Welcome to Hi-Ground. We’re a community driven platform that aims to educate, reduce harm and give support to people who use drugs. Hi-Ground also offers festival and event services and training, tailored for the scale of an event or venue.
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Check it outThe aim of this website is to create a safe and inclusive community for people who use drugs. We hope that by providing a space free from judgement and damaging stigmatisation and instead offering support and harm reduction education we can improve the health and wellbeing of our fellow Queenslanders and broader Australian Community.
We also wish to acknowledge the harm done to communities, families and individuals affected by punitive drug policies, to those who have lost their lives, families torn apart due to incarceration and those that face discrimination and stigma.
A practical reference for health workers supporting people who use Injectable Peptides Injectable peptides are synthetic compounds increasingly marketed online for appearance, performance, recovery, and healthy ageing. Many products are sourced through unregulated markets, have limited human evidence, and may not be recognised by people who use them as a form of drug use. As … Continued
A practical reference to help you make informed decisions on injectable peptides. Download the resource here > QuIVAA Peptide Community Resource
This video demonstrates an intramuscular injection of anabolic-androgenic steroids into gluteus maximus. It underscores safer injection technique through co-produced and evidence-based principles.
Straight Up is a new booklet developed by Hi-Ground – a harm reduction initiative – designed to support the wellbeing of young people who use alcohol and other drugs. The content is informed by a 2024 survey conducted by Hi-Ground, which asked Queensland-based young people aged 14 to 25 who use drugs what information they … Continued
This video explores how to engage meaningfully and respectfully with people who use performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs), including anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS). It focuses on the importance of trust, rapport, and non-judgemental communication, emphasising that you often only get one chance to make a connection. Through practice-based guidance, this module supports workers to use … Continued
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and First Nations peoples lands of where our offices are located in Meeanjin (Turrbal name for Brisbane CBD). We also acknowledge the First Nations peoples lands of our site visitors. We recognise that these have always been places of continued culture, teaching and learning.
We wish to pay respect to their Elders – past, present and emerging – and acknowledge the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within health services and the harm reduction community, by providing services that are culturally appropriate and safe.
As a health service we recognise the harm and destruction colonisation has had on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and aim to be as inclusive and welcoming to all communities from our large and diverse island home.
