Kia ora e hoa mai i Tāmaki Makaurau! Kei te haere mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū i te Rāhoroi 😀 💛 Ina: 6-9pm, 4 Whiringa-ā-nuku 💛 Kei hea: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Te pokapū o Tāmaki Makaurau

Kia ora e hoa mai i Te Whanganui-a-Tara! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama i te Rāhoroi 💛 Ina: 11am-2pm, 4 Whiringa-ā-nuku 💛 Kei hea: Newtown Community Centre, i te kokonga o nga tiriti o Rintoul St me Colombo St, Newtown.

Hi Wellington friends! We've got our October drug checking clinic coming your way😃 💛 When: 11am-2pm, 4th October 💛 Where: Newtown Community Centre, Corner Colombo and Rintoul Streets Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come and find out what's in your stuff 😘

Hey Auckland friends! We're kicking off October's fortnightly drug checking clinics on Saturday 😀 💛 When: 6-9pm, 4th October 💛 Where: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Auckland Central Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, & 100% legal, so come and find out what's in your stuff 😘

Hi friends! It's Mythbuster Monday 🥳🥳🥳 This month we explored the myth that trying a drug once guarantees lifelong addiction. Born from scare campaigns and reinforced by stigma, it casts people who take drugs as reckless or broken. 1/n

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🥳🥳🥳 The Scottish How To Save a Life campaign was aimed to reduce preventable drug-related deaths, and included social media posts, short videos, radio ads, posters and a website. 1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hi Friends it's Mythbuster Monday 🥳🥳🥳 Last week, we looked at physiological models of addiction. This week, we place them in the wider context of people’s lives and environments. 1/n

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🥳🥳🥳 This week’s article is Oxytocin and the Role of Fluid Restriction in MDMA-induced Hyponatremia: A Secondary Analysis of 4 Randomized Clinical Trials by Atila et al. Here’s the findings: 💛Mild hyponatremia was experienced by around ⅓ of participants 1/2

Kia ora e hoa mai i Tāmaki Makaurau! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū auau 💛 Ina: 6-9pm, 20 Mahuru 💛 Kei hea: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, te pokapū o Tāmaki Makaurau Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 😊

Hi Auckland friends! We've got another fortnightly drug checking clinic coming up this week 😁 💛 When: 6-9pm, 20th September 💛 Where: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Auckland Central Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come and find out what's in your stuff 😘

Kia ora e hoa mai i Mauao! Kei te haere mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū 💛 Ina: 12-3pm, 19 Mahuru 💛 Kei hea: NEMMS needle exchange, 21b Totara Street, Mauao. Whakamahia te tatau o muri i te huarahi o Phoenix Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 😊

Hi Bay of Plenty friends! We've got our regular Mount Maunganui drug checking clinic tomorrow 😀 💛 When: 12-3pm, 19 September 💛 Where: NEMMS needle exchange, 21b Totara Street, Mount Maunganui (Use the Phoenix Lane entrance) Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

Kia ora e hoa mai i Ōtautahi! Kei te haere tonu a maatau whare haumanu tātari matū i Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha ia wiki tae noa ki te mutunga o te wā whare wānanga 😄 💛 Ina: 3-7pm, ia Wenerei o te wā whare wānanga 💛 Kei hea: Haere Roa, 90 Ilam Road, Ilam.

Hi Christchurch friends! Our UCSA weekly clinics are running all the way through until the end of term 😄 💛 When: 3-7pm, every Wednesday 💛 Where: Haere Roa, 90 Ilam Road, Ilam. The rooms we're in might change from week to week, so check on the Level for exact details 🙂

Hi friends! It's Mythbuster Monday 🥳🥳🥳 Last week, we introduced the myth that trying drugs once inevitably leads to a lifelong addiction. This week, we turn to physiological models that challenge this view. 1/n

Kia ora e hoa mai i Ōtepoti! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū i te Paraire 😄 💛 Ina: 4:30-7:30pm, 19 Mahuru 💛 Kei hea: OUSA Clubs and Societies building, OUSA Clubs and Societies Centre, 84 Albany Street, Dunedin North

Hi Dunedin friends! We've got a drug checking clinic heading your way 😃 💛 When: 4:30-7:30pm, 19th September 💛 Where: OUSA Clubs and Societies Centre, 84 Albany Street, Dunedin North Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come and find out what's in your stuff 💛

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday🥳🥳🥳 This week's article is Safe beats down under: investigating the support of drug checking at a regional festival in the Northern Territory, Australia by Wardle et al. 1/n www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Kia ora e hoa mai i Porirua! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama 💛 Ina: 11am - 3pm, 13 Mahuru 💛 Kei hea: 4 Lydney Place, Porirua (i te ritenga atu o pāparakauta Metro me te pāparakauta) Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 🙂

Hi Kāpiti friends! We've got our regular Porirua drug checking clinic in a new venue this weekend 😃 💛 When: 11am - 3pm, 13 September 💛 Where: 4 Lydney Place, Porirua (Opposite Metro Bar and the mural) Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal 💛

Hi Friends! It's Mythbuster Monday 🥳🥳🥳 This month, we’re looking at the myth that trying a drug once inevitably leads to lifelong addiction, which drastically oversimplifies the realities of substance use disorders (SUDs). 1/n

Hi Wellington friends! We've had to cancel tomorrow's Newtown clinic due to unforeseen circumstances 😕 We are still going to be at Great Sounds Great though! 💛 When: 4-8pm, 6th of Sept 💛 Where: In the garden out the back of St Peter’s church, 90 Ghuznee Street, Wellington.

Hi friends, it's Peer Review Friday 🥳🥳🥳 This week’s article is a case study of the DULF compassion club and fulfillment centre. Interesting things for us were: 1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hi friends! We've got a LAWD HE COMIN' update for the Pill Library 😳😳 🩺 Blue Harley Davidson 🩺 Weight: 1081mg 🩺 Estimated to contain between 292 and 616mg MDMA This is definitely one to be careful with. The overamping risk is real with a pill this heavy 😕 More info: knowyourstuff.nz/pill-library/

Kia ora e hoa mai i Ōtautahi! Kei te haere mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū hei tenei Rahoroi 😄 💛 Ina: 4-7pm, 6 Mahuru 💛 Kei hea: Apperley Park Hall, 5 Abberley Crescent, St Albans Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 😊

Hi Christchurch friends! We've got a drug checking clinic coming your way this weekend 😄 💛 When: 4-7pm, 6th of September 💛 Where: Apperley Park Hall, 5 Abberley Crescent, St Albans Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come in, say hi, & see what's in your stuff

Kia ora e hoa mai i Whāingaroa! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama 😊 💛 Ina: 4-7pm, 6 Mahuru 💛 Kei hea: 45 Bow St, Whāingaroa Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 🙂

Kia ora e hoa mai i Te Whanganui-a-Tara! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama, tika i te wa mo Great Sounds Great 😊 💛 Ina: 11am-2pm, 6 Mahuru 💛 Kei hea: Newtown Community Centre, i te kokonga o nga tiriti o Rintoul St me Colombo St, Newtown.

Hi Raglan friends! We've got our regular drug checking coming your way this weekend! 😃 💛 When: 4pm-7pm, 6 September 💛 Where: Raglan Community House, 45 Bow St Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so bring us your gear and find out what's in your stuff 😘

Hi Wellington friends! We've got our regular monthly Newtown drug checking clinic coming up this weekend, just in time for Great Sounds Great 😃 💛 When: 11am-2pm, 6th September 💛 Where: Newtown Community Centre, Corner Colombo and Rintoul Streets, Newtown

Hi Wellington friends! Our Victoria University drop-in AMA sessions are kicking off again after mid-term break 🥳😄 We'll be in the Hub on the Kelburn campus every other Friday during term starting this week, so come and see us for a judgement-free yarn about drugs, or whatever's on your mind 😊

Kia ora e hoa mai i Tāmaki Makaurau! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama 😊 💛 Ina: 6-9pm, 6 Maramaiwa 💛 Kei hea: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Te pokapū o Tāmaki Makaurau Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 😊

Hi Auckland friends! It's time for the first of this month's fortnightly drug checking clinics 😁 💛 When: 6-9pm, 6th September 💛 Where: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Auckland Central Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal, so come & find out what's in your stuff 😘

Hi friends. Today's International Overdose Awareness Day. We want to talk about drug checking's role in avoiding accidental overdose. Drug checking identifies. With this info people can choose if they want to take it. The graph shows people changing their minds about taking their substance. 1/3

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🥳🥳🥳 This week's article is Broad evidence of xylazine in the UK illicit drug market beyond heroin supplies: Triangulating from toxicology, drug testing, and law enforcement by Copeland et al. published in Wiley's Addiction journal, April 2024 1/2

Hi Auckland friends! It's time for the last of August's regular drug checking clinics 😁 💛 When: 6-9pm, 30th August 💛 Where: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Auckland Central Drug checking is free, confidential, non-judgmental, and 100% legal. Bring us your gear & find out what's in your stuff 😘

Hi Wellington friends! We're marking International Overdose Awareness Day with a special pop-up clinic 😊 💛 When: 11am - 2pm, Saturday 30th August 💛 Where: Miramar and Maupuia Community Centre, 27 Chelsea Street, Miramar Drug overdose is preventable. The world's a better place with you in it 💛

Hi Raglan friends! To commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day we've got a special event planned 😊 There's going to be drug checking, naloxone training, and a bit of kai and kōrero too. 💛 When: 11 am - 2pm, Sunday 31 August 💛 Where: Basement of Community House, 45 Bow St, Raglan

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Hi Hamilton friends! To commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day we've got a special event planned 😊 There's going to be drug checking, Hep C testing, naloxone training, and some kai & kōrero. 💛 When: 10am - 2pm, Friday 29th August 💛 Where: NEWS Needle Exchange, 16 Vialou street Hamilton

Hi Northland friends! We're bringing together community bodies supporting people impacted by substance use or overdose. There will be speakers sharing lived experiences, so come and have a kōrero 😊 💛 When: 10am - 2pm, 30th August 💛 Where: Dargaville Methodist Church, 8 Awakino Road, Dargaville

Hi friends! It's Mythbuster Monday 🥳🥳🥳 We’ve explored how fear and misinformation created the myth that touching or inhaling fentanyl can cause an overdose. This week, we’re asking: how do we move beyond fear? 1/n

Hi friends, International Overdose Awareness Day is next week, so to mark this special day of remembrance we've got events happening around the motu: 💛Dargaville, 30/08 💛Hamilton, 29/08 💛Raglan, 31/08 💛Wellington, 30/08 Full details: thelevel.org.nz/drug-checkin...

Hi friends! This month's blog is all about how to help your friends when they want to slow down their hedonism, but still love the party scene and hate fomo. Did we forget anything? Let us know your sober BFF-supporting tips in the comments 👇👇👇 knowyourstuff.nz/supporting-y...

Hi friends! It's Peer Review Friday 🥳 This week’s paper is a Swiss clinical trial into the effectiveness of psilocybin for treating Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) 1/2 www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

Can you help Dr. Jai with his project?

Hi friends! It's Mythbuster Monday! 🥳 This week, we’re exploring how the myth that touching or inhaling fentanyl can cause an overdose harms communities. 1/n

Hi friends! Can you help Isiah with their MA project?

Hi friends! This week’s Peer Review Friday article is Drug testing after use: what insights can be gained from a harm reduction perspective on visitors of the drugs information and monitoring system (DIMS) in the Netherlands?

Kia ora e hoa mai i Tāmaki Makaurau! Kua tae mai ta matou whare haumanu tātari matū ia marama 💛 Ina: 6-9pm, 16 Here-turi-kōkā 💛 Kei hea: The Button Factory, 2 Abbey Street, Te pokapū o Tāmaki Makaurau Ko te tātaritanga matū he kore utu, he muna, he kore-whakawa, he 100% te ture 😘