Aboriginal-run centre treats ice addiction through cultural healing
Aboriginal-controlled Bunjilwarra treats ice addiction through cultural healing while similar services face long waitlists.
Bunjilwarra sits hidden in bushland on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. The Aboriginal community-controlled centre is deliberately un-clinical, with a central fire, basketball court, vegetable garden, and art rooms with footy goals visible.
Young Indigenous residents address their addiction while connected to culture and supported by Aboriginal staff. Australia faces a methamphetamine crisis with record ice levels in wastewater.
Indigenous Australians are more than four times more likely to die from drug overdose than others. Similar centres like The Glen on NSW's Central Coast are full, with over 100 people waiting for beds.
- 4 times higher for Indigenous Australians
- Odds of overdose death
- Over 100 people
- Waiting for beds
- Kane Wandin, 26
- Candidate age
Why it mattersA culturally centred model offers valuable lessons for treating Australia's ice addiction crisis.
AustraliaAustralia's ice crisis is killing Indigenous Australians at record rates; demand for Aboriginal-led rehab far exceeds capacity.
✓ Claims checked against the source and corrected before publish. checked 3 h ago
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