Time for Change Survey and Report

26 ● Respondents who identified as people who use drugs, friends of people who use drugs, professionals, or students and/or young people, also showed significantly higher support for this policy area. ● However, family members of people who use drugs expressed significantly lower support compared to respondents who did not identify this way. Recommendation #7 We recommend that the Federal Government follows the lead of countries such as Aotearoa/New Zealand to make vaping more available than cigarettes, treating vapes as a regulated, adult consumer product, available from licensed, age-restricted premises. Government support for community-led harm reduction in the Asia Pacific region Over three-quarters of people (76.6%) agreed or strongly agreed that the Australian Government should increase support for community-led harm reduction services in the broader Asia Pacific region, while only 6.3% disagreed or strongly disagreed. Support was fairly equal across different groups (see Figure 9), although there was a lower percentage of respondents who strongly agreed with this policy topic than with other areas of reform. We observed significantly higher support among respondents who identified as people who use drugs, as friends of people who use drugs, or as professionals, in comparison to people who did not identify these ways. Figure 9. Agreeance with increased support from the Australian Government for community- led harm reduction in the Asia Pacific region Recommendation #8 We recommend that the Federal Government increases investment in community-led harm reduction in the Asia Pacific region.