Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL)

What does AIVL do

What We Do

Advocating for the 4 million people who use drugs illicitly in Australia

AIVL, the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League, is the national peer-led peak organisation representing our network of peer-based harm reduction and Drug User Organisations.

We advance the wellbeing of people who use drugs through partnerships in Australia, the Pacific Region and internationally.

We platform the voices of people who use drugs nationally to inform policy, research, programs and practice.

We develop the national peer workforce through evidence and the lived-living experience and expertise of people who use drugs.

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Opioid Users

INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE ON OPIOID TREATMENT: METHADONE, SUBOXONE, SUBUTEX, & BUPRENORPHINE INJECTIONS

Info for People on Opioid Treatment

Injecting

Vein Care Guide Video Series

Indigenous

Always Was Always Will Be NSP Posters

Peer Workforce

Needle And Syringe Programs In Australia: Peer-Led Best Practice (The Guide)

Needle And Syringe Programs In Australia: Peer-led Best Practice (The Guide)

Peer Workforce

Peer Workforce Capacity Building Training Framework

Stigma & Discrimination

A Report on Stigma and Discrimination towards the Injecting Drug User Community

Stigma & Discrimination

Afternoons with Max Marshall

Afternoons with Max Marshall Short Film

Opioid Users

INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE ON OPIOID TREATMENT: METHADONE, SUBOXONE, SUBUTEX, & BUPRENORPHINE INJECTIONS

Info for People on Opioid Treatment

Injecting

Vein Care Guide Video Series

Indigenous

Always Was Always Will Be NSP Posters

Peer Workforce

Needle And Syringe Programs In Australia: Peer-Led Best Practice (The Guide)

Needle And Syringe Programs In Australia: Peer-led Best Practice (The Guide)

Peer Workforce

Peer Workforce Capacity Building Training Framework

Stigma & Discrimination

A Report on Stigma and Discrimination towards the Injecting Drug User Community

Stigma & Discrimination

Afternoons with Max Marshall

Afternoons with Max Marshall Short Film

National NSP Directory

Find a Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) Near You

The Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) Directory can be searched by suburb or postcode.

AIVL MEMBER ORGANISATIONS

Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy (CAHMA)

ACT

Harm Reduction Victoria

VIC

Hepatitis SA

SA

Northern Territory AIDS and Hepatitis Council Inc (NTAHC)

NT

NSW Users and AIDS Association (NUAA)

NSW

Peer Based Harm Reduction WA

WA

QuIVAA

QLD

QuIHN

QLD

Tasmanian Users and Health Support League (TUHSL)

TAS

All Organisations

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AIVL health and human rights for people who use drugs

Events

01 Oct 2024

Join Us at the Health and Human Rights Summit: Advancing the Wellbeing of People Who Use Drugs

AIVL health and human rights for people who use drugs

Events

01 Oct 2024

Join Us at the Health and Human Rights Summit: Advancing the Wellbeing of People Who Use Drugs

A full-day event designed to bring together community members, advocates, individuals, and organisations.

Arts & Culture

24 Sep 2024

Introducing PACE: A Creative Movement for Artists Who Use Drugs

Are you a person who uses drugs? Do you express your creativity through painting, photography, installations, street art, poems, or songs? If so, PACE (Peer Arts Collective Exhibition) invites you to be part of a project that celebrates creativity, connection, and the power of expression.

Peer Work

09 Jul 2024

Development of a National Peer Work Framework

Working to develop a comprehensive framework and guide for the employment of people who use drugs in harm reduction peer positions.

AIVL health and human rights for people who use drugs

Events

01 Oct 2024

Join Us at the Health and Human Rights Summit: Advancing the Wellbeing of People Who Use Drugs

A full-day event designed to bring together community members, advocates, individuals, and organisations.

Arts & Culture

24 Sep 2024

Introducing PACE: A Creative Movement for Artists Who Use Drugs

Are you a person who uses drugs? Do you express your creativity through painting, photography, installations, street art, poems, or songs? If so, PACE (Peer Arts Collective Exhibition) invites you to be part of a project that celebrates creativity, connection, and the power of expression.

Peer Work

09 Jul 2024

Development of a National Peer Work Framework

Working to develop a comprehensive framework and guide for the employment of people who use drugs in harm reduction peer positions.

Join Us

Upcoming EVENTS

Health and Human Rights Summit – Open Forum: Advancing the Wellbeing of People Who Use Drugs

On this day, our community invite our partners and allies to join us for a series of presentations and panel discussions that centre the health and human rights of people who use drugs.

🌍 Today, AIVL addressed the Joint Standing Comm

🌍 Today, AIVL addressed the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade’s Inquiry into Australia’s advocacy for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty.

🚨 34 countries execute people for drug offences.

42% of all known executions worldwide are for drug offences.

In 2023 alone, at least 467 people were executed for drug offences in just 5 countries.

Australia opposes the death penalty for any crime and supports harm reduction for people who use drugs.

Yet, Australia’s Federal Police are complicit in sharing information that could lead to executions in other countries.

🔍 What does that say about our values?

If we want to truly abolish the death penalty, our actions must align with our words.

Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs (PIEDs) are

Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs (PIEDs) are the fastest growing drug category reflected in NSP statistics across Australia.

Join Dr. Tim Piatkowski, a PIEDs expert and @quivaa_qld Board Member, along with Sonya Weith, also from QuIVAA, for AIVL's PIEDs Workshop.

Wednesday October 16, 12.30pm - 1.30pm AEDT.

If you're unable to join us live, you can still register, and we'll send you a recording of the session.

Register via link in bio

We’re a group of creatives who use drugs, suppor

We’re a group of creatives who use drugs, supported by AIVL, calling on fellow artists. PACE (Peer Arts Collective Exhibition) is a new movement, starting with an exhibition book in 2024 featuring art by people who use drugs.

Submit your photos of any art form—paintings, photography, installations, street art—or a poem/song (up to 1 page).

Selected submissions will receive $50!

DM us for any other questions! Applications close 21 October 2024 😘

Link in Bio

Check out the accessibility tools on our new site,

Check out the accessibility tools on our new site, we’ve got it all from screen reading to contrast adjusting and more! All in 7 languages 😀 #accessibilityforall #harmreduction

Check out our brand new website! We have a fresh n

AIVL is very demure, very mindful 🧘‍♂️ ✌️ #demure #mindful #harmreduction

This Overdose Awareness day, we explore the barrie

This Overdose Awareness day, we explore the barriers and successes in naloxone provision, with insights from Australia and Portugal's community distribution efforts. Join us on Friday the 30th of August at 12:30pm for a fascinating webinar with guest speakers from Australia and Portugal. Link in bio. #overdoseawareness #overdoseawarenessday #overdoseawarenessday2024 #harmreductionworks #harmreduction #TogetherWeCan #togetherwecan