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Accidental sharing
This is the third of the articles on 'sharing issues' and this time I'm going to be looking at accidental sharing risks. Those times when in all the confusion of the moment people aren't quite sure if...
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Accidental sharing
This is the third of the articles on 'sharing issues' and this time I'm going to be looking at accidental sharing risks. Those times when in all the confusion of the moment people aren't quite sure if...
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Cold weather
The UK in currently in the grip of unusually cold weather. In this article I'm going to look at both the steps services can take to support people during the current cold snap and hopefully some advice...
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Cold weather
The UK in currently in the grip of unusually cold weather. In this article I'm going to look at both the steps services can take to support people during the current cold snap and hopefully some advice...
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Cold weather
The UK in currently in the grip of unusually cold weather. In this article I'm going to look at both the steps services can take to support people during the current cold snap and hopefully some advice...
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Drug activism shirts
So Christmas is over its time to put those lovely jumpers Aunt Flow knitted for you in a charity bag, and time to get on with the year. But maybe you've still got some Christmas gift money left over...
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Heroin drought poster
There has been a heroin drought in the UK (and elsewhere) since last November, as any heroin users and drugs workers will already know. There are many related risks to this, not least of which is what...
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Lets stop saying 'clean'
I've been thinking of this for awhile, I want to ban the word 'clean' from drug services, granted it's only a word so you might think I'm just being picky, but words like this carry both a lot of power...
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The 'J' word and journalism
Todays article is a guest piece from Matt Gleeson talking about the stigmatising effect language can have, especially when used by the press. Matt Gleeson usually writes Stonetree Harm Reduction a blog...
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My video from IHRA2011
Today Meghan Ralston from the Drug Policy Alliance gave a presentation to the International Harm Reduction Conference in Beirut. Unfortunately because of a technical issue a film that should have been...
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Don't forget the processes
Recently I've been reading and listening to some interesting talks on the advice that we give alongside syringe delivery. I think that in many Needle Programmes (NSP) workers are overly focused on the...
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Steal this manual
Today I've got a guest article from the Harm Reduction Coalitions Emily Winkelstein. Emily is talking about the background to the HRC writing their Guide to Developing and Managing Syringe Access...
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New video and Creative Commons
This site is copyrighted under 'Creative Commons'. As well as allowing people to freely use all the tools and downloads this allows people to adapt them into new and interesting projects as long as...
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Avoid HepC, avoid track marks
Magdalena Harris has been good enough to write a guest article for Injecting Advice based on the great presentation she gave at both the National Conference of Injecting Drug Use (NCIDU) and at this...
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Avoid HepC, avoid track marks
Magdalena Harris has been good enough to write a guest article for Injecting Advice based on the great presentation she gave at both the National Conference of Injecting Drug Use (NCIDU) and at this...
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What works?
One of the questions I'm often asked when delivering training to drugs workers is "What are all the different needles for, and which is the best one to use". Although in a perfect world there would be...
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What works?
One of the questions I'm often asked when delivering training to drugs workers is "What are all the different needles for, and which is the best one to use". Although in a perfect world there would be...
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How will supervised injecting facilities affect you
Although I occasionally have guest articles here on Injecting Advice they do tend to be ones where I've asked the writer if they'll do it for me. But this week I read a great opinion piece by Kathryn...
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How will supervised injecting facilities affect you
Although I occasionally have guest articles here on Injecting Advice they do tend to be ones where I've asked the writer if they'll do it for me. But this week I read a great opinion piece by Kathryn...
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NSP Outcomes tool
Over the last year or so I've come across a lot of people talking about developing tools for monitoring 'Outcomes' in needle programmes, but I've yet to see one that actually manages to work in real...
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