STREAM
BEING HUMAN Conversation
DATE & TIME
29 JUNE 2016
LOCATION
THE ETHICS CENTRE
Is ‘once an addict, always an addict’ true?
From pill-testing to injection rooms and drug decriminalisation, what are the ethical beliefs that inform drug policies? And which of these actually help?
It’s impossible to talk about addiction without opening an ethical Pandora’s box.
Drugs, poverty, public health campaigns, mental health, alcohol, spirituality…it’s a complex web of humanity and our various dependencies.
Catch up
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Speakers
Matt Noffs
is co-founder of the Street Universities and CEO of Noffs Foundation, Australia’s largest drug and alcohol treatment service provider for young people under 25.
Annie Madden
is co-founder of Harm Reduction Australia. Annie was CEO of the Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) for 16 years until April 2016 and EO of the NSW Users & AIDS Association (NUAA) from 1994 to 2000.
Nicole Lee
Dr Nicole Lee is one of Australia’s leaders in methamphetamine research and policy. She Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) Curtin University and Director of 360Edge.
Mick Palmer
Michael John “Mick” Palmer AO, APM is an Australian police officer and barrister. He was the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police.
Who is it for?
- THE ADVOCATE
- THE CURIOUS
- THE HEDONIST
What you'll take away
- 01AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IT’S NEVER BEEN ‘US AND THEM’
- 02SERVICE TO HUMANITY IS NOT A ONE-WAY STREET
- 03THAT POLICY MUST BE GROUNDED IN THE EVERYDAY
