Alex Wodak

Dr Alex Wodak, AM, is a physician and has been a Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital, President of the Australia Drug Law Reform Foundation, Board Member of Australia21 & the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association.

Emeritus Consultant, st Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010 Tobacco Harm Reduction Adviser to the Harm Reduction Australia Board.

Alex's recent articles

If you bomb us, do we not bleed?

If you bomb us, do we not bleed?

Decriminalising drugs: "Open secret that most of the NSW Cabinet now support major drug law reform"

Decriminalising drugs: "Open secret that most of the NSW Cabinet now support major drug law reform"

Should NSW proceed with a Drug Summit?

Should NSW proceed with a Drug Summit?

The ACT legislated to decriminalise possession of personal quantities of illicit drugs

The ACT legislated to decriminalise possession of personal quantities of illicit drugs

Why vaping will be accepted as Australia's response to tobacco

Why vaping will be accepted as Australia's response to tobacco

The return of the state? The role of government in managing the pandemic

The return of the state? The role of government in managing the pandemic

Four strategies to help vaccinate the world against COVID-19

Four strategies to help vaccinate the world against COVID-19

The price of inequality: vaccine nationalism and the Omicron variant

The price of inequality: vaccine nationalism and the Omicron variant

The case for an Australian heroin trial: strong then, even stronger now

The case for an Australian heroin trial: strong then, even stronger now

Why the 'war on drugs' and law enforcement is ultimately futile

Why the 'war on drugs' and law enforcement is ultimately futile

Should pleasure from illicit drugs be included in consideration of drug policy?

Police drug busts divert our attention from policy failure

NSW Cabinet responds to a Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug Ice

ALEX WODAK. Draft recommendations supporting drug decriminalisation released by the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into Ice

ALEX WODAK. What can be done to improve the safety of young people taking illegal drugs at youth music events?

ALEX WODAK. Drug law reform in the 2018 US mid term elections.The 2018 US midterm elections has important lessons for Australia regarding drug law reform. In ballot initiatives and elections for office, voters often supported drug law reform with only one major defeat. Presidential election years generally have many more ballot initiatives on drug policy.

ALEX WODAK. Drug Reform Series- Portugals successful drug law reform in 2001

ALEX WODAK. Drug Reform Series -Drug policy: prohibition and punishment is just not effective

ALEX WODAK. Why is the drug policy debate in Australia stuck?

PETER BROOKS AND ALEX WODAK. A response to the open letter from Crown Resorts on gambling.

Drug policy and why Victoria deserves better from Premier Daniel Andrews. Part 3 of 3.

ALEX WODAK. How can making drugs easier to access save lives? 10 FAQs about drug law reform. Part 2 of 3.

ALEX WODAK. Do large seizures of illicit drugs really make a difference?

ALEX WODAK. Global drug prohibition and national security

Alex Wodak. Endgame in the protracted drug policy debate: are we there yet?

Alex Wodak. Incarcerating Nations

Alex Wodak. How should medicinal cannabis be provided lawfully in Australia?

Alex Wodak. Prohibition and its discontents: who really killed Chan and Sukumaran?

Alex Wodak. The toxic combination of illicit drugs and politics: Australia confronts ice

Alex Wodak. Why is illicit drug use considered evil?

Alex Wodak. Reducing the demand for illicit drugs

Alex Wodak. The current imbalance between public and private interests.

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