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.
Penington Institute mourns the passing and pays tribute to the life and achievements of Professor The Hon Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO. Professor Bashir served as a Patron of Penington Institute since the organisation’s establishment in 2014. With trademark compassion and kindness, she was a passionate supporter of Penington Institute’s vision to minimise drug harms to Australians through the
Victorians want to stop valuable police time from being wasted on enforcing outdated laws against personal cannabis use. In new polling by Penington Institute (conducted by independent research firm YouGov), just 5% of respondents identified pursuing Victorians for personal cannabis use as a good use of Victoria Police time and
Download IOAD Partners’ Report Penington Institute is proud to release the 2025 International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) Partners’ Report, showcasing the extraordinary global effort to end overdose and honour the lives of those we have lost. This year’s campaign theme – One big family, driven by hope – captured the
Penington Institute mourns the passing and pays tribute to the life and achievements of Professor The Hon Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO. Professor Bashir served as a Patron of Penington Institute since the organisation’s establishment in 2014. With trademark compassion and kindness, she was a passionate supporter of Penington Institute’s vision to minimise drug harms to Australians through the
Victorians want to stop valuable police time from being wasted on enforcing outdated laws against personal cannabis use. In new polling by Penington Institute (conducted by independent research firm YouGov), just 5% of respondents identified pursuing Victorians for personal cannabis use as a good use of Victoria Police time and
Download IOAD Partners’ Report Penington Institute is proud to release the 2025 International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) Partners’ Report, showcasing the extraordinary global effort to end overdose and honour the lives of those we have lost. This year’s campaign theme – One big family, driven by hope – captured the
Penington Institute convenes the world’s largest annual campaign to end the overdose crisis. International Overdose Awareness Day falls on August 31 each year.
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