Clarifying the ethical landscape of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: Philosophical Psychology buff.ly/3xMPrKv

What values are present in drug policy? New from DPMP's Paul Kelaita Meg Grealy and Alison Ritter : Values in drug policy documents, Schwartz and the NSW Ice Inquiry tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations Jason Ferris (he/him), Cameron, The Loop Australia and colleagues 👏👏👏

Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2024 is out now – and the data shows an urgent need for a National Overdose Prevention Strategy. Download our report now to find out more: bit.ly/4ed48GD #Overdose #EndOverdose #OverdoseAwareness #IOAD2024 #DrugPolicy #AusPol

A quick plug for an upcoming talk on Australian consumers' experiences of long-acting injectable buprenorphine for #opioid dependence #pharmacotherapy September 11 2024 at 10am: insight.qld.edu.au/training/Consu… Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy UQPsych AIVL - Health & Human Rights 💜 NCYSUR, UQ

The number of extended release buprenorphine injection prescriptions among US Medicaid beneficiaries increased from over 4,000 in 2018 to over 185,000 in 2022. Read the full Data Insight paper by Rachael K. Ross Kara Rudolph Chelsea L. Shover, PhD buff.ly/3AvwAoB

I'll be presenting some of my new research on young people's drug consumption next month. The presentation examines young women and gender diverse people's efforts to maximise the generative potential of consumption while minimising the gendered harms encountered on a night out.

We have an opportunity for a permanent #ResearchAssistant to join our Mental Health Evaluation Research team. For more info & to apply 👉 smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-WM585… #MentalHealth

Congratulations to Professor Leanne Hides who secured NHMRC funding to lead the development of an early intervention model of care to treat alcohol and other drug use. Read more: brnw.ch/21wM7WB #UQ #Health #Research #Funding Leanne Hides

New Health Sociology Review OPEN ACCESS article by TASA member Kiran Pienaar et al. COVID-19 and the biopolitics of stigma in public housing: dividing practices and community boundaries in pandemic times', tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The Commission is now offering Mental Health and Wellbeing grants of up to $150,000 for initiatives to enhance mental health and wellbeing outcomes in Queensland communities. Be quick! Applications close Tuesday 10 October 2024. 👉 To apply go to: hubs.ly/Q02N72xQ0

New article: Quantitative summary of adverse events in psychedelic studies. We find a favorable safety profile, but with major caveats. Serious adverse events were rare but did occur (esp. in those w/ disorders). We call for improvements to adverse event recording and reporting.

Our new report released today sheds light on how economic downturns can impact the use of illicit drugs. It highlights how young people and socioeconomically vulnerable groups are disproportionately affected during times of recession. Read the report: euda.europa.eu/publications/t…

“Guiding principles for breaking down drug-related stigma in academic writing” by Ramez Bathish et al (2024) via International Journal of Drug Policy…great resource for drug related academic stigma in our journal! What are some resources you use for stigma? Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Join us online at 4pm next Friday September 20th to hear new research from Adrian Farrugia on young people's drug consumption. More details on this seminar and info on how to be added to our mailing list here: …bstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com

Purging to Cleanse: A Qualitative Study of Ayahuasca Healing at a Drug Treatment Center in Peru (new in @JSADjournal's special section on psychedelics for the treatment of addiction) Magdalena Harris London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Centro Takiwasi jsad.com/doi/full/10.15…

A pleasure to see this article out from the fab Dr Kat_Oliver's PhD study. In it, we highlight diverse socio-material elements at work in drug use change processes & show how recovery tendencies & trajectories are cultivated through repeated actions, habits, & practices over time.

This is hilarious. Yikes.

We were pleased to recently get the opportunity to give evidence to the Victorian parliamentary inquiry on drug testing at work. Our latest blog post led by Sean Mulcahy outlines the inquiry and our evidence: