Keep Calm & Carry...
Well it's finally happened, after a couple of years of talking about it (and having wonderful friends nag me) I've started designing Tshirts to help support the costs of running this site. The first...
View ArticleDiscourage the use of 2ml barrels
I'm sure its a common experience of needle programme workers around the UK (even around the world), people asking for 2ml barrels when they are planning to groin inject. But a 2ml isn't the best...
View ArticleDiscourage the use of 2ml barrels
I'm sure its a common experience of needle programme workers around the UK (even around the world), people asking for 2ml barrels when they are planning to groin inject. But a 2ml isn't the best...
View ArticleChanges to Steroid Laws
Steroids have always been a bit confusing when it comes to discussing legalities with visitors to a needle programme. But changes to the law covering steroids that come into effect from April 23rd are...
View ArticleChanges to Steroid Laws
Steroids have always been a bit confusing when it comes to discussing legalities with visitors to a needle programme. But changes to the law covering steroids that come into effect from April 23rd are...
View ArticleHuman Enhancement Drugs: The Emerging Challenges to Public Health
Drug use is usually portrayed as a hedonistic pursuit of pleasure, whether being the use of thought-expanding hallucinogens, the excitement of stimulants or the euphoria of opiates. However, there are...
View ArticleHuman Enhancement Drugs: The Emerging Challenges to Public Health
Drug use is usually portrayed as a hedonistic pursuit of pleasure, whether being the use of thought-expanding hallucinogens, the excitement of stimulants or the euphoria of opiates. However, there are...
View ArticleNaloxone Film
Recently as part of my day job with HIT I've been working on a new naloxone website which will be launching soon. This means that naloxone is talked about in my household quite a bit, and as a result...
View ArticleNaloxone Film
Recently as part of my day job with HIT I've been working on a new naloxone website which will be launching soon. This means that naloxone is talked about in my household quite a bit, and as a result...
View ArticleLegal Highs, Injecting is No Surprise
Years ago when I started doing harm reduction work it was a very different drug landscape, heroin was the main drug used by people coming into services (after alcohol of course) Most injectors I saw...
View ArticleLegal Highs, Injecting is No Surprise
Years ago when I started doing harm reduction work it was a very different drug landscape, heroin was the main drug used by people coming into services (after alcohol of course) Most injectors I saw...
View ArticleFoot injecting
One of the exercises I do when I'm delivering safer injecting training looks at the most common injecting sites and their associated risks. People are usually quite good at putting the different sites...
View ArticleForget the great divide
At heart I'm a harm reduction kind of person. I've spent the last decade working in needle programmes, running a website that provides injecting advice and presenting sessions at conferences promoting...
View ArticleThe bad, the sad & the redeemed
Today I have another guest article from Matt Gleeson, He's previously written for this blog about use of the word Junkie in journalism. This time he's talking about the types of 'architypes' the media...
View ArticlePIED outcomes tool
Back in June I released the NSP Outcomes Tool This was an attempt to make a simple to use but flexable assesment/review tool that could be used in the relativly short time that most needle transactions...
View ArticleKeep Calm & Carry...
Well it's finally happened, after a couple of years of talking about it (and having wonderful friends nag me) I've started designing Tshirts to help support the costs of running this site. The first...
View ArticleDiscourage the use of 2ml barrels
I'm sure its a common experience of needle programme workers around the UK (even around the world), people asking for 2ml barrels when they are planning to groin inject. But a 2ml isn't the best...
View ArticleChanges to Steroid Laws
Steroids have always been a bit confusing when it comes to discussing legalities with visitors to a needle programme. But changes to the law covering steroids that come into effect from April 23rd are...
View ArticleHuman Enhancement Drugs: The Emerging Challenges to Public Health
Drug use is usually portrayed as a hedonistic pursuit of pleasure, whether being the use of thought-expanding hallucinogens, the excitement of stimulants or the euphoria of opiates. However, there are...
View ArticleNaloxone Film
Recently as part of my day job with HIT I've been working on a new naloxone website which will be launching soon. This means that naloxone is talked about in my household quite a bit, and as a result...
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