Monica Barratt
@monicabarratt.bsky.social
Drugs, harm reduction, humane drug policies, drug checking, drug markets, social equity. Academic + advocate. RMIT, Loop, Bluelight.
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New collab in @apsad-dar.bsky.social shows people who inject steroids still lack clear guidance. Peer-led approaches could change that.
doi.org/10.1111/dar....
@jasonferris22.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @drsuzinielsen.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/dar....
@jasonferris22.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @drsuzinielsen.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
Creating Safer Injecting Practices Through Community‐Led Harm Reduction: Lessons From People Who Use Steroids for the Alcohol and Other Drug Sector
Introduction Research on anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) use has addressed health outcomes, social dynamics, service access and risk management strategies. Yet little work has examined how these d...
doi.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
New collab in @apsad-dar.bsky.social shows people who inject steroids still lack clear guidance. Peer-led approaches could change that.
doi.org/10.1111/dar....
@jasonferris22.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @drsuzinielsen.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/dar....
@jasonferris22.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @drsuzinielsen.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
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Call for papers for SI on Hybrid Drug Markets. Will explore the blurred on- and offline aspects of drug markets, drug use & harm reduction. Edited by @monicabarratt.bsky.social @thomasfriissogaard.bsky.social, @Robin van der Sanden. Abstracts 20 Sep. www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
Digital-physical hybridity in drug markets and harm reduction
This special issue develops a more integrated approach to conceptualising relationships between the digital and physical in drug markets and harm reduction using concept of “digital-physical hybridity...
www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Call for papers for SI on Hybrid Drug Markets. Will explore the blurred on- and offline aspects of drug markets, drug use & harm reduction. Edited by @monicabarratt.bsky.social @thomasfriissogaard.bsky.social, @Robin van der Sanden. Abstracts 20 Sep. www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
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🔓Risk communication about high-dose MDMA: Impact of a hypothetical drug alert on future MDMA use
Joel Keygan, Breanna Willoughby, @psychopharmres.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social,
Amy Peacock
@latrobeuni.bsky.social @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Joel Keygan, Breanna Willoughby, @psychopharmres.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social,
Amy Peacock
@latrobeuni.bsky.social @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
March 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
🔓Risk communication about high-dose MDMA: Impact of a hypothetical drug alert on future MDMA use
Joel Keygan, Breanna Willoughby, @psychopharmres.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social,
Amy Peacock
@latrobeuni.bsky.social @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Joel Keygan, Breanna Willoughby, @psychopharmres.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social,
Amy Peacock
@latrobeuni.bsky.social @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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📣 NEW: BEGUN, THE INDEXING OF THE NIH WEBSITE ARCHIVE HAS.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to grab the NIH content until last week so it's possible that some of it had already been disappeared, but this includes anything which was there as of 2/13/25:
acasignups.net/nih-website
Unfortunately I wasn't able to grab the NIH content until last week so it's possible that some of it had already been disappeared, but this includes anything which was there as of 2/13/25:
acasignups.net/nih-website
NIH.Gov Archive Index
With the Musk/Trump Administration bulldozing their way through seemingly every federal government website, teams of data analysts and archivers have been attempting to download and archive as much fe...
acasignups.net
February 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
📣 NEW: BEGUN, THE INDEXING OF THE NIH WEBSITE ARCHIVE HAS.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to grab the NIH content until last week so it's possible that some of it had already been disappeared, but this includes anything which was there as of 2/13/25:
acasignups.net/nih-website
Unfortunately I wasn't able to grab the NIH content until last week so it's possible that some of it had already been disappeared, but this includes anything which was there as of 2/13/25:
acasignups.net/nih-website
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🔓Development, dissemination & community response to 1st community notice on misrepresented illicit steroids in circulation in Australia
@piatkowskitim.bsky.social @ivolpe.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @cresswell-sl.bsky.social @karenblakey.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@piatkowskitim.bsky.social @ivolpe.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @cresswell-sl.bsky.social @karenblakey.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
🔓Development, dissemination & community response to 1st community notice on misrepresented illicit steroids in circulation in Australia
@piatkowskitim.bsky.social @ivolpe.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @cresswell-sl.bsky.social @karenblakey.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@piatkowskitim.bsky.social @ivolpe.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @cresswell-sl.bsky.social @karenblakey.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Based on research available Open Access - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@dremmadavies.bsky.social @ppermanhowe.bsky.social
Jennifer Seddon @piatkowskitim.bsky.social
@chenealpuljevic.bsky.social puljevic.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social Adam Winstock @jasonferris22.bsky.social
@dremmadavies.bsky.social @ppermanhowe.bsky.social
Jennifer Seddon @piatkowskitim.bsky.social
@chenealpuljevic.bsky.social puljevic.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social Adam Winstock @jasonferris22.bsky.social
Barriers to the use of no and low alcohol products in high‐risk drinkers
Introduction Consuming no or low (NoLo) alcohol products in place of regular strength alcohol products could reduce alcohol-related harms in high risk drinkers. This study provides a new perspective...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Based on research available Open Access - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@dremmadavies.bsky.social @ppermanhowe.bsky.social
Jennifer Seddon @piatkowskitim.bsky.social
@chenealpuljevic.bsky.social puljevic.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social Adam Winstock @jasonferris22.bsky.social
@dremmadavies.bsky.social @ppermanhowe.bsky.social
Jennifer Seddon @piatkowskitim.bsky.social
@chenealpuljevic.bsky.social puljevic.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social Adam Winstock @jasonferris22.bsky.social
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Steroid checking 'Wave 3' Results Are In!
We have now analysed >100 samples across 3 waves.
🔎 Key Findings:
✔️ 78% contained expected steroid
⚠️ 22% contained unexpected steroid
📉 50% samples underdosed
📊 Full report: hi-ground.org/app/uploads/...
We have now analysed >100 samples across 3 waves.
🔎 Key Findings:
✔️ 78% contained expected steroid
⚠️ 22% contained unexpected steroid
📉 50% samples underdosed
📊 Full report: hi-ground.org/app/uploads/...
February 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Steroid checking 'Wave 3' Results Are In!
We have now analysed >100 samples across 3 waves.
🔎 Key Findings:
✔️ 78% contained expected steroid
⚠️ 22% contained unexpected steroid
📉 50% samples underdosed
📊 Full report: hi-ground.org/app/uploads/...
We have now analysed >100 samples across 3 waves.
🔎 Key Findings:
✔️ 78% contained expected steroid
⚠️ 22% contained unexpected steroid
📉 50% samples underdosed
📊 Full report: hi-ground.org/app/uploads/...
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"Most patients were unaware they were using nitazenes. Given their potency, this has important implications for harm, particularly in those not intentionally using opioids."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Clinical toxicity of nitazene detections in two Australian emergency department toxicosurveillance systems
Introduction Nitazenes are a group of potent synthetic opioids that have had increasing prominence as novel psychoactive drugs in the last 5 years. We describe emergency department nitazene-related ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
"Most patients were unaware they were using nitazenes. Given their potency, this has important implications for harm, particularly in those not intentionally using opioids."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Something to think about with the Ross Ulbricht pardon. The feds are still sitting on $6.5 billion in bitcoin seized from silk road. If Trump gives it back to Ulbricht, he could easily pay back Trump by trading it for Trump coin. A potential bribe of millions or billions of dollars for a pardon.
January 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Something to think about with the Ross Ulbricht pardon. The feds are still sitting on $6.5 billion in bitcoin seized from silk road. If Trump gives it back to Ulbricht, he could easily pay back Trump by trading it for Trump coin. A potential bribe of millions or billions of dollars for a pardon.
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President Trump granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace.
Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace
Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
President Trump granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace.
Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
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The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
www.usatoday.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
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Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
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I'm appealing to colleagues and the organisations I work with to stop using X/Twitter. The platform now extracts profit by promoting a racist who hates modern Britain, incites violence and is in continued contempt of court. Continuing to use X is not compatible with our values.
January 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I'm appealing to colleagues and the organisations I work with to stop using X/Twitter. The platform now extracts profit by promoting a racist who hates modern Britain, incites violence and is in continued contempt of court. Continuing to use X is not compatible with our values.
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Today's lesson discusses the American health care system for those in countries where their system provides care for free or reasonable fees. 👇
December 7, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Today's lesson discusses the American health care system for those in countries where their system provides care for free or reasonable fees. 👇
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IRELAND’S FIRST EVER medically supervised drug injection facility (MSIF) is set to open in Dublin in December, according to the charity overseeing the service.#harmreduction saves lives. www.thejournal.ie/supervised-d...
'This will save lives' - Ireland's first supervised drug injection centre to open this December
Merchants Quay Ireland said the facility will host medical staff who can “intervene when overdoses happen”.
www.thejournal.ie
November 25, 2024 at 4:42 PM
IRELAND’S FIRST EVER medically supervised drug injection facility (MSIF) is set to open in Dublin in December, according to the charity overseeing the service.#harmreduction saves lives. www.thejournal.ie/supervised-d...
I don’t really understand why people want to use a completely random mix of unknown substances either!
Recent sample we analyzed at Get Your Drugs Tested.
This "Tucci" stuff is a weird mix of various drugs in unknown ratios.
Why is this becoming so popular?
This "Tucci" stuff is a weird mix of various drugs in unknown ratios.
Why is this becoming so popular?
November 25, 2024 at 8:26 PM
I don’t really understand why people want to use a completely random mix of unknown substances either!
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It is disappointing that we were only given one day to respond to the proposed social media ban for under 16s. We dropped everything and were one of 15,000 submissions.
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/t...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/t...
Labor gave the public one day to weigh in on teen social media ban. It got 15,000 responses
Elon Musk helped boost interest in the inquiry by making a viral post on X. Then the submissions started flooding in.
www.crikey.com.au
November 25, 2024 at 8:51 AM
It is disappointing that we were only given one day to respond to the proposed social media ban for under 16s. We dropped everything and were one of 15,000 submissions.
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/t...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/t...
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 5:15 AM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
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AI cloning of celebrity voices outpacing the law, experts warn
AI cloning of celebrity voices outpacing the law, experts warn
David Attenborough among famous people whose voices have been exploited by fraudsters
It’s the new badge of celebrity status that nobody wants. Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey and Kylie Jenner have all had their voices cloned by fraudsters. Online…
dlvr.it
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 AM
AI cloning of celebrity voices outpacing the law, experts warn
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Working on AI/machine learning and addiction? We have a super broad call for papers out for a special issue in Drug and Alcohol Review. Papers are due by March 1st.
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Drug and Alcohol Review Call for Papers: Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Substance Use and Addiction Research
Guest Editors: Emmanuel Kuntsche, Jason Ferris, Zhen He, Kathryn Backholer, Gary Chan and Benjamin Riordan
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Working on AI/machine learning and addiction? We have a super broad call for papers out for a special issue in Drug and Alcohol Review. Papers are due by March 1st.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
Thanks for making this. I love what you’ve named it. Basically Australians who are into drugs 😂
Yay! I get an Oprah moment....
You get on the list! You get on the list! And so do you!
go.bsky.app/Q9bBy2H
You get on the list! You get on the list! And so do you!
go.bsky.app/Q9bBy2H
November 18, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Thanks for making this. I love what you’ve named it. Basically Australians who are into drugs 😂
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These brave doctors are following history. We have always been forced to use civil disobedience to save lives: supervised injection, narcan, needle, distribution, safe supply. Unjust laws are meant to be broken. Respect. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...
Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing
The sites are being set up at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria and Nanaimo General Hospital, and organizers plan to run them all through this week.
www.timescolonist.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
These brave doctors are following history. We have always been forced to use civil disobedience to save lives: supervised injection, narcan, needle, distribution, safe supply. Unjust laws are meant to be broken. Respect. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...
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Preview for our November newsletter: the 11 new substances we found in the drug supply in October. Each has a story and context we’ll go into, so sign up now opioiddatalab.ghost.io
November 15, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Preview for our November newsletter: the 11 new substances we found in the drug supply in October. Each has a story and context we’ll go into, so sign up now opioiddatalab.ghost.io