Alex Wodak

Alex Wodak

Dr Alex Wodak has been Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service, St. Vincents Hospital, Sydney, Australia since 1982. Dr. Wodak is President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and was President of the International Harm Reduction Association (1996-2004). He helped establish the first needle syringe programme and the first medically supervised injecting centre in Australia (when both were pre-legal) and often works in developing countries on HIV control among injecting drug users.

Articles by Alex Wodak

Ten things you should know about drug prohibition

19 Jun 09 1. Drug prohibition doesn’t work. During the last half century, almost every country in the world signed three United Nations…... Read more

Fighting the wrong battle in the War on Drugs

05 Jun 09 Supporters of the ‘War on Drugs’ love to quote former drug users who have now become avid supporters of drug…... Read more

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