We talk to people a lot about how they inject, what they inject and where on their body they inject it.

But how often do we talk to people about their injecting environment? And the effect this has on both their injecting risks and their perception of drug use.

We decided it was time to do a show on contraception, mainly because sexual health is something that drug services are supposed to address. I will say one thing before you download this show though, this one is not safe for listening to in polite company.

Because of the topic, and of course our 'presenting style' this turned out to be one of the funnier shows we've done.

Dr. Stephen Parkin seems to be developing into a regular contributor to this blog which I think can only be a good thing.

This time Stephen is writing about alternative approaches to the way public injecting sites are closed down. With so many people injecting in public areas this is an important area of work and something I'm currently writing a companion article to myself to go up on the blog soon.

We've had a special guest in the studio this week. Andrew Preston came in to talk to us about the Harm Reduction Works campaign which has been running for almost 2 years now.

We covered all the current harm reduction materials in the campaign as well as looking at why/how they have been developed. In our opinion these have been some of the best produced resources available, and all for free (well, free in England at least). It was great to have Andrew join the Hooked team for the day, and I'm sure we'll have him back soon.

Well I've now had confirmation that both the abstracts I submitted for the National Conference on Injecting Drug Use (NCIDU) have been accepted. And last week on the Facebook page I promised I'd post any that got through on the site for people to look at and possibly even contribute to their development.

So here they are....

Its rare to come across someone who really does know how to tie a tourniquet correctly (and thats workers as well as injectors) so we decided to dedicate a whole show to them. We go into details on how tight to tie, as well as what maks a good tourniquet.