Honored to be speaking at #WHSMelbourne2024 on
Rethinking Drug Policy: minimizing harm & unintended consequences

Amazing panel chaired by Adeeba Kamarulzaman Monash Malaysia, Helen Clark Claudia Stoicescu Prof Paul Dietze Burnet Institute Sione Crawford Harm Reduction Vic
Program live now 👇🏽

Which fab paper from our journal would you nominate for a research excellence in drug policy award? 🥇
The ISSDP Excellence in Research Award issdp.org/the-issdp-exce…
Nominations close 31st March
International Journal of Drug Policy ISSDP

My #Tshirt just arrived!! One of over 17,000 people happy to support the purchase of #TheTote #Collingwood #LiveMusicMelbourne pozible.com/profile/the-la…

#GMI … csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/sites/default/…

Struck by this “Often they don’t even discuss housing. They might offer a coffee, a supermarket voucher or take people to a cafe. They see if anyone needs a phone or clothes but never cash.” #NeverCash !? Isn’t that what people need? Advocated since Henderson in 1975!

Loved this quote… “Regardless, five minutes of this podcast taught me more about the injecting room than all the coverage I’d consumed so far…I realised voices such as Adrian, Sammy and John are entirely missing from mainstream press coverage…”shows.acast.com/nobody-dies-he…

It’s Kangaroo Time! Weliton Menário Costa of Biology at ANU is the global overall winner of the @sciencemagazine Dance Your PhD contest, for this amazing dance about his PhD on kangaroo personality. 🕺 💃 🦘 ourANU
science.anu.edu.au/news-events/ne…

Interesting read @thileepannaren and no doubt of much interest to ppl considering moving from #methadone to #LAIB - will watch & see how many #MethadonePrescribers avail themselves of this as an option

🚨New paper!

In search of a ‘good number’: knowledge controversy and population estimates in the endgame of hepatitis C elimination.

In the race to elimination, numbers do not speak for themselves.

doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-…

New paper! 🚨Viral hepatitis testing and treatment in community pharmacies: a systematic review and meta-analysis just published in the Lancet's eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science. Exciting for pharmacy to expand access to hep C testing/TM Burnet Institute Monash Addiction Research Centre authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S25…

New from Burnet Institute colleagues ‘Viral #hepatitis testing & treatment in #communitypharmacies : a #systematicreview & #metaanalysis ’ #eClinicalMedicine
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S25…

10th Int. Conference on #SocialWork in #Health & #MentalHealth in #Melbourne 19-22 Nov. tinyurl.com/2k8p56ks
#Abstract Deadline 13 May all topics relating to social work in health and mental health... And this bonus Best Abstract AU$500 + comp rego & Best #Poster AU$500

0/ OUT TODAY ⚠️ Our recent study on hospital-based harm reduction in the US! The study delves into the perceived impact and challenges of a program offering safer use education and supplies at hospital discharge. Let's break down the key takeaways jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Important paper based on Drug User Liberation Front #CompassionClub just out in International Journal of Drug Policy 'enrolment in an unsanctioned compassion club was found to be associated with reductions in any type of non-fatal #overdose and non-fatal overdose involving #naloxone administration'

Shoes representing lives lost to #overdose in the #Melbourne CBD in the past 12 months. #KOCA (Keep Our City Alive) calling for immediate action on a 2nd drug consumption room in the CBD cohealth Family Drug Support Harm Reduction Vic VAADA Jacinta Allan Aiv Puglielli MP Rachel Payne MP

Love this #Infographic from a recent paper in #LancetGastroHep highlighting that 'Global access to DAA reimbursement remains uneven with LMICs having comparatively low reimbursement compared with high-income countries'
thelancet.com/journals/langa…

In June 2020 former Premier #DanielAndrews announced a second #injectingfacility - lens.monash.edu/@medicine-heal… - still waiting - David Ettershank MP asks why ? cohealth Burnet Institute

Loved this quote in the interview with Andrea Woo | 鄔瑞楓 based her conversations with doctors who prescribe “I wish I could just prescribe money instead [of medication] it is what people really need” !! #SafeSupply #ToxicDrugCrisis

Come work with us!! Burnet Institute #AOD team looking for people interested in field based research work … more info here … aurecruitment.actionhrm.com/myrecruit/newA… Reach out if you want to find out more

Yep there sure were #BigChallenges Dr Caitlin Douglass but Burnet Institute colleagues believe the evidence here has merit in making #Selftesting for #HepC more accessible #SyringeVendingMachines are one way to go