00:02Under the trees at Western Park, families and friends gather to remember loved ones who've died from illicit drug use.
00:10When he died, it felt like a part of me had died too.
00:14Hayley Shaw grew up in Ainsley Village. She shared the story of her friend Daniel.
00:19He kept me safe in a pretty risky place for a young female.
00:25He saved my life from overdose a few times.
00:30Diagnosed with cancer, Daniel couldn't get adequate pain relief and self-medicated.
00:36He died of an overdose.
00:38Being on an addictive substance doesn't mean we're not feeling pain.
00:42GP Ben Harkness responds to drug overdoses.
00:46He says the people he cares for want relief, connection and a future.
00:51But stigma is a huge barrier.
00:53People have had pretty unpleasant, disappointing interactions with the mainstream healthcare system in the past.
00:59And so when they do need help, they're very reluctant to go and access that help through fear of judgement,
01:05through fear of discrimination and stigma.
01:07While Canberra has taken significant steps in drug reform, there's still a long way to go.
01:13Unfortunately we've seen the overdose rate isn't decreasing, it's continuing and if anything increasing.
01:22All those deaths, all the people that were mentioned earlier on, all that huge, huge list of people, they're all
01:28unnecessary, preventable and premature deaths.
01:31To have somewhere that people can come and gather to mourn and to share their grief, you know, is really,
01:38really important.
01:39Grief shared for those lost.
01:42Grief shared for them to the people, seriously, as they make you 봐.
01:42You wouldn't have him, Ying jar says He lost.
01:42So for human that Moderna couldn't help you to take care of the的人, everilded people.
01:43Grief shared for them to help you pian謝謝.
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