APSU

Association of Participating Service Users is a Victorian advocacy service for people who use alcohol and drug services. Facebook:

[APSU @APSUonline]

Be heard on compulsory treatment for alcohol dependence. Interested in talking about your perceptions of compulsory treatment for alcohol dependence in a Melbourne face-to-face group study with UNSW researchers?
For details, email [email protected] OR ph 0412 530 454

[APSU @APSUonline]

New podcast for workers who’ve ‘been there’ too!
Working in mental health/AOD is hard, especially when you have your own stuff going on.
It can feel like you’re walking in two worlds at once.
Big Feels At Work - hear from others walking this path.
https://t.co/4kSFfjrFif

[APSU @APSUonline]

Have your voice heard: Compulsory treatment for alcohol dependence
Interested in talking about compulsory treatment for alcohol dependence in a Melb face-to-face focus group with UNSW researchers?
For more info: Email: [email protected] OR Ph: 0412 530 454
@DrugPolicy_DPMP

[Shalini Arunogiri @SArunogiri]

#AOD tweeps please help spread the word!

Seeking to speak to people who use #methamphetamine for a (reimbursed) telephone interview.
Please get in touch with our friendly researcher:
Simon 0414 344 398

@HRV_Aust @APSUonline @harmreductionau @RebeccaMcketin @SamanthaColled1 👋

[Kieran Pender @KieranPender]

If I say so myself, @humanrightsHRLC do really important work protecting the rights and freedom of all Australians. We can only do this because of our supporters - we receive next to no govt funding. If you're looking to make a last-minute EOFY donation... https://t.co/IDvdqSMCY0

[Orygen @orygen_aus]

A lot has happened since we released the #chatsafe guidelines in 2018. So, we’re giving them an update. We want to hear from young people about what they think should go in the new guidelines. Find out more here: https://t.co/qjJ6gcQFlf and please share with your networks!

[Drug Policy Australia @DrugPolicyAu]

It's #SupportDontPunish day, #ThereIsABetterWay to regulate the use of drugs. #drugpolicy

[APSU @APSUonline]

We are hiring! APSU is looking for a Consumer Advocacy Officer with a strong sense of social justice with a passion for AOD consumer issues, who shares APSU’s and SHARC’s values. If that's you, go to https://t.co/FYp64YRNIT to find out more.

[APSU @APSUonline]

Mark Eustice - Life After Football https://t.co/yMzFzOY8gu

[APSU @APSUonline]

David Higham - Founder of The Well https://t.co/ja6fW26W1r

[Harm Reduction Vic @HRV_Aust]

The regs for naloxone distribution are changing in Vic. Soon it should be possible for community members to walk into a service like an NSP and get take-home naloxone instead of needing a script or a chemist. W/ #IOAD upcoming this is good news. Props @MartinFoleyMP @VicGovDH

[APSU @APSUonline]

Pharmacotherapy and COVID-19 - Part 2 - Sarah Lord of Harm Reduction Victoria https://t.co/Vtcbs74B7L

[APSU @APSUonline]

Pharmacotherapy and COVID-19 - Part 1 - Consumers respond https://t.co/5PsrQnvuEs

[APSU @APSUonline]

@IndigoDaya ❤️

[Indigo Daya @IndigoDaya]

Until I met other people, like me, who’d found a path to healing, I didn’t really believe it was possible.

And it wasn’t until I found healing for myself, that I really knew it could happen.

Part of that work was coming to understand my experiences & healing in a different way.

[Indigo Daya @IndigoDaya]

“Why I’m a mad activist”
THREAD 1/11

37 years ago I was a victim of child sexual abuse, by a man who abducted me.

The police did nothing.
My mother said to never tell.
So I kept it secret.

I had to make sense of it on my own. So I blamed myself, just like my abuser wanted...

[APSU @APSUonline]

S02E12 Garry Rothman - Financial Counsellor at Odyssey House https://t.co/f78RL0jPng

[Dr Paul Grinzi (🦋DrGrinzi) @DrGrinzi]

eg for most patients at a concession rate, they pay ~20 times MORE per month ($140/month) for their medication, than other chronic disease patients (~$7/month). There is no reason for this apart from lack of political will to rectify this.

[Dr Paul Grinzi (🦋DrGrinzi) @DrGrinzi]

Whilst we, at the coal face of patient stories and treatment, continue to advocate seeing Opioid Use Disorder as any other chronic disease/mental health condition, the PBS still contrives to add layers that are stigmatising and barriers to care.

[APSU @APSUonline]

@TurningPointAU @dan_lubman Congratulations! Well deserved!