Podcast

Pharmacotherapy is a big part of life for many people in our community. In Australia, it’s a program where people are prescribed medications like methadone in place of illegal opioids such as heroin. In this episode, we hear from people across the country who have been, or are currently, on pharmacotherapy, sharing what it’s really like.

The decriminalisation of drugs is something Australia's Drug User Organisations advocate for, and is supported by a broad spectrum of people in Australia and across the world. The ACT officially decriminalised small amounts of certain illicit drugs in 2023. In this episode, we chat with people and services in the ACT about what decriminalisation actually looks like on the ground, and the real impact it's having.

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.

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.

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.

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.