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This year's theme for International Overdose Awareness Day is Together we can.

Coming together to end overdose

International Overdose Awareness Day is held each year on 31 August. Read about a life-changing conversation that happened at one of Anglicare's Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) outlets. Read more
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Preventing harm, saving lives

The Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) is a successful public health initiative that reduces the transmission of blood-borne viruses in the community. NSP outlets are funded by government and are delivered by Anglicare in Hobart, Glenorchy and Burnie. Read more
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High demand for alcohol and other drug services

Anglicare Tasmania supports the call by the Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Council (ATDC) for greater investment in local services for people seeking support related to alcohol and other drug (AOD) use. Read more
An image of a blooming rose. The image is tinted in purple, the colour of International Overdose Awareness Day. The words 'Time to remember. Time to Act.'

Working together to reduce overdose

31 August is International Overdose Awareness Day. Overdose continues to cause loss of life and other harms to a wide range of Tasmanians, but there are ways to reduce and prevent it. Read more
an illustration of a man and son walking holding hands and a young girl walking behind them like she is walking along the top of a wall or fence with her arms held out.

Hope for a healthier community

Anglicare Tasmania's Social Action and Research Centre has published a position paper that advocates for the decriminalisation of the possession and personal use of illicit drugs in Tasmania. Read more
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Action for a healthier community: An effective response to illicit drugs

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Support program “a life-saver”

Anglicare’s Family Support Service supports Tasmanians living in the North and North West of the State who are affected by a loved one’s use of alcohol and/or other drugs. Read more
A member of Anglicare's Needle and Syringe Program is pictured in the Burnie outlet. Behind her there are posters with health messages and sterile injecting equipment for people who use drugs.

Reasons to smile

The Anglicare team at the Burnie Needle and Syringe Program cares about its local community, including people's dental health. Read more

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