And listen here to a recent interview Sam & Ash (lead authors) did with public radio legend Douglas McVay on KBOO radio in Portland, Oregon - kboo.fm/media/133617...

Violence Against Women Who Inject Drugs

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Violence Against Women Who Inject Drugs.

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Peter Higgs@higgspg.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New publication from @burnetinstitute.bsky.social #NDRI @curtinuniversity.bsky.social colleagues jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

New publication from @burnetinstitute.bsky.social #NDRI @curtinuniversity.bsky.social colleagues jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Violence Against Women Who Inject Drugs

This cohort study uses survey data linked with administrative health records and qualitative interviews to quantify and contextualize experiences of violence and assault among Australian women who inj...

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Now out in #Addiction @monashuniversity.bsky.social #PhD scholar Dr Lucy Attwood & team ‘Qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to healthcare engagement for people with injecting‐related invasive infections using a social ecological framework’ doi.org/10.1111/add....

Excited to see this has been purchased by @cityofmelbourne.bsky.social public #library and I’m the first to borrow it … @garthmullins.bsky.social

An Australian-first study published in @mja.com.au found every dollar invested in Australian prison needle and syringe programs could save more than two dollars in treatment costs for hepatitis C and injection-related infections www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...

Prison needle programs could save double what they cost – our new modelling shows how

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Nice piece in #TheConversation from @shelleyjwalker.bsky.social #LisaMaher & #PaulDiezte @burnetinstitute.bsky.social #KirbyInstitute #NDRI theconversation.com/5-years-afte...

5 years after COVID began, outstanding fines mean marginalised Australians are still paying the highest price

In our new study, people told us they’d been fined for leaving home to access drug treatment programs – and still couldn’t afford to pay, years later.

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“Motivations for and perspectives of medication diversion among clients of a safer opioid supply program in Toronto, Canada” by Lucas Martignetti and colleagues (2025) via IJDP…have your thoughts on diversion changed? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Diversion #Saves #Lives