The emergence of more than 500 new so-called “legal high” and illicit drugs in six years has prompted a free information event for professionals working with drug users.
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Bendigo Community Health Services will host a session with Edith Cowan University senior lecturer of addiction and ethno-pharmacologist Dr Stephen Bright on May 31.
Dale Hardy, of BDAC, said there was a change in the substances being used and how people access them.
“These new drugs deliver great challenges to healthcare and emergency services workers and the general public, so we thought an event delivering the most up-to-date information would benefit the community,” he said.
Mr Hardy said anyone working in the alcohol and drugs sector, emergency services, public health and interested community members were welcome to attend.
The session will run from 1pm to 3pm at the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre in View Street.
