Time for Change Survey and Report

2 Table of Contents Executive Summary 5 Recommendations 8 Key Findings 11 Method 12 Sample Characteristics 14 Support for Reforms 17 Harm Reduction Policies and Programs 17 Investment in harm reduction programs 17 Fixed site and mobile drug checking 18 Peer-led harm reduction at music events 20 Banning drug detection dogs 21 Establishment of new drug consumption rooms 22 Needle and syringe programs in prisons 23 Vaping as a harm reduction measure 25 Government support for community-led harm reduction in the Asia Pacific region 26 Decriminalisation and Legalisation 28 Decriminalisation of drugs for personal use 28 Legalisation and regulation of drugs 30 Service Accessibility and Urgent Funding 32 Allocation of funding across supply, demand & harm reduction 32 Investment in peer-based drug user organisations 34 Investment in AOD support services led by and for families/carers 36 Government prioritisation of AOD treatment resourcing 38 Affordable access to Opiate Treatment Programs 39 Investment in therapeutic purposes of drugs 41 Overdose Prevention 43 Government response to overdose mortalities 43 Public drug early warning systems 44 Access to take home naloxone 45 Drug Testing and Cannabis Reform 47 Understanding of the medicinal cannabis system 47 Drug driving reforms for prescribed cannabis 48 Current roadside drug testing practices based on presence rather than impairment 49 Random workplace drug testing 51 Conclusion 53