To coincide with the release of their ground-breaking new report, in this our second to last episode of SpeakEasy for 2020, Carla and Annie speak with the totally amazing Assoc. Profs Christy Newman and Myra Hamilton about their work on the 'my health, our family' project – an ambitious and important multi-year research project documenting stories …

In this episode of SpeakEasy, Annie & Carla take a deep dive into the ‘PhD journey’ with Carla interviewing Annie about her recently published paper, the first from her PhD research, focusing on issues of drug user representation and political legitimacy in UN drug policy settings over the past 3 decades.50 days of free access to the article via IJ…

In celebration of International Drug Users Day on 1 November, in this episode Annie & Carla have a chat to Jake Agliata from the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) all the way from Philadelphia in the US about being young and political in the States, about the true racist history behind global drug policy and about how a group of…

In this episode Annie & Carla speak with legendary drug user activist and all-round amazing woman Jude Byrne about the early days of drug user organisations in Australia, the importance of peer involvement in research and why she is so damned proud of her community.INPUD documentary: Taking Back What's Ours! A documented history of the movement of …

Annie and Carla are back in the salubrious surrounds of the SpeakEasy after an enforced hiatus due to a big deal with a little name called “COVID”. In this return episode, Annie and Carla catch up on what they’ve been doing during “the Rona”, hot topics that are exercising their minds and the value of a good murder mystery in #iso.NUAA/NADA resourc…