Welcome to our community space where we share peer written blogs, reflections, lived experience stories and poems. This space is also used to post summaries on the latest drug research, laws and news.
You can also find details on our upcoming Hi-Events, this includes events we are attending or our ‘chatroom takeovers’. For these events we invite relevant healthcare professionals, AOD workers, researchers and passionate peers to lead focused discussions on different subjects and let you guys in the chatroom ask the questions!
Want to contribute to this space or have a story to share? Get in touch via our ‘become a Hi-Peer’ page and you can upload your Hi-Tale there. Alternatively if you’d like more information you can contact us via email at hi-ground@quihn.org and we will get back to you.
I am a 22 year old girl. I completed year 12, completed a diploma in community welfare work, worked for the Department of Communities and other drug and alcohol organisations. I have traveled around Europe and currently study at university while working full-time as a health promotion welfare worker. I rent my own unit on … Continued
What’s the current data around consumption habits of Australians? The National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2019 recently released the following consumption trends: The key findings of consumption habits in 2019 compared to 2016 are: Marijuana/cannabis use up to 11.6 per cent from 10.4 per cent Ecstasy use up to 3.0 per cent from 2.2 per cent Cocaine use … Continued