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December 7, 2009 – 2:24 am
This week Allison and Nigel talk all about rituals, from hand rolling cigarettes to preparing drugs for injection to brewing tea. They talk about how important and embedded rituals are in the drug experience, and discuss how drugs workers can co-opt the ritual behaviour and turn it into something safer for the user. If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this show please visit the Hooked section of our forum or injectingadvice.com
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November 30, 2009 – 1:17 am
The latest news on HIV and AIDS as we approach World AIDS Day on December 1st. Allison and Nigel go from sad to angry to impassioned to giggling hysterically to hopeful in the space of one show. Oh, and they’re pretty rude, because you just can’t talk about condoms and sex properly without a little smut. They’re wearing their red ribbons. Are you? If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast please visit the Hooked section of our forums or injectingadvice.com
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November 23, 2009 – 1:23 am
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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November 16, 2009 – 1:12 am
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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November 9, 2009 – 12:18 am
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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November 3, 2009 – 4:56 pm
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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October 19, 2009 – 2:02 am
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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October 12, 2009 – 2:32 am
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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October 5, 2009 – 1:12 am
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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September 28, 2009 – 2:55 am
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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