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A lovely surprise. If anyone wants to read the paper, it’s open access. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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“Not just fentanyl: Understanding the complexities of the unregulated opioid supply through results from a drug checking service in British Columbia, Canada” by Pablo Gonzalez-Nieto et al (2025) via IJDP…whats in your drug supply? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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“Bridging the evidence and the politics: Implementation trial of supervised injectable opioid treatment (SIOT) in Australia” by Professor Alison Ritter et al (2025) via International Journal of Drug Policy…do people consider SIOT a form of safe supply? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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📣 We are advertising for a Research Assistant to join our qualitative research team at the Burnet Institute Melbourne, linked to NHMRC Synergy work on hepatitis C elimination. 12 months; especially keen to hear from applicants who would like to pursue PhD research. au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/re...

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Alcohol is the most commonly used drug in "drink spiking" but we rarely associate the two. So we analysed Reddit posts to explore alcohol's role in drink spiking & sexual violence. Written with a team of non-Bluesky users & out in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Led by Gemma Nourse, our new article examines stigma in healthcare as a biopolitical spatial-temporal phenomenon that shapes relationships between people, time, space and technologies of service provision. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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New paper! We examine the complexities of how ‘long-acting’ treatments are made to work over time, and argue for an adaptive and emergent conceptualisation of what ‘treatment retention’ can mean, reflective of how people connect with treatment and make it work, in practice. doi.org/10.1111/dar....

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Our new report with @unchecked-uk.bsky.social is out today, alongside an open letter to the PM, calling for a rethink on regulation to deliver growth and opportunity. Online report at fairnessfoundation.com/fair-rules-f... and I'm also in @bigissue.com at www.bigissue.com/opinion/dere...

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SYDNEY: On Sunday 9 March 2025, Positive Life NSW will celebrate and honour the lives of all women living with HIV with friends and supporters at the 10th National Day of Women living with HIV! MORE: www.positivelife.org.au/latest-news/... #NDWLHIV #CelebrateWomen #HIV #WomenlivingwithHIV

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Open access (no paywall) article in Social Science and Medicine, outlining 'the sociology of prescribing'. This is the sort of literature I wish I had access to in one place during my PhD. I outline sociological contributions to understanding drug prescribing. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The latest issue of Tx! mag - another great read. All about #hepatitisB this time. issuu.com/hepatitisnsw...

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The S-check app is now available! Its for people who use methamphetamine, helping you to understand the impact of use on your health. scheckapp.org.au It's been developed by the Stimulant Treatment Program at St Vincent’s Hospital in Australia, based on research and clinical practice. #addictionsci

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The AIVL New Webinar Series 'You Can’t Say That' tackles controversial & crucial conversations. 1st webinar: People who use drugs make excellent parents, we challenge harmful discrimination, break down the evidence, & explore real stories behind the stigma. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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What makes a powerful abstract? Join @INhepSU webinar for expert advice and tailored guidance to help you craft a standout abstract for #INHSU2025 in Cape Town (14–17 Oct). webinar is: 13 February -recording will be shared with registrants Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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“Characteristics of supervised injection site clients and factors associated with requiring overdose intervention, Montreal, Canada, 2018–2022” by Camille Zolopa et al (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what are characteristics important for SCS? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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“Basically every safety protocol we have in place to protect against overdose, parents can't access”: Mothers who use unregulated drugs’ experiences of dual public health emergencies by Dr. Jade Boyd (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social! Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Fennell Bay (Awaba, Lake Macquarie)

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Australia is now also moving toward a Center of Disease Control (CDC) model so AIVL is currently advocating with the other Australian BBV peak bodies to ensure community voices at a high level to continue leading the responses in a way that worked/works for our communities. #pwud www.cdc.gov.au

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The ongoing stigmatisation, discrimination, and criminalisation of people who use drugs cause unacceptable health inequity, harm and deaths, including the over-representation of Aborignal people in prisons that continue to deeply affect lives, families, and communities. #timeforachange #equity #pwud

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Anybody else seeing this? (Or am I the only sucker for SBS and ABC programming over summer?) How it started. How its going.

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a new paper led by the uber talented @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social Stigma and patient work: understanding cumulative inequities for gay and bisexual men in accessing HIV healthcare services. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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“Characteristics of supervised injection site clients and factors associated with requiring overdose intervention, Montreal, Canada, 2018–2022” by Camille Zolopa et al (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social great read out of Montreal, Canada! Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Looking to grow knowledge about stigma and connect with other researchers, advocates, community? We’ve got a lot to learn about how other sectors are working. Here’s our next Spotlight on Stigma session Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/spotlight-...

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In our new study (£0) we find that the use of dehumanising ‘zombie’ framing, frequently used in news reporting on drugs, leads to higher public stigma towards people who use drugs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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NY Times Strands reinforcing Gen X as forgotten, silent, lost.

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“Motivations for and perspectives of medication diversion among clients of a safer opioid supply program in Toronto, Canada” by Lucas Martignetti and colleagues (2025) via IJDP…have your thoughts on diversion changed? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Diversion #Saves #Lives

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“How does climate change impact people who use alcohol and other drugs? A scoping review of peer reviewed literature” by Sarah MacLean and colleagues (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…how harmful is the war on drugs on climate change? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ClimateChange

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For more on the evidence base on how wealth inequality damages our economy (and our society, democracy and environment), see fairnessfoundation.com/risks

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“Suboptimal uptake and placement of a mandatory alcohol pregnancy warning label in Australia” by Tazmin Davies et al (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what kind of warnings around alcohol consumption for pregnant women do you have in your region? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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“A place-based spatial analysis of racial inequities in overdose in St. Louis County Missouri, United States” by Philip L Marotta et al (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what’s the racial disparity in overdose in your region? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Racial #Overdoses

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Cicadas! western Lake Macquarie. Sound on

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Excited to be presenting about Parts & Practices approaches to STI/BBV prevention at #TacklingStigma2024 at UNSW this afternoon! 3:45pm in room LG02 as part of the Sex Work Stigma session

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