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Reporting on Harm Reduction & People Who Use Drugs: a media and communication guide by people who use drugs.

Media

Stigma & Discrimination

Reporting on Harm Reduction & People Who Use Drugs

Injecting

Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs

Understanding and Responding to People Who Use Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs

Research

No one likes using the dirties – A study into the re-use of injecting equipment in Australia

20 minutes Article

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C and Prison: The Key Issues

5 min Downloads

Hepatitis C

A needs analysis for people living with HCV after leaving custodial settings in Australia

10min Downloads

Injecting

A Hidden Population: Healthy Ageing

10min Downloads

Indigenous Support

The Being Real Project: Drug User Organisations working with Aboriginal people who use drugs and Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations

Research

Ethical issues for research involving injecting/illicit drug users

Injecting

Vein Care Guide

Stigma & Discrimination

Afternoons with Max Marshall: Short Film

Peer Workforce

Peer Workforce Capacity Building Training Framework

Indigenous Support

Posters: co-designed with Mob who use NSPs

5 min Downloads

Stigma & Discrimination

Report: "Why wouldn't I discriminate against all of them?"

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

Opioid Users

Information For People On Opioid Treatment: Methadone, Suboxone, Subutex, & Buprenorphine Injections

Injecting

Injecting Involves Blood – Be ‘Blood Aware’

2 min Downloads

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CheQpoint, Queensland’s only drug checking servi

CheQpoint, Queensland’s only drug checking service will very shortly close its doors due to no ongoing funding to continue this life saving service to the community.

🌟 Queenslanders are rallying to save drug checking. If you live in Queensland, take action NOW! Visit the website in our bio to easily email your local MP and make your voice heard.

AIVL as an organisation founded in response to the

AIVL as an organisation founded in response to the HIV crisis in the late 80s, honours the strength, resilience and leadership of women who use drugs living with HIV. Women who use drugs, including those living with HIV, have been at the forefront of harm reduction in Australia from the very beginning. AIVL remains committed to amplifying their voices, expertise, and ending stigma and discrimination in all their manifestations.

#WomenLivingWithHIV #WWUD #HarmReduction #PeerLeadership

Today, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and

Today, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and leadership of women —especially the incredible women who use drugs who push for change, fight for justice, and uplift our community every day. 💜

#InternationalWomensDay #AccelerateAction #IWD2025 #WWUD #Equity #harmreduction

Straya, do we have your attention? Good! We need

Straya, do we have your attention?
Good! We need you to know that syphilis cases have tripled in the past decade, with over 6,000 cases reported in 2022, including rising cases of congenital syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that often people don't know they have, but left untreated, it can cause serious health issues. We need to keep our community safe. Condoms are one of the easiest ways to protect yourself and your partners against STIs like syphilis. Most of our NSPs provide free condoms and some provide testing for syphilis as well as hepatitis C and HIV.

You Can't Say That – AIVL's New Webinar Series

You Can't Say That – AIVL's New Webinar Series
Some ideas are backed by evidence, grounded in logic—yet still face pervasive stigma and are widely misunderstood in society. AIVL’s new webinar series, You Can’t Say That, tackles these controversial yet crucial conversations head on.
In our first session, we’re taking on a common misconception about people who use drugs.

People who use drugs make excellent parents. So why does Australia’s cultural narrative insist otherwise? Join us as we challenge harmful discrimination, break down the evidence, and explore the real stories behind the stigma.

Register now to be part of the conversation. (link in bio)

January 26 isn’t a day to celebrate—it never h

January 26 isn’t a day to celebrate—it never has been. For First Nations people, it marks the invasion of their land, the start of centuries of dispossession, violence, and resistance. Invasion Day rallies happen across the country because colonisation isn’t just history—it’s ongoing. This day is about truth-telling, showing up, and standing with First Nations people in their fight for justice and sovereignty.
If you can march, march. If you can’t, support First Nations-led organisations doing the work every day. Because real change isn’t about one day—it’s about what happens after.
📍 Find a rally near you or donate to a First Nations-led cause. Swipe to see rallies near you, or click link in bio to find places to donate to.
#invasionday #alwayswasalwayswillbe🖤💛❤️💙💚

Still buzzing over our Summit at the end of 2024.

Still buzzing over our Summit at the end of 2024. It was such a great event, thank you everyone who made it possible#harmreduction #pwud #harmreductionworks #humanrights #endstigma #supportdontpunish