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Straight From the Source presents the real-life stories of people impacted by drugs, as well as relevant perspectives from other experts and professionals.
The show is brought to you by the Association of Participating Service Users (APSU), which is a service of the Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC). APSU is a Victorian consumer body that believes the voices of people with lived experience of AOD issues should be heard and incorporated into service design and delivery.
The show is brought to you by the Association of Participating Service Users (APSU), which is a service of the Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC). APSU is a Victorian consumer body that believes the voices of people with lived experience of AOD issues should be heard and incorporated into service design and delivery.
Update frequency:
every 36 days
Average audio length:
40 minutes
English
Australia
33 episodes
since Oct. 4, 2018
episodic
explicit content
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Mark Eustice – or Wally, as he's known to many – is a former AFL player who turned out for Essendon, Richmond and Sydney Swans. Like many professional athletes, his career was defined not only by remarkable achievements, but also the trauma of relentless competition in an unforgiving, high-pressure…
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Our guest this time is David Higham, founder of The Well, a peer-run alcohol and other drug (AOD) service in the northwest of England.
For more than 20 years, David was a habitual heroin user more accustomed to life in prison than the outside world. He joined a 12-step program during his final sta…
Pharmacotherapy is a treatment for opioid dependence that plays a vital role in many Victorians' lives.
In response to COVID-19, a number of changes were made to the way it is delivered. Some of these changes had profound effects on peoples' lives, and there is ongoing debate as to which, if any,…
Pharmacotherapy is a treatment for opioid dependence that plays a vital role in many Victorians' lives.
In response to COVID-19, a number of changes were made to the way it is delivered. Some of these changes had profound effects on peoples' lives, and there is ongoing debate as to which, if any,…
Our guest for this episode is Garry Rothman, a financial counsellor at Odyssey House.
Many people are facing financial strife after the year we've just experienced, but drug dependency and its aftermath can certainly be a cause and complicating factor.
Garry offers a fascinating insight into his …
For this episode we spoke to Lyle May, who among other things is an inmate on Death Row at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the States.
The occasion for the interview was the release of Crimson Letters, Voices from Death Row, a collection of essays that Lyle co-authored with journalis…
31 August is International Overdose Awareness Day.
For Part 2 of this special episode to mark the occasion, we spoke to researchers Renae Fomiatti and Adrian Farrugia, from the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at Latrobe University, about two of their recent projects, Overdos…
31 August is International Overdose Awareness Day. Being unable to gather in person, we asked listeners for their personal remembrances of loved ones lost to overdose.
The resulting tributes are equal parts sad and joyful. They also make an implicit case against stigma and for decisive action on t…
The world is changing fast due to COVID-19. As part of APSU's broader effort to understand the impact on people who use alcohol and other drug (AOD) services, Straight From the Source is inviting a range of consumers and peer workers to share their experiences.
Our guest in the final episode of th…
The world is changing fast due to COVID-19. As part of APSU's broader effort to understand the impact on people who use alcohol and other drug (AOD) services, Straight From the Source is inviting a range of consumers and peer workers to share their experiences.
Our guest in this episode is Brian, …
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