Evidence based drug harm reduction including drug checking - free to participants at festivals and events in New Zealand. Because moralising helps nobody.
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#IHRD24
Let's explore the values underpinning Harm Reduction:
Full article here:
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Happy International Harm Reduction Day xx
155 people incl. drug policy experts: @drcarlhart @pwidpride @monicabarratt @AddictionsPMC @JoeBoden66 @drorfh @SteveTransform @hutton_dr @DrRoseC @JasonFerris22 @DrNicoleLee sign HRCA's Open Letter calling to end prohibition, legalise & regulate drugs
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KnowYourStuffNZ retweeted
We need evidence based drug laws - not some dodgy 100yr old failed ideology.
Hi friends! It's Peer Review Monday!
Today's article is actually an essay from the latest issue of the International Journal of Drug Policy and it uses a lot of very nice academic language to get nuclear levels of spicy.
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Hi friends! It's Peer Review Monday 🥳🥳🥳
Last Thursday was ANZAC day, so we thought we'd have a bit of a dig into the use of psychedelic-assisted therapy for combat veterans suffering PTSD and alcohol abuse.
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Hi friends! Bias is alive and well and affecting medical treatment for people who take drugs. So we've come up with some tips that might help you avoid being discriminated against 😘
knowyourstuff.nz/2024/04/24/…
Overshadowing is discrimination. It's not something that you should ever tolerate.
Our friends at Equally Well have made a wee video on how to recognise overshadowing, and what you can do about it.
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KnowYourStuffNZ retweeted
Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa will be launched on #IHRD24
Seeking
• Human Rights for PWUPD
• Honour Te Tiriti
• Evidence based treatment
• Extensive harm reduction services
• End prohibition harm
• Rescind MDA & PSA
• New Health based law for ALL psychoactive drugs
Hi friends! For TBT we've updated our post on GHB and GBL with some info about 1,4-Butanediol, which is another pro-drug of GHB that we've seen out in the wild last year.
knowyourstuff.nz/2021/01/24/…
Hi friends, it's Peer Review Monday 🥳🥳🥳
This week's article is Harm reduction behaviours and harm experiences of people who use 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in Aotearoa New Zealand, by Whelan et al
harmreductionjournal.biomedc…
Hi friends. Roadside drug testing via saliva is back on the legislative table 🙄
We got spicy roadside drug testing in 2022.
And 2023.
And we're getting damn spicy about it now.
knowyourstuff.nz/2024/03/23/…
Hi friends! It's Peer Review Tuesday 🥳🥳🥳
This week's article is for the chemistry nerds 😘
It goes into the challenges drug checking organisations face when new psychoactive substances crop up in the market.
mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/5/4628
Hi friends! Do you know your stuff about ketamine?
If you reckon you've picked up a bit of ket knowledge over summer, we've thrown a little quiz together to see if you're a ketamine know-it-all 🐴🦄🦓
Give it a go 🙂
knowyourstuff.nz/2023/06/29/…
Hi friends! It's Peer Review...*checks calendar*...Wednesday!
This week's article is Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival, by Puljević et al.
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Hey friends! This one's a little tbt when we got a bit spicy about workplace drug testing and how it affects people that are on "illicit" substances for medical reasons
Spice level 🌶️🌶️🌶️
knowyourstuff.nz/2023/07/26/…
Hi friends! It's that time of the year again
Taking this survey helps create a global picture of what kind of drug harm reduction needs to happen and how organisations like ours can help you best.
Take the survey:
redcap.health.uq.edu.au/surv…
Hi journalist friends! We get a lot of messages from y'all wanting to know stuff about our stuff, so we've made a whole section on our website just for you 🥰
Check it out 😊
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