RESOURCES
COMMUNITY SUPPORT RESOURCES
| Hi-Ground Site: https://www.higround.org About: Hi-Ground is a Queensland online support initiative by QuIHN, for people who use drugs. It has resources and a chatroom run by peers and health professionals for people to always feel like they have a friend, someone to talk to and feel like they are a part of a strong and supportive community. | TripSit Site: https://tripsit.me/ About: Harm Reduction through education. Website with info about drugs and harm reduction. Excellent drug combination reference chart. Includes a live international 24hr chatroom for anyone seeking support on a difficult drug experience, or wanting to chat about doses, or other drug related topics. |
| Australian Psychedelic Society Site: https://www.facebook.com/AustralianPsychedelicSociety/ About: They often have meet ups and events, follow their facebook page to connect with a group. Brisbane Psychedelic Society has a strong community and has meet ups once a month or more where they meet in a park, go for bush walks, host guest speakers and film screenings. | HeadSpace Site: http://www.bluelight.org/ About: A mental health organisation for people aged between 14-25 years. They have a telephone help line, clinics throughout Australia and offer focused chat sessions online 1-2 times a week (registration required). |
| Alcohol Drug Information Service (ADIS) Contact: https://adis.health.qld.gov.au About: 24/7 support, information, counselling and referral to drug and alcohol services in QLD. Trained Counsellors. Drug and alcohol resources for substances, support for family and friends, and health professionals. | QuIHN Contact: https://www.quihn.org About: A professional health service for illicit drug users, and head of Hi-Ground QLD. QuIHN provides three primary NSPs across QLD (Gold coast, Brisbane, and Sunshine Coast), as well as offering a range of counselling programs and support services. |
| Family Drug Support Australia Contact: 1300 368 186 (24/7) About: Support and resources for families affected by alcohol and other drugs. | National Alcohol and Other Drug helpline Contact: 1800 250 015 (24/7) About: Drug and alcohol information service and helpline available 24/7 for anonymous and confidential support. |
EDUCATION RESOURCES
| Drugs and Me Site: https://www.drugsand.me/en/ About: Drugs and Me provides accessible, objective and comprehensive educational material to help reduce the short and long term harms of drugs. They are a group of scientists, educators and analysts with extensive experience in drug education. | TripSit Site: https://tripsit.me/ About: Harm Reduction through education. Website with info about drugs and harm reduction. Excellent drug combination reference chart. Includes a live chat for anyone seeking support on a difficult drug experience, or wanting to chat about doses, or other drug related topics. |
| DrugsLab Site: https://www.youtube.com/c/Drugslab/videos About: A Dutch Government funded initiative, DrugsLab is an educational YouTube channel about drugs. In the name of science, the hosts take a substance in a controlled environment and discuss the effects and relevant harm reduction messages. All videos have English subtitles. | Insight Site: https://insight.qld.edu.au/ About: A QLD Health website with drug and alcohol resources, webinars for health professionals, harm reduction training and links to support services. |
| HR VIC/ DanceWize Site: https://www.hrvic.org.au/resources About: A peer-based drug user organisation, and head of DanceWize Victoria. This organisation provides peer-based harm reduction, information, referrals, festival outreach services and support. | DanceWize NSW Site: https://www.dancewizensw.org.au/drug-info About: A peer-based drug user organisation in NSW. This organisation provides peer-based harm reduction, information, festival outreach services. |
| Erowid Site: https://www.erowid.org/ About: Largest database of personal experience reports. | Bluelight Site: http://www.bluelight.org/ About: Harm reduction based forum that is generally well moderated. |
| Psychonaut Wiki Site: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page About: The open wiki on psychonautics. | Ver Binding Site: http://verbinding.110110.nl/ About: Pictures and videos of 9 reagent tests on 180 substances. |
| DanceSafe Site: https://dancesafe.org/ About: DanceSafe are from the USA and provided educational resources and sell drug testing kits. | TRIP! Project Site: http://tripproject.ca/ About: Trip! Project are from Toronto, Canada and have a huge range of drug and sex education resources. |
| Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Site: https://maps.org/resources About: Founded in 1986, MAPS is a non-profit research and educational organisation that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana. | DARTA – Drugs and Alcohol Research and Training Australia Site: http://darta.net.au/ About: A great resource for parents needing further information and assistance with young understanding why young people use drugs and how to engage with your kids. |
