overdose – Gender, Law and Drugs

International Overdose Awareness Day and drug policy reforms in Victoria

In the lead up to International Overdose Awareness Day, we highlight some of the policy reforms in the state of Victoria to tackle overdose

On International Overdose Awareness Day, new research considers post-mortem rights

Each year, on the 31st of August, people around the world come together to mark International Overdose Awareness Day. Initiated in 2001 by Melburnian Sally J Finn, International Overdose Awareness Day is an opportunity to pause, grieve, memorialise lives lost, and to stimulate frank conversations about overdose and other drug-related harms and how to prevent them.