JUST LIKE almost every other community in Australia, Byron Bay has a problem with the drug commonly known as ICE.
Over the last 10 years, the presence of this drug has increased in the Byron community. Byron has always had its fair share of drug misuse, however ICE poses problems like no other drug.
On Thursday, October 13 the BUDDI Community Drug Action Team will host a Breaking the ICE Byron Community Forum at the Byron Services Club, as part of the national awareness campaign to educate communities on how to combat the issues caused by ICE in their local areas.
Mandy Nolan will MC the forum with guest speakers including Annie Bleeker from the Alcohol & Drug Foundation (formerly Australian Drug Foundation) and Matt Noffs, author of best-selling book Breaking the ICE, and third generation of the Noffs family to be working in drug rehabilitation and drug law reform. Matt Noffs’ grandfather was Ted Noffs, the founder of Sydney’s Wayside Chapel and the Noffs Foundation. Walking in his grandfather’s footsteps Matt continues the great work done by this family since the 1960s.
The Breaking the ICE Byron Community Forum is a free event that hopes to inform the Byron community about local treatment options and resources and where to go for assistance. The evening will show a number of documentary films and slideshows, along with various guest speakers, a panel session and Q & A. representatives from local health, mental health, alcohol and drug services, will be present and resources will be available.
The Breaking the ICE Byron Community Forum will take place from 5.30 to 9pm on Thursday, October 13 at the Byron Services Club.
For more information contact Nicqui Yazdi at buddiyouthteam@yahoo.com.au or 0402 013 177
This event is presented by BUDDI Community Drug Action Team
and supported by –
- Alcohol & Drug Foundation
- NSW Health
- Noffs Foundation
- North Coast Primary Health Network
- Tweed/Byron Drug & Alcohol Services
- Northern NSW Local Health District