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Rachel Sutherland, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney

People who use drugs are trying to stay safe in a politicised world, our surveys show

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People who use drugs are increasingly trying to reduce harm – by obtaining the life-saving drug naloxone and testing their drugs – according to new data.

But they’re doing this in an always risky and unpredictable environment, where access to some harm-reduction services, such as drug testing, is limited or politicised.

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