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REVIEWING THE
EFFE CTIVENESS OF

VICT ORIAN
GO VERNMENT
INVESTMENT INT O
ILLICIT DR UG
SUPPLY REDUCTION,
T H E S TAT E O F V I C T O R I A’ S
DEMAND REDUCTION
S TAT E O F N AL O X O NE AND

currently pay for the naloxone HARM REDUCTION
We asked Jane what she wanted
to see happen in Victoria to keep scripts so punters are able to leave STRATE GIES AND
users alive and put an end to the the training with free naloxone. PR OGRAMS;
unnecessary opiate overdose deaths. Jane and the organisations also have
Jane works at HRVic and delivers to work hard to make sure a doctor
the peer-based overdose training is available on the day to write the
known as the D.O.P.E program, individual scripts for up to 10 work-
across the state. HRVic receives shop participants.
funding from the Victorian
Government for Jane to train users TH E D IF F I C U LT IE S O F W O R K IN G
on overdose prevention and TH IS WAY A R E:
response and Jane/HRVic have
recently included naloxone as part •We’re not sure how long these
organisations will be able to pay for
of the toolkit of ways to reverse the naloxone (they don’t necessarily
overdoses. Unfortunately, the have the money);
funding doesn’t cover the cost of
the naloxone and distributing it to •it’s not easy to get a doctor to take
punters as part of the training. time out to attend the training to
write the 10 or so scripts needed; and

The way the overdose program •It makes it hard for HRVic to go
works is an organisation rings Jane to regional Victoria to do the Naloxone
and arranges for her to go to their training because of the difficulties
of arranging for a doctor to be there
workplace to train a group of (always a big ask, but in regional
punters. These organisations Victoria where doctors are scarce,
even more so)!

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