Amid the rolling waves of psy trance dugga-dugga-dugga at Dragon Dreaming Festival, an anonymous community member roamed the crowd, testing people’s drugs under the radar. Undertaken with home reagent testing kits, it wasn’t a legal venture. Users News spoke to this harm reduction crusader about why they chose to test punters’ drugs and what they discovered

An update on the NSW Drug Summit and how you can contribute.

Another year, another PaC Forum. Users News brings you a wrap up of the 2024 edition.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) help a heck of a lot of people. But these group sessions may not be for everyone. New peer support groups, which don’t rely on the AA/NA approach, are beginning to emerge in Australia for people who choose to use drugs. What are they? And who can they help? Users News dives into the alternatives available to you.

Users News dives into the issue of drugs and consent.

Wondering what the fuck the deal is with workplace drug testing? Users News to the rescue with some advice!

Users News explores the appeal and health risks of illegal tattooing.

Encrypted messaging apps like Telegram promise a lot when it comes to secrecy, so they're popular for buying and selling drugs. But how do they really stack up?

Users News provides an update on how NUAA is helping to eliminate hepatitis C in Australia.

Trippy edibles are rising in popularity. Users News gives the lowdown on legal and illegal plant-based highs and the dangers of sourcing these treats from online sellers.

Users News publishes something different: a poem from a NUAA community member.

Users News investigates police responses to mental health emergencies and the possibilities and realities of alternative first responders. This is a deep dive into the options available to you in a time of severe mental distress and why police may not always be the best people for this job.

Drug harm reduction advocates claim the NSW government is ignoring an unfolding drug crisis. What does this all mean?

August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), the world’s largest annual campaign to end accidental overdose.  This year’s theme is ‘Together We Can’.  Against this sentiment of hope and togetherness, the title for ACON’s IAOD event ‘Stories from the Underworld’ seems rather mysterious.  

Since the beginning of April, staff from The Loop Australia have a run a drug checking trial at the Uniting Medically-Supervised Injecting Centre in Kings Cross for service users there. To get an overview of the service on offer, who can participate and why this ground-breaking trial is important, Users News has chatted to Dr Robert Page.

Users News dives into Australia’s new vape laws and what they mean for the cloud puffers out there.

2C-B and ‘tusi’ are on the rise here in Australia but confusion persists about the substances. Users News has taken a deep dive to find out what’s fact and what’s not.

Prison and health experts including NUAA have raised concerns over the safety of Australian inmates following a rise in local detections of nitazenes, an extremely strong lab-made opioid.

Users News wants to learn more about our readers and what you want to see us cover, so we’ve put together a short 5-minute survey. All questions are optional, but the more information we get about our readers, the better! The survey is anonymous and confidential. We are giving out 2 x $50 gift vouchers for completing the survey! It’ll only take a few minutes, and your input is super valuable to us. Ready to share your thoughts? Survey closes 5 August 2024 at midnight.

Last week NSW Health published guidelines for depot bupe. While it is intended to provide guidance for health practitioners and prescribers, there’s a lot of useful information in here for those on opioid treatment programs . We’ve saved you some time by summarising the key points relevant to NUAA’s community.