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WHACK's Feature Stories are a mix of observational essays & personal experiences submitted by the Victorian drug using community or are articles our Editors have found & feel they warrant being shared to our community. If you'd like to submit your story email whack@hrvic.org.au

FEATURE STORIES

I Can Not Hide

A poem by Jeffrey Desrochers (USA) sent in by Brooke Holcombe (USA)

In DefenceOf Suboxone- Pharmacotherapy Shame

A personal experience & look into pharmacotherapy shame within recovery circles and in general written by Maximilian Alexander

2021 NUAA Peers & Consumers Forum & INHSU 2021- What You Missed

A brief summary of the P & C forum and INHSU conference 2021. From the opening plenary, new discoveries in epidemiology to old barriers in policy & public health. Links to the INHSU website and recorded talks.

Period Poverty-A bloody disgrace

"We expected to see that shame & stigma surrounding periods still exists, but we couldn’t have predicted the sheer number of people who have struggled to afford period products."Excerpts from original article by Maggoie Coggan in https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2021/08/big-bloody-survey-reveals-extent-of-period-poverty-in-australia

freeheroin_VANDU and DULF demand Safe Supply

Vancouver Activists Hand Out Free Drugs- Demand Safe Supply

Members of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) and the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) hosted the public demonstration outside the Vancouver Police Department. They handed out free boxes of “clean” heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine. Original article by Alexander Lekhtman for FILTER magazine, July 2021.

It Takes Two- The debate over the need for a second injecting room

An eye opening observational essay about whether Melbourne really needs a second safe injecting facility by young author, Amity Brown, aged 17.

Claetus Joined A Cult

By author Claetus Van-Damne, this is a darkly humorous description of a personal experience of going to prison in a foreign country.

REGULARS SPOTS

The Regular Spots are WHACK's staples. They are columns or sections that stay with us each and every issue. Some are more substantial (no pun intended) than others but they are equally reliable in their content & information.

NBOMe- Substance Spotlight #45

Whack 45 is looking at NBOMe or more specifically N-methoxybenzyl. While NBOMe is often referred to as a drug, it's not a singular drug but a series of drugs that contain an N-methoxybenzyl group.

HomeGrown News

Drug related news from Oz and NZ

What In The World?- Global News

Drug related news from around the globe.

The Dining Table- Where to Find Food

Where to find food locally for Breakfast, Lunch and Tea.

The WHACKifieds-Services List

A convenient list of services and clinics in and around Melbourne.

ARTWORK

The artwork in WHACK magazine is sent in by community members from all over Victoria. If you'd like to share your artwork or would like to illustrate an upcoming article for WHACK, contact whack@hrvic.org.au

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