FDS Insight Newsletter Oct-Dec 2020

42 Volunteer Training … DAY 1: Sat 24 Oct DAY 2: Sun 25 Oct 9 am – 5 pm SYDNEY NSW Venue: Holiday Inn Parramatta, 18-40 Anderson St, Parramatta Enquiries: Volunteer Coordinator 0448 169 205 / HO (02) 4782 9222 DAY 1: Sat 31 Oct DAY 2: Sun 1 Nov 9 am – 5 pm ADELAIDE SA Venue: TBC Enquiries: Volunteer Coordinator 0448 169 205 / HO (02) 4782 9222 DAY 1: Sat 5 Dec DAY 2: Sun 6 Dec 9 am – 5 pm CANBERRA ACT Venue: TBC Enquiries: Volunteer Coordinator 0448 169 205 / HO (02) 4782 9222 N EWS FROM O VERSEAS CONT … Switzerland T HE INCREDIBLE STORY OF Z URICH JOURNEY TO HARM REDUCTION rugs, troublemaking, bad grades. At the close of 1968, Sidi was expelled from school. Now, the party could begin in earnest. He made music and lived in a filthy shared apartment, pretentiously calling itself a commune. Sidi deemed himself an expert on drugs. After all, he had spent time reading several books on the subject, not to mention the original Malleus Maleficarum recipes. He was surrounded by people who were dependent on heroin. They’re nearly all dead now. Sidi completed high school on the side. And since he had always had a foible for the brain, if for no other reason than how it dealt with drugs, at some point he began to study medicine. The Letten district in the early 1990s. Photograph by Gertrud Vogler. While cramming for his state’s exam, Sidi’s apartment was open to anyone and everyone. Üse was Evi’s boyfriend and Evi, who was also crashing at Sidi’s, was a friend of Sidi’s youngest sister. D