Uniting’s Fair Treatment campaign confronts stigma, develops grassroots leaders and helps lawmakers to better understand and follow the evidence to modernise our drug laws. Uniting also manages the Medically Supervised Injection Centre (MSIC) in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia. For more information, please visit uniting.org and fairtreatment.org

El trabajo de Uniting busca inspirar a la gente, animar a las comunidades y hacer frente a la injusticia. La campaña "Fair Treatment" de Uniting busca hacer frente contra la estigmatización, desarrollar líderes comunitarios y apoyar a las personas legisladoras a comprender mejor y utilizar la evidencia disponible para modernizar las leyes sobre drogas. Uniting también gestiona el centro de inyección bajo supervisión médica (MSIC) en Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia.

Le travail d'Uniting vise à inspirer les gens, à animer les communautés et à combattre l'injustice. La campagne Fair Treatment d'Uniting s'attaque à la stigmatisation, développe les leaders communautaires et soutient les législateurs à mieux comprendre et à suivre les preuves pour moderniser les lois sur les drogues. Uniting gère également le centre d'injection sous surveillance médicale (MSIC) de Kings Cross, à Sydney, en Australie.

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By Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Sydney Morning Herald

Rebecca has seen and lived the dark side of drug addiction. She grew up in a violent home with a stepmother who was a heavy cannabis user.

By the age of eight, Rebecca was smoking cigarettes. By 12, she was living on the streets and using alcohol and cannabis. By her late 20s, she was addicted to methamphetamine, also known as ice, and that’s when life became “really unmanageable”.

“It went on for about two years and I ended up homeless, lost my children, and fleeing a domestic violence relationship, all the chaos of deep addiction,” she says.

Rebecca, who lives in the inner west of Sydney and works in community services, got help to quit and has been clean for eight years. She requested her last name be withheld.

Rebecca is convinced, both from her personal and professional experience, that drug addiction should be treated as a health issue.

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