Welcome to Hi-Ground. We’re a community driven platform that aims to educate, reduce harm and give support to people who use drugs.
Find out more ↓The 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.
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
This brief overview introduces a harm reduction training package designed for frontline workers who support people who use performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs). The training focuses on building authentic relationships, recognising risk, tailoring conversations, and making effective referrals. You’ll find demonstration videos, downloadable job aids, and practical tools to support your learning.
Hi-Ground a super excite to publish an updated version of ‘A little book of love, empowerment and harm reduction’. This booklet update is inspired by learning through storytelling and the narcofeminist storyshare model, highlighting the diverse experiences of women who use substances. By framing each story with a content introduction and concluding with relevant resources … Continued
This resource booklet was developed by people with lived-living experience, peer educators, clinicians, and researchers. It is for the community, by the community, blending peer harm reduction knowledge with research and clinical insight. Inside the booklet, you will find:– Safer injecting practices– Understanding half-life & pharmacokinetics– Health monitoring– Blood tests– Women’s experiences– Unregulated market data– … 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.
