate in the seat of Richmond. This is the seat where the medically supervised injecting centre resides and as far as we know at this point, the Liberals are still promising to close this centre if elected.)Nina Springle MLC (Greens)Member for South-Eastern Metropolitan RegionFiona Patten MLC (Reason)Member for Northern Metropolitan RegionStephen Jolly (Socialists)Candidate for Northern Metropolitan RegionHosted by Yarra Drug & Health ForumExecutive Officer: Greg DenhamChair: Peter Wearne

NEWSNick and Ash dsicussed the week's news, including Ash's particpation in the NSW and President of Harm Reduction Australia, Gino Vambucca speaking about pill testing at Groovin The Moo festival at the recent Yarra Drug & Health Forum AGM.INTERVIEWSStephen Elsom - ATHRABrain Marlow - Legalise Vaping AustraliaCharles Yates - New Nicotine Alliance AustraliaThe Vapers Table

First we hear from Ash Blackwell who's in Warsaw at the Global Forum on Nicotine, speaking with Gerry Stimson, a public health sociologist with over 40 years’ experience of public health research and advocacy in the field of psychoactive substance use.RADIOTHON PANELGlenn Woodworth - Philosophy Student, University of Montana, USAGreg Denham - Executive Officer, Yarra Drug and Health ForumNick Kent - President, Students of Sensible Drug Policy AustraliaRachel Hopkins - Principal Solictor, Fitzroy Legal ServiceSteph Tzanetis - Coordinator, DanceWize program (Harm Reduction Victoria) 

3CR Breakfast Rundown 13th June  2018 7:00am Acknowledgment of Country 7:06 Songs of Satire focusing on Buggles song Video Killed the Radio Star7:15am Interview with Tania Hill senior curator of Astronomy at the Melbourne Planetarium about the Lunar eclipse earlier this year.7:18am Interview with Deakin Professor in  Ecology and Conservation research  Euan Ritchie  about bandicoots in the suburbs.7:22am John Saffron talking on extremist groups around Melbourne.7:26am Featured artist Teskey Bothers with song It’s a Crying Shame.7:32am Phone call with 3CR producer and volunteer MV.7:37am Interview with Vanessa Teague, Senior lecture in the Computing and Information systems at the University of Melbourne talking on the consequences of increased security surveillance systems.7:42am Featured artist Kutcha Edwards with song Circles from his album Beneath the Surface.7:47am Coverage of the Rohingya Refugee exhibit at Footscray Community Arts Center “Refugees Crisis in Colour” and interview with coordinator Ali Mc.7:53 am Greg Denham executive Yarra Drug and Health Forum promoting upcoming events.7:58am Featured artist Joni Mitchell with You Turn Me On (I'm a radio)8:02am Vox Pop from the 2017 Marriage Equality Plebiscite protests in Sydney.8:06am Phone call with  with Dr Tim Jones from La Trobe University.8:11am Discussion over the US and North Korea summit and previous interview with ICAN  (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) team after the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize. 8:17am Featured artist  Black Rock Band with song Bininj Kunborrk.8:21am Featured artist  Poem from Fleassy Malay with poem  When Men Birth  surrounding the role of today’s men during childbirth. 

Wednesday Breakfast May 23, 20187:00am     Acknowledgement of Country7:05am     Hannah Morphy-Walsh, one of the co-curators of the exhibition Blak to the Future, speaks with us about the Wominjeka Festival, on at Footscray Community Arts Centre this weekend7:15am     Maylene Slater-Burns from SNAICC on the work of her organisation and Reconciliation on the Rooftop, at Fitzroy Library, Monday, May 28th.7:30am     Dr James Whelan researcher with Environmental Justice Australia on the risks to health of coal fired power stations and the need for improvements or closure of existing stations.7:45am     A Community Forum on the report of the Inquiry into Drug Law Reform is on next Wednesday, @ 4pm May 30th. Greg Denham CEO of Yarra Drug and Health Forum stresses the need for public discussion of the report.8:00am     Father Rod Bower (Gosford Anglican Church) describes the invasion of the Gosford Anglican Church community's Saturday night evening mass service by Nationalists from Melbourne, and the need for government leadership on this issue.8:15am     Prime Minister Turnbull received the report of the Review of Religious Freedom last week but the contents are yet to have been made public. Lee Carnie from the Human Rights Law Centre discusses the background and their submission to the Review.

Nick and Ash discuss the week in news.MUSICGoosebumpz - CakeSEGMENTMiss Guidance from EGA joins the show to discuss the upcoming EGA 2017 Psychedelic Symposium.SEGMENTAdam Wilson, Drug Outreach Lawyer with Fitzroy Legal Service joins the program after winning the Yarra Drug & Health Forum worker of the year award to talk about his work, dispelling some of the myths about drugs and crime. 

Nick and Ash discuss the week in drug news.MUSICSUN:MONX - In The TreesSEGMENTLocal issues with:Yarra Drug and Health Forum Executive Director Greg DenhamDancewize Co-ordinator Steph Tzanetis Unharm Director Will TregoningCheck out Festival Friends for tips on how to be a good mate at a festival.

Nick and Ash discuss the week in drug news. Addiction special. EGA 2010 conference speaker Jasen discusses the use of iboga/ibogaine in treating addiction. Yarra Drug and Health Forum Executive Officer Greg Denham talks to us about the upcoming International Overdose Awareness Day and author of The Biology of Desire, Marc Lewis PhD joins the show to talk about alternative models for understanding addiction. MUSICMelbourne trip-hop/electronica band Kalacoma with Waves. Listen here. SEGMENTEGA Presents: Jasen - Iboga/Ibogaine in the Use of Addiction.SEGMENTYarra Drug and Health Forum Executive Officer Greg Denham joins the program to discuss International Overdose Awareness Day.SEGMENTNeuroscientist and Professor of developmental psychology Marc Lewis PhD joins the program to discuss the nature of addiction. Marc recently published a book, The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not A Disease and was in Australia presenting for the writer's festival and Festival of Dangerous Ideas.