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Legal Highs, Injecting is No Surprise
Years ago when I started doing harm reduction work it was a very different drug landscape, heroin was the main drug used by people coming into services (after alcohol of course) Most injectors I saw...
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Interview with Dr. Gabor Maté
Adrienne Hurst from the 'All Treatment' site recently got in touch with me to ask if I'd seen her interview with Dr. Gabor Maté about his work at the Insite Supervised Injecting Facility and his book...
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IV use of Mephedrone
As I'm sure most people who read this site will know Mephedrone has been around for a few years now and it is one of the wide range of new and emerging drugs, some legal, some not that people are...
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OD12 Infogram
August 31st every year is International Overdose Awareness Day, and as any regular reader of this site knows for the last two years that's mean't a busy day on Twitter (See the OD10 report) with...
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About the Naloxone Film
Last May I uploaded a film to YouTube staring my daughter Emily responding to an overdose her teddy bear had. Although it was only a couple of minutes long it seemed to have a real impact on people. So...
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Check those warnings
We're living in a world where we have access to instant communications, couple this with busy workloads and tools to speed up that communication and it's no great surprise that a warning you receive...
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Careful Words on Common Ground
Over the last 6-7 years, in my role as a university-based researcher, I have been given privileged access to a number of Needle and Syringe Programmes (NSP) throughout England. Throughout this time, a...
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New Low Dead Space Kit
Although there has been research around the benefits of Low Dead Space (LDS) injecting equipment for a number of years there has been an increasing interest in it recently. Even the New York Times has...
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Taking Stock: Surveying Needle & Syringe Programmes in England
Earlier this month, the National Needle Exchange Forum (NNEF), the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and the newly formed Public Health England (PHE) announced a country-wide...
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A Response to Media Reports of Drug Litter
The following 'harm reduction response' has been inspired by UnitingCare ReGen's proactive response to negative media reports of needles/syringes in community settings. This 'letter' provides a...
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