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Drug stigma drives overdose. Nowadays when people take certain drugs in certain ways, they are made to feel sick, dirty, different, criminal, other. This can lead to isolation, alienation & using in secret, alone or in ways that increase harm & sometimes, leads to overdose. Break

Could some academic language conventions inadvertently lead to discrimination? To assist researchers writing about substance use, editors at International Journal of Drug Policy have developed guidelines to help them avoid perpetuating stigma, while also combating it. + turningpoint.org.au/about-us/news/…

What a privilege to work with such inspiring co-authors on this 🙌 Annie Madden (PhD) AO #CameronDuff @AlisonRitter1

“Putting tendencies and trajectories to work: useful tools for engaging with accounts of change and recovery?” By @KatMOliver & Michael Savic (2024) via International Journal of Drug Policy…what does recovery from substance use look like to you? Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #Recovery #Policy

REMINDER: This month's VSURF seminar is this Friday the 20th at 4pm over Zoom, where Adrian Farrugia will be presenting a paper titled 'Narcofeminist affects: Gender, harm and fun in young women and gender diverse young people's experiences of alcohol and other drug consumption'

We are currently recruiting to interview people based in Vic, NSW and ACT whose alcohol and other drug consumption has changed in relation to trauma symptoms or a difficult experience. Participants will be reimbursed $60. More info incl. how to register: latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/work/un…

Join us for the launch and workshop of our human rights and drug policy research report. This marks the culmination of a four-year research project undertaken to learn more about the relationship between human rights and drug policy. Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/human-rights…

A second article drawn from my PhD research, co-authored with Professor David Moore and Professor Suzanne Fraser, is now available via CDP Journal. It examines the ways health professionals veridict the relationships between PIEDs, health and masculinity: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

🚨 New paper about #socialmedia & digital harm reduction is now published in Harm Reduction Journal! With André Gomes we try to highlight direct impact of automated content moderation on safer drug use knowledge dissemination #TikTok #Instagram ⛓️‍💥rdcu.be/dZCO1

Fantastic pres from Burnet Institute's Amanda Roxburgh challenging us to create new narratives to counter algorithmic amplification of drug-related online stigma #TacklingStigma2024

Vital work from Professor Kate Seear examining the inquest into the death of Veronica Nelson, posing important questions around whether drug criminalisation is cruel, inhuman and degrading and thus incompatible with human rights law #TacklingStigma2024 @GLADLaTrobe

Critical problematisations from #MeganSpina about how medicalisation + pathologisation underpin mental health clinicians' and researchers' stigmatising biases about "causes" of  sex work #TacklingStigma2024

“No penalties. No arrests. No jails”: Perspectives on drug decriminalization among people who inject drugs in Sydney” by George Christoper Dertadian & Vicki Sentas (2025) via International Journal of Drug Policy…what are your perspectives on decriminalization? Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #Policy

Have worked in a Victorian resi rehab in the past 2 years? We're keen to hear your insights about the care needs of people bailed to treatment.   👉 Find out more: ow.ly/mOLP50VIw6N Please share!