Project Details
Description
The ACT is leading Australia in developing and trialling health services that provide chemicalanalyses of illicit drugs to the public. Australias first official drug checking service wasrun at a festival in 2018, and again in 2019. The ACT Government is exploring trialling afixed-site drug checking service in the city. This important proposal will be used to directlyinform the design and implementation of a novel health service in the ACT. The study designinvolves innovative co-design methodology to ensure that the vulnerable Canberrans thatthe service intends to help are engaged and empowered to play a role in its implementation.We are not aware of other similar projects on drug checking services elsewhere in the world.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 1/03/22 → 28/02/24 |
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