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Advocating for the 4 million people who use drugs illicitly in Australia
AIVL, the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League, is the national peer-led peak organisation representing our network of peer-based harm reduction and Drug User Organisations.
We advance the wellbeing of people who use drugs through partnerships in Australia, the Pacific Region and internationally.
We platform the voices of people who use drugs nationally to inform policy, research, programs and practice.
We develop the national peer workforce through evidence and the lived-living experience and expertise of people who use drugs.
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Advocacy
29 Apr 2025
Drug Policy and the Federal Election: Where the Parties Stand

Advocacy
29 Apr 2025
Drug Policy and the Federal Election: Where the Parties Stand
The federal election is this Saturday, Saturday 3 May 2025. Here’s where the parties stand on some major drug policy issues. AIVL asked registered parties for the upcoming Federal Election a series of questions about key issues identified by our community. Not all parties responded or answered every question, so in some cases, we supplemented […]

Advocacy
22 Apr 2025
Physicians Call for Health-First Approach to Drug Policy in New Position Statement
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has published a position statement that focuses on the need for an evidence-based, comprehensive approach to drug policy that includes education, harm prevention and reduction, and treatment.

Research
03 Mar 2025
Leading the Way: A Peer-Led National Research Strategy for People Who Use Drugs
The start of 2025 has been an exciting time for AIVL’s National Research Program. At the heart of these developments is the establishment of the AIVL National Research Strategy Working Group, a critical step toward the creation of Australia’s first National Research Strategy for People Who Use Drugs, by People Who Use Drugs. No such […]