Alex Wodak | |
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 Dr Alex Wodak speaking on "What comes after drug prohibition?" at the 2014Australian Skeptics Convention. | |
| Born | Alexander David Wodak |
Alexander David Wodak,AM is a physician and the former[1] director of the Alcohol and Drug Service, atSt Vincent's Hospital, inSydney, Australia.[2][3][4]
Wodak is a notable advocate ofdrug reform laws. Wodak helped establish theNational Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, the NSW Users AIDS Association, and the Australian Society of HIV Medicine. Wodak is President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and was President of theInternational Harm Reduction Association. Wodak also helped open Australia's first needle exchange programme and the first medically supervised injecting centre inKings Cross.[5]
A portrait of him by artist Nick Mourtzakis was a2009 Archibald Prize finalist.[6] In the2010 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was made a Member of theOrder of Australia for "service to medicine and public health, particularly in the area of drug and alcohol dependency treatment, through legislative reform, and to medical education".[7]