Allan Clear talks about the changing face of needle exchange over the years, from the activist roots though to its mainstreaming and formalisation.

Emily interviews Emily Winkelstein about her job on a HepC project, and the stigma faced by both people with HepC and people who use drugs in general.

Robert Heimer, William Zule and Andrew Preston talk about the importance of low dead space syringes for blood borne virus prevention.

On a recent trip to the US Emily got the chance to talk to Allan Clear about his role as Executive Director of the Harm Reduction Coalition, or as she puts it “the boss of the bosses”.

Greg Scott and I discuss barriers to naloxone distribution. This includes the legal barriers in some countries as well as the more localised barriers caused by petty bureaucracy and stalling.

Sarah Hiley talks about how it feels to be working in a supervised injecting centre. This video was filmed when Sarah worked at the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Sydney, she now have moved to working in the injecting room in Melbourne, making her the only person to have once worked at all the injecting centres in the southern hemisphere at the same time.

In this the second part of this conversation with Stephen, Emily got the chance to ask him about the work he does around naloxone advocacy.

Emily Winkelstein talks about the need for people in the drugs field to support each other emotionally as we are all carrying a burden of grief and trauma.

Greg Scott talking about family engagement around naloxone, and the power this has. Including why it’s important for all of us to have easy access to naloxone for all family members even if we don’t expect to have a use for it.

Hadiyah Charles the Hepatitis C Advocacy Manager from the Harm Reduction Coalition talks about the need for greater HepC testing.