Medically supervised injecting centre

24 Jul Why we need drug law reform

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Last month, on a wet and wintery Tuesday night, more than 700 people came together at St Stephen’s Uniting Church in Sydney’s CBD. Amongst them were media, politicians and members of Uniting Church congregations. A further 5,000 people tuned in to watch online. They came to...

A group of clients at the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre, to protect their identities we only see their feet in the image

12 Dec ‘Tis better to give …

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Wandering around the Christmas light–lit streets and baubled shopping centres of NSW and ACT, it’s easy to see that Christmas is well and truly on its way. The age-old proverb ‘tis better to give than to receive’ rings true for all of us here at...

02 Sep Art from the Heart

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Today, we’re celebrating the opening of the annual Art from the Heart of the Cross exhibition. This exhibition features art from clients of the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre, a service that offers a compassionate, evidence-based response to drug use. Now in its seventh year, the...

Dr Marianne Jauncey, Medical Director, Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre

20 Jul Why I love what I do

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This contribution was first published in the June/July edition of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians' quarterly magazine. This morning I had an eye opening conversation with a client that has prompted me, yet again, to think about just what it is that we do here. It...

A pateint recieves a free needle at Uniting MSIC

24 Jun Judy Smith thought heroin addiction happened somewhere else – until it took her son

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This article first appeared on Mamamia on 22 June 2016. Heroin, overdoses, needle exchanges, safe injecting centres, methadone clinics...

Medically supervised injecting centre

24 Jul Why we need drug law reform

12 Dec ‘Tis better to give …

02 Sep Art from the Heart

20 Jul Why I love what I do

24 Jun Judy Smith thought heroin addiction happened somewhere else – until it took her son

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