Victorian Substance Use Research Forum

VSURF monthly seminar: The incidence of injecting-related injuries in and out of prison, presented by Dr Samantha Colledge-Frisby

Online

In Australian prisons, there is no access to sterile injecting equipment. People who inject in prison share and re-use blunted needles, rush their injections, and inject partially dissolved substances with unsterile water. These conditions would indicate that they are at much higher risk of injecting-related bacterial infections. However, people in prison are also more likely

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Rethinking the governance of ‘young people’ and drugs

RMIT University, Building 8, Level 4, Room 11 Megaflex 1 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

VSURF quarterly in-person seminar, hosted by Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT, Swanston St, Melbourne. When: Friday 16th August, 4-5pm, followed by drinks/networking Where: This is a hybrid event. Register here for in-person or online attendance: https://events.humanitix.com/the-victorian-substance-use-research-forum-vsurf-quarterly-seminar What: A talk followed by Q&A Title: Rethinking the governance of ‘young people’ and drugs Abstract: This talk, based

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VSURF: Tracking the highs and lows: Methamphetamine and heroin price and purity changes in Melbourne, Victoria between 2009 and 2020 with Dr Kasun Rathnayake

Online webinar

The Victorian Substance Use Research Forum (VSURF) are pleased to invite you to our *online* October webinar where Dr Kasun Rathnayake from the Burnet Institute will be presenting work examining  changes in the price and purity of methamphetamine and heroin in Melbourne, Victoria between 2009 and 2020. Please email vicsubstanceuseresearchforum@gmail.com to be added to the

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Victorian Substance Use Research Forum February: Dr Megan Cook

Room 2.11, Level 2, La Trobe University City Campus, 360 Collins St, Melbourne 3000 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

We are pleased to invite you to our first VSURF seminar for the year! Megan Cook (Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University) will be presenting her work on gender differences in alcohol research in February. This will be a hybrid event hosted at La Trobe University’s City campus, followed by post-seminar drinks at

VSURF: Oisin Stronach – An age–period–cohort–interaction analysis of methamphetamine-related deaths in Australia, 2001-2020

BurnetInstitute Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Victorian Substance Use Research Forum (VSURF) - April Seminar - Oisin Stronach - An age–period–cohort–interaction analysis of methamphetamine-related deaths in Australia, 2001-2020 Please join us on 11th April for our next VSURF seminar, which will be delivered by Oisin Stronach from the Burnet Institute. Oisin will be presenting his work examining trends methamphetamine-related deaths in