MJ Stowe

More like a dreamhd! Not only the opportunity to learn with an incredible source of knowledge, but also a chance to be meaningfully involved in the initial stages of drug checking service delivery and research in Australia.

Open Access: Co-creating and implementing a novel pre-conference event to promote #equity and #inclusivity among academic researchers and people who use drugs MJ Stowe @HansfordLouise Rachel Halford, Jason Wallace @LiseLafferty onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

Very proud of this paper from my wife @LiseLafferty and PhD student @MJxStowe (and others) on novel ways to engage community and early and mid-career researchers in networking at conferences reflecting on experiences from @INHepSU in INHSU 2022 in Glasgow. Amazing work!!

@realBioMassSpec Thanks @ChenealPuljevic (@UQMedicine) and @_Sharkzilla (#QAEHS @UQHealth) for leading this publication. I am stoked that us 'health' people are getting some traction in other disciplines 😁 @WeAreTheLoopUK @WeAreTheLoopAU @Dr_J_OBRIEN @Rtdnb @FMeasham @MJxStowe @PiatkowskiTim

Great commentary by @DrSuziNielsen @MJxStowe @AlisonRitter1 on two recent papers in @ijdrugpolicy and emerging evidence on safer supply. I love their comment about the famous systematic review of randomised controlled trials of parachutes! bmj.com/content/327/74…

Definitely a good reason to keep #naloxone on hand. If you want to know more (as in, quite a bit more) about protonitazene - there are details on pharmacology and effects here in the @WHO ECDD report (from page 57) ecddrepository.org/sites/default/…

People who use drugs, from some of the most underserved populations and marginalised groups were given autonomy and authority over decision making a several stages of the research - great to see our study published. With @shaunshelly @SANPUD_NPO @GI_TOC & others.

Our colleagues at the Journal of Illicit Economies and Development released a study on drug consumption and markets in South Africa. "We estimated there to be: 400,000 people who use heroin; 350,000 who use cocaine & 290,000 who use methamphetamine." jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.31…

Just published my latest #openaccess article with @IllicitEcons: doi.org/10.31389/jied.… Thanks @jasoneligh, @GI_TOC and co-authors Andrew Scheibe and @MJxStowe @Gunashekhar @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @CentralDrug @HRInews @IDPCnet @UNODC @globalcdp @TBHIVCare @CapeTalk @KMotlantheFDN @GroundUp_News

@JoeBaco2 Sooo good!! 🖤

Episode 1 of Season 2 is all about Global Harm Reduction. Our guests were from Australia, UK, Thailand, Indonesia and Latin America. Have a listen to hear what the most pressing harm reduction needs in their regions. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 @HRInews @CAHMA__ @aivl @wearenapud @INPUD

@INPUD @LANPUD1 @SANPUD_NPO @MENANPUDOFCL @zanpud @Wrada_Ke Such incredible people, together!

🌎It's time to come together and fight for our rights! 💪 delegates at the INPUD Global Training of Trainers (TOT) on Our Rights, Every Body’s Rights module to build the momentum and leverage the opportunity of the Global AIDS targets and commitment. #DrugUserEmpowermen @LANPUD1

@PsychopharmRes See below for Chrianna's paper recently published in Addiction. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/WWSYAEV7…

Drug research twerps: I have a vague memory that there was a recent update of Shane Darke's seminal 'validity of self report of substance use' paper - but I can't find it. Am I dreaming? Any tips gratefully received!

Thought provoking paper from @DrSuziNielsen and team. The utility of FTS outside of drug market monitoring in low prevalence settings? Maybe, its value lies in promoting agency, self-determination and knowledge production and translation?

@nabarund Definitely some food for thought. Personally, I feel it would help provide context to methods/study design of some of our research in resource-constrained settings done on shoestring budgets (e.g. studies in SA with people who use drugs ).

@CAHMA__ @DirectionsAOD @ANUChemistry @pilltestingaus Congrats! The energy, commitment and relentless effort you all have and continue to put towards this inspires me and others - thank you!

@Bhekisisa_MG Absolutely! However, opioid agonist therapy should be offered to all people who use opioids - not only those who inject. We estimated that at least 30-40% smoke heroin in SA. A range of medications and delivery systems should be offered, with personal preference prioritised.

Mauritius had one of the highest rates of illicit opioid use in Africa. But a nationwide #OST programme changed this. What can South Africa learn from their roll-out? Find out here. bhekisisa.org/article/2023-0…

@PeteKrykant_OPC I always value and appreciate your reflections 🌈

Working through conference imposter syndrome tonight. Years of rough sleeping, public injecting drug use, a PWUD for the majority of my life + operating an unsanctioned injection site is my education, but this education often feels invalid in some drug policy spaces.

@ADrugResearcher Is there much data on the detection of 3-CMC outside of Europe? For ages 'cat' has been reported to be methcathinone in SA but I was always baffled as it's not commonly detected elsewhere.

@MJxStowe apparently it's now all shifting to 3-cmc which is gonna not be super great

Some of our data from South Africa supports the misrepresentation of metaphedrone (3-MMC) as methcathinone. Makes senses given detection of 3-MMC globally. Curiouser and curiouser.