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Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy (CAHMA)

@cahma.bsky.social
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30+ years of advocacy for people who use drugs and drug treatment services. Peer run organisation - nothing about us, without us.

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AIVL For PWUD Wellbeing, Health & Human Rights✊️💜 @aivl.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We asked delegates at AIVL's Health and Human Rights Summit, "Why does experience matter?"  aivl.org.au/resources/emerging-drug… #harmreductionsaveslives #pwud #humanrights
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Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy (CAHMA) @cahma.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Sharing the terrible news that Interchange Health has today gone into voluntary administration. If you are affected by this news and need support, please reach out to the health services listed in this press release, or alternatively contact CAHMA's peer support treatment team. #canberra #cbr
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Essential Canberra health practice placed into voluntary administration
Essential Canberra health practice placed into voluntary administration | Interchange Health Cooperative Ltd
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Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy (CAHMA) @cahma.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We had so much fun meeting students at the UC Respect @ Uni day last week! We were out staffing the @cantestcbr.bsky.social stall about harm reduction and drug checking in the ACT. What a pleasure to meet such an engaged cohort of students, we can't wait to come back next year <3
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Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy (CAHMA) @cahma.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Just Announced - Peer Treatment Support @ Wagga In collaboration with NUAA, The Salvation Army and RivMed - we are stoked to announce that CAHMA has a peer treatment support worker in Wagga Wagga to support community. ✊ Read more below: www.cahma.org.au/services/wag...
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Peer Treatment Support @ Wagga Wagga Recovery Hub | Services | CAHMA
Get support concerning drugs and alcohol from a CAHMA peer worker, visit the Wagga Recovery Hub today, no appointments neccescary!
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Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy (CAHMA) @cahma.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Red Community Notice - Freebase Meth found in 'GHB' #CanTEST Thursday 13th March. Freebase meth is not ok for consumption by any route of administration, and will can cause significant irritation / chemical burns if mistaken for GHB. If you or a loved one use GHB visit #CanTEST to test ur stuff!
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David Ettershank MP @davidettershankmp.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Our amendment to the Road Safety Act is now in effect. Victorian courts have the discretion not to cancel the licence of #medicinalcannabis patients who test ++ for THC while driving. This is a win for fairness, because patients shouldn't have to choose between their medicine & their mobility.
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Tim Piatkowski @piatkowskitim.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
New in @addictrestheory.bsky.social w. Luke, Katinka, and Jim. Who’s really keeping steroid consumers safe? Not healthcare. Not the law. Peers who cook & distribute steroids aren’t just suppliers—they’re harm reductionists. @griffithcmh.bsky.social @aivl.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1606...
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The material practices and social dimensions of community care among people who use, produce, and supply image and performance enhancing drugs
Background: People who use image and performance-enhancing drugs (IPEDs) face intersecting challenges, including legal constraints, stigma, and inadequate healthcare support, which perpetuate healt...
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Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy (CAHMA) @cahma.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Collage Club, the art of renewal & Resilience, is a free program designed for senior carers, family members, and practitioners whose roles are high-stress, emotionally demanding, or prone to burnout. If that's you, then we have the perfect group for you - beginning next Friday the 7th of March!
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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The amazing @jencarroll.bsky.social and I have teamed up to help raise urgently-needed, unrestricted funds for harm reduction efforts in Kyiv. (As you can imagine, doing harm reduction in the midst of an invasion is…a lot.) The text translates to “harm reduction is love”. ❤️
A shirt with three rows of blue and yellow sunflower seeds. There is Cyrillic text across the design in a blocky black font.
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Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy (CAHMA) @cahma.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Awesome to see - thank you PTA <3
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Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy (CAHMA) @cahma.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The last few months in Australia have seen an unprecedented rise in detections of synthetic opioids, and here in #Canberra a significant increase in overdoses. It's our mission to reduce harm - so please re-share this #Fentanyl safer using guide, and together we can save lives! #DrugSky
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Safer Using - Fentanyl | CAHMA
Fentanyl is an extremely potent synthetic opioid, up to 100 times stronger than morphine. It can be injected, snorted, smoked, absorbed in the mouth/under the tongue or through the skin (via a patch),...
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Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation & Advocacy (CAHMA) @cahma.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Hi we're CAHMA, a peer organisation from Canberra, Australia. We serve the community of people who use drugs and drug treatment services in our city, and make harm reduction resources for our global community. Check out our Nitazene guide, and follow us for more! #drugsky #harmreduction
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Safer Using - Nitazenes | CAHMA
Nitazenes, also known as benzimidazole opioids, are a class of synthetic opioids which vary widely in potency. Get info about safer use of nitazenes
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