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Hooked is a weekly podcast which looks at the world of drugs. Allison Downing and Nigel Brunsdon, two specialist Harm Reduction workers, aim to educate and dispel myths about substances. They’ll give you the full story about safer use, strategies for cutting down and stopping, help available and tell you everything you wanted to know but were never taught.The show will also look at good practice and innovative work with street drug users in a Harm Reduction framework.
The show aims to appeal to everyone, from those who feel they know nothing about drugs and want to gain more information, to current users looking for some sound advice and to professionals working with drug using clients.
Please get involved and make your suggestions or requests of subjects on the forum.
If you are affected by any of the issues raised on this podcast please feel free to email Allison or Nigel, visit the Hooked section of our forums, or visit Nigel’s website http://www.injectingadvice.com |
This week Allison and Nigel pick apart the issue of sharing equipment and sharing drugs. They look at the routes of transmission for blood borne viruses like Hepatitis C and HIV and look at how to reduce those risks. If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this episode please visit the Hooked section of our forums or injectingadvice.com
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Nigel and Allison discuss the reasons why people inject into their groin (femoral vein), the many serious risks they face and which needle is the safest for this site. Groin injecting is extremely risky and damage is inevitable over time, so what can drugs workers do to help injectors slow that damage down? If you are effected by any of the issues raised in this episode please look at the Hooked section of our forums or visit injectingadvice.com
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This week Nigel and Allison take a look at the different types of filters used in the preparation of street drugs and talk about how to use them more safely. If you have been effected by any of the issues raised in this episode please visit the Hooked section of our forums or injectingadvice.com
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A short discussion between Nigel and Allison on their feelings about the sacking of Professor David Nutt, former chief of the ACMD (Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs) by the Home Secretary Alan Johnson on October 30th. Shownotes available on simplysyndicated.com and injectingadvice.com.
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Allison and Nigel answer some of your questions. If you are effected by any of the issues raised in this show please visit the Hooked section of the Simply Syndicated forums or visit injectingadvice.com
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Not for the squeamish, this week we take a look at a number of injecting related traumas and infections, how they’re caused and their treatments. If you are effected by any of the issues raised in this podcast please visit the Hooked section of our forums or visit injectingadvice.com
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Allison and Nigel look at the RIOTT treatment trails, where injectable heroin is compared against oral methadone and injectable methadone in a clinically supervised setting, for the most treatment resistant patients. They also talk about Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection site. If you are effected by issues raised by this podcast please visit the Hooked section of our forums or injectingadvice.com.
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This week, Nigel and Allison look at a number of different pipes used for smoking crack and how they can be made safer. If you are effected by the issues raised in this podcast please visit the Hooked section of our forums or injectingadvice.com
Episode 15 corrections: Please see injectingadvice.com for a full discussion of errors made in the Melanotan episode. Please note that all Harm Reduction messages contained within this episode remain unchanged.
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This week Allison and Nigel discuss the tanning drug Melanotan II. If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this episode of Hooked please visit the Hooked section of our forum or visit injectingadvice.com
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This week we look at what heroin is, what it does, and how it affects user’s lives. For further information on the issues raised in this podcast please visit the Hooked section of our forums or injectingadvice.com
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