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/surveys/?s=CK3…

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/wor…

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. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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/you…

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…

It's coming into that time of year again 🙂 knowyourstuff.nz/2021/04/29/psy…

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/roa…

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.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Happy Peer Reviewed Easter, friends 😘 maps.org/2006/11/13/goo…

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/ghb…

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. vimeo.com/933038301

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/hon…

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. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We need evidence based drug laws - not some dodgy 100yr old failed ideology.

Tis the season! With the colder weather comes mushroom picking season in Canberra & surrounds, so here's your reminder to respect psilocybin. Check out our safer using guide for magic mushrooms and reduce your risk of harm. cahma.org.au/article/safer-…

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. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy International Harm Reduction Day xx

#IHRD24 Let's explore the values underpinning Harm Reduction: Full article here: hrca.nz/news/what-is-h…

Wendy on Big Hairy News talking about Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa youtube.com/watch?v=zxzo09…