Drug harm reduction in the City of Melbourne: improving access to naloxone

Investigators: Dr Samantha Colledge-Frisby, Dr Louisa Picco, Prof Suzanne Nielsen and Prof Paul Dietze

Project description

The City of Melbourne commissioned Burnet and the Monash Addiction Research Centre to conduct the ‘Drug Harm Reduction in the City of Melbourne’ project. In response to rising opioid overdoses within the municipality, the Future Melbourne Committee (November 2023) committed to enhancing naloxone access. This report provides an overview of overdose response strategies, key findings from a literature review, a summary of roundtable discussions, and five key recommendations for improving responses to opioid-related overdoses.

Project resources

Drug harm reduction in the City of Melbourne report (PDF)

Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug Use (CREIDU) - Resources page

Project partner

A collaboration between the Monash Addiction Research Centre and the Burnet Institute.