LEAHN Australia
Greg Denham
Contact: denham.greg@gmail.com
Greg joined Victoria Police in 1980 after leaving university and performed uniform general duties, task force and criminal investigation work before branching into crime prevention strategies. Greg started the Police Schools Involvement Program and the Youth Advisory Unit; he also headed up the Crime Prevention Unit the Drug and Alcohol Strategy Unit.
Spanning several decades, Greg has been involved locally and internationally in drug policy issues. Greg lived and worked in South East Asia and PR China as a senior technical advisor on policing and HIV prevention through harm reduction at Burnet and Nossal Institutes and has extensive experience working with police in the development of policies and practices that support the prevention of HIV and other blood borne viruses. He has, from time to time, returned to Victoria Police as a training consultant advising on drugs and alcohol and dealing with critical incidents involving the mentally ill.
Media:
- Greendorphin World News Ep10 featuring Greg Denham (Australia). In this video, Greg takes you on a tour of alley ways in Melbourne and public toilets where discarded drug injecting equipment pose a danger to the public during a prolonged and ultimately successful campaign for a pilot Medically Supervised Injection Centre.
Link to summary and video. - Radio interview: Heroin, harm reduction and advocacy. Greg Denham from the Yarra Drug and Health Forum joins The Grapevine 3RRR to talk about his role in creating what will be the first safe injecting room in Victoria.
Listen back with Summer host, Anna Strempel. - Radio interview on proposal for Medically Supervised Injection Centre in Melbourne, 3AW Mornings with Neil Mitchell, July 2017
- Police Against Drug Prohibition: An Interview with LEAP’s Greg Denham, Sydney Criminal Lawyers
- Webinar with Students for Sensible Drug Policy, 2017
- Watch LEAHN’s Greg Denham speak at South Africa Drug Policy Week 2017 on ‘Policing and Public Health’.
Link to summary and video. - Commentary: What The Philippines’ War On Drugs Can Teach Australia, The Huffington Post, Australia
- Greg Denham in Tanzania to facilitate training for law enforcement officials on HIV service provision for people who inject drugs.
Link to summary and photos. - Greg Denham, with UNODC, in Nigeria training law enforcement officers to better respond to HIV issues and build community relationships.
Link to summary and photos. - LEAHN’s Greg Denham & Navaraj Dhakal share UNODC harm reduction best practice training with Mauritius Police.
Link to summary and photos. - Published article: From Punishment to Pragmatism: Sharing the Burden of Reducing Drug-Related Harm, Authors: Melissa Bull, Greg Denham, Susan Trevaskes and Ross Coomber, in The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law.
Link to article (free access) - LEAHN Co-ordinator Greg Denham collaborates with Vietnam’s Police and UNODC for harm reduction training.
Link to summary and photos. - LEAHN’s Greg Denham joins debate about drug crime & dependency in China at Griffith University.
Link to summary and photos. - Commentary: Our illicit-drugs policies aren’t working – we need new ones, The Age, Australia
- Commentary: The war on drugs is long lost, so why are we still fighting? The Age, Australia
- News article by John Silvester: ‘Front-line frustration in a war no one wins’, The Age, Australia
- Ex-cop pushes for drug injecting room, ABC Radio Melbourne 2011
Presentations:
Greg is an experienced educator in harm reduction and drug-related issues. Below are some of Greg’s presentations in PowerPoint format. Please contact Greg directly for further information at denham.greg@gmail.com
Law Enforcement and Harm Reduction 2010
Police Partnerships in Addressing Drug Issues
Photos: Greg at work in Vietnam and China
