Podcast

Nitazenes, a synthetic opioid that can be up to 50 times stronger than fentanyl, is increasingly being found in unexpected substances like cocaine, methamphetamine, and MDMA across Australia. In this episode, we explore how drug policy, particularly prohibition, shapes emerging drug trends and how we respond to them to reduce harm.

Many people living in Australia don't know what a Drug User Organisation is. In this episode, we have brought together the voices of harm reductionists, advocates, researchers, and our community to share why they think Drug User Organisations are important and what can be done to provide more support for them to continue their work into the future.

People who use drugs and Drug User Organisations have been fighting for ethical collaboration throughout our history, to be genuinely respected as people with expertise and allowed to lead the responses that affect our community. In this episode, we learn about ethical collaboration from the community in a range of settings and with different partners.

We speak with peer harm reduction worker Esha Leydon about vein advice and hepatitis C treatment and get some insights about her work at the NSP.

Geoff tells us about the services CAHMA provides to the community, the CAHMA volunteer program and some of the important issues facing illicit drug users.

A chat about INHSU’s peer community day, its involvement with the conference and the important issues that came out of it.