If you're on Sublocade, you may have already heard the news, and if you haven't, it's important that you do. The pharmaceutical company Indivior has decided to stop supplying Sublocade in Australia.  

This change is going to affect people across Australia who rely on Sublocade to manage opioid dependence, including many of readers of User’s News. 

We know this news might be worrying, especially if Sublocade has been working for you. This article will explain what's happening, what your options are, and who you can talk to. 

The bold, tattoo-style illustrations behind Australia's Support Don't Punish campaign aren’t created by a design agency, they’re hand drawn by Emily Ebdon, a Tasmanian peer worker and artist with two decades of frontline harm reduction experience.

In this spotlight, Emily talks about feeling creatively constrained in faith-based organisations, finding her voice in the drug user movement, and the process of turning real submissions from people who use drugs across Australia into vibrant artworks.

Nermalee is a casual staff member with DanceWize NSW, and a passionate volunteer across four community organisations. In this Users News feature, she shares how she got started, why volunteering matters, and practical advice for anyone looking to get involved and give back.

In 25 years of operation, MSIC has seen over 18,000 clients walk through the door, supervised over 1.35 million injections, and managed over 12,000 overdoses. Not one person has died on its premises. 

The mammoth figures and 25-year tenure are no easy feat. The story of how MSIC got here, through political battles, community resistance, tabloid fearmongering, and sheer determination, is one worth telling again, especially as we look ahead to what comes next. 

Your body goes through a lot when you overdose, especially if you're unconscious for any amount of time. Some of these lesser-known effects don't show up for hours or even days. Understanding these uncommon overdose risks means you can look after yourself and the people around you. Here’s what you need to know.

A NUAA staff member shares their personal journey through abstinence-based recovery, lateral violence, and the transformative discovery of harm reduction, and what it means to truly support people who use drugs.

How a drug enters your body — the route of administration — can really change how it feels, how fast it hits, and how long it lasts. Knowing the risks associated with the different routes of administration will help you make choices to reduce these risks. 

Written at the close of the NSW Drug Checking Trial, Drug Checking Lead Clancy reflects on their time in the role. Drawing on a year of insight they ask a deceptively simple question: if most harm reduction happens invisibly, in communities, without any professional input at all, what are we actually measuring when we evaluate the services we can see?

The music was loud, the crowds were sweaty, and somewhere in the thick of it all, near the medical tent, in the middle of a mosh pit, or crouched beside someone on the grass, there were the wolves.  

DanceWize NSW have just wrapped up another summer festival season, and boy was it a big one. 

As the season winds down and the team takes a well-earned breather, we asked some of the crew to reflect on what it's been like out there on the ground.