3 women from 3 different backgrounds put their family and their drug use together in 3 different ways

Pat is a gay Aboriginal man with bipolar. He shares what it’s like to get caught with drugs and then be noticed by police for the rest of his life.

Most of society doesn’t realise this stuff happens. Shane is a peer worker who lives and breathes NUAA’s mission to advance the health, rights and dignity of people who use drugs. Unfortunately, Shane is regularly stopped by police and his healthy fear of police means he can barely breathe around them — which makes him look even more suspicious.

Sam’s story. Drugs and growing up Vietnamese-Australian in Western Sydney.

We spoke to 3 people from Muslim backgrounds about their experiences with drug use, their communities and their best pieces of advice.

Camil tells us about coming from Afghanistan as a refugee, using drugs and learning to tell his story

“I asked some of my mob who are living in the country about sharing injecting equipment and why they do it - or more to the point, why they don't have new, sterile fits for every hit.”