Penington Institute champions an open, rational, and compassionate approach to building and sharing knowledge to reduce drug-related harm.
We push for an effective regulatory framework for cannabis defined by public health goals, with priority placed on targeted prevention, education, and treatment.
Penington Institute produces Australia’s Annual Overdose Report to demonstrate the nature of the overdose crisis and to support change to reduce drug-induced deaths.
Everyone at Penington Institute is deeply saddened by the passing of The Hon Rob Knowles AO, a valued board member, colleague and friend, whose contribution to our work, and to public life more broadly, was both significant and enduring. Rob’s connection with Penington spanned decades. He spoke at our inaugural conference in the late 1990s when he was
Medicinal cannabis sales in Australia have fallen sharply for the first time in nearly a decade, with new analysis pointing to a regulatory crackdown on high-volume prescribers and clinics as the key driver. A new report from Penington Institute shows sales dropped by 28.5% in the second half of 2025, a sudden reversal after
New Federal Government data has revealed an alarming shortfall in access to life-saving opioid dependence treatment in Victoria, prompting calls for urgent reform. Figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show that 57,754 Australians received opioid pharmacotherapy on a snapshot day in June 2025 – yet Victoria is lagging behind comparable states.
Everyone at Penington Institute is deeply saddened by the passing of The Hon Rob Knowles AO, a valued board member, colleague and friend, whose contribution to our work, and to public life more broadly, was both significant and enduring. Rob’s connection with Penington spanned decades. He spoke at our inaugural conference in the late 1990s when he was
Medicinal cannabis sales in Australia have fallen sharply for the first time in nearly a decade, with new analysis pointing to a regulatory crackdown on high-volume prescribers and clinics as the key driver. A new report from Penington Institute shows sales dropped by 28.5% in the second half of 2025, a sudden reversal after
New Federal Government data has revealed an alarming shortfall in access to life-saving opioid dependence treatment in Victoria, prompting calls for urgent reform. Figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show that 57,754 Australians received opioid pharmacotherapy on a snapshot day in June 2025 – yet Victoria is lagging behind comparable states.
Penington Institute convenes the world’s largest annual campaign to end the overdose crisis. International Overdose Awareness Day falls on August 31 each year.
