Naloxone in Prison – Joint Media Release
Naloxone in Prison - Joint Media Statement
A coalition of health practitioners, harm reduction advocates and experts across the Nation are calling for expanded access to naloxone in prisons to protect against fatal overdoses from nitazenes and other synthetic opioids. In order to prevent avoidable deaths, the group is calling on each state and territory government to immediately:
- Provide training to custodial officers to recognise overdose and administer naloxone
- Ensure naloxone is accessible to custodial officers to promptly and effectively respond to overdose
- Ensure that naloxone and naloxone training is routinely offered to all people exiting prison
Please read the media statement published by the Australian and Other Drugs Council (AADC).
Signatories to the media statement include:
Mary Harrod, CEO, NSW Users and Aids Association (NUAA)
Geoff Davey, CEO, QuIHN
Professor Alison Ritter AO, Director, Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP), UNSW
Liz Barrett, Chair, Harm Reduction in Prisons Working Group
Melanie Walker, CEO, Australian Alcohol and Other Drugs Council (AADC)
Dr Lise Lafferty, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH), UNSW
Sione Crawford, CEO, Harm Reduction Victoria
Professor Kate Dolan, Harm Reduction Australia, UNSW
John Didlick, Policy Analyst, Hepatitis Australia
Paul Dessauer, CEO, Peer Based Harm Reduction WA
Brent Bell, CEO, Hepatitis WA
Steven Drew, CEO, Hepatitis NSW
Ele Morrison, Deputy CEO, Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL)
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