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lizbarrett.bsky.social

@lizbarrett.bsky.social
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Drug policy researcher, unionist, pun enthusiast.

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lizbarrett.bsky.social @lizbarrett.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Very pleased to announce the release of this paper exploring cannabis cultivation in Canberra. Thinking with cannabis as plant and attending to practices, relationships and materialities of care and cultivation will yield better and more relevant policy🌿 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Regulating the Plant Versus Regulating the Drug: Learning From Backyard Cannabis Cultivation in the Australian Capital Territory - Liz Barrett, Matthew Kearnes, Laura McLauchlan, Kari Lancaster, Richa...
The cultivation of cannabis has been shaped by underpinning social, political, and economic dynamics over thousands of years. Recently, a new wave of regulatory...
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lizbarrett.bsky.social @lizbarrett.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Decolonising, Disrupting and Deconstructing. What outstanding themes for this year's APSAD. Can't wait!
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lizbarrett.bsky.social @lizbarrett.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I might be a bit late to the party here but @steverolles.bsky.social produced a fascinating insight into the "absolute scenes" of the latest UN CND, the "belligerent and frankly childish US delegation" and remaking of the global order. Read it all in the bad place: x.com/SteveTransfo...
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Steve Rolles on X: "Absolute scenes at the last day of the UN CND today. A belligerent and frankly childish US delegation have called a vote on the first resolution to be raised in plenary - an innocuous resolution on prevention similar to many from previous years. 1/ https://t.co/Np9kMjKzT2" / X
Absolute scenes at the last day of the UN CND today. A belligerent and frankly childish US delegation have called a vote on the first resolution to be raised in plenary - an innocuous resolution on prevention similar to many from previous years. 1/ https://t.co/Np9kMjKzT2
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lizbarrett.bsky.social @lizbarrett.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Feels like these guys were the reviewers for my latest paper. Reviewer 1: fantastic, 10/10, no notes. Review 2: Bilge, worst thing I've read all year, hated it
A picture of Australia's most beloved film reviewers, Margaret and David
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lizbarrett.bsky.social @lizbarrett.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
New musings from me and @alisonritter.bsky.social on the right to health for ppl who use drugs incl. access, participation & underlying social and economic determinants: harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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People who use drugs and the right to health - Harm Reduction Journal
Support for a human rights framework for drug policy has been growing for some years. This year, the UNODC published a chapter in the World Drug Report focussed on the right to health. In this paper, ...
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lizbarrett.bsky.social @lizbarrett.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) at UNSW has launched an evidence hub for the upcoming NSW Drug Summit. Lots of free and accessible resources explaining common drug decrim questions. Get involved: www.unsw.edu.au/research/spr...
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Evidence hub for the NSW Drug Summit 2024 | Social Policy Research Centre – UNSW Sydney
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lizbarrett.bsky.social @lizbarrett.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I have just joined from the bad place. Will my posting be more proficient? Unlikely. But quality over quantity right
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