Harm Reduction Malta

😍 We are thrilled to join Neolitika for the upcoming Mega Malta Festival, taking place between 10th and 12th August at different locations across the island 🫶🤘

🥳 Check out our advice 😇🥰

🤩🤩 Glitch Festival is next week

Check out our harm reduction and care guide 😍🥰

If you have any additional questions do not hesitate to contact us on direct message [ we are on a break .. true, but we can still answer your queries 😇🥰]

People & Dancefloors

Glitch Festival 2024 Guide - Glitch Festival Use this festival guide to ensure you are prepared for Glitch Festival 2024

Time for a break and some 🏖 🌞

In the meantime, look out for Harm Reduction Malta welfare guides provided to different event organisers and venues 🥰

Remember 😉

✨Go slow and low [ you can always take more, if needed]
✨Avoid poly-drug use [ alcohol is a drug, don't forget it]
✨Keep hydrated and take breaks from dancing
✨Beware that an increased wave of synthetic substances [they carry increased risks to health]
✨If in doubt, seek medical assistance, [the police will NOT be involved]
🌈 Keep our festival care guide handy http://peopleanddancefloors.com/harm-reduction-malta/

People & Dancefloors

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What is harm reduction? 🤓

Read more 👉 https://hri.global/what-is-harm-reduction/

Harm Reduction International

🥳💥N we are back with InIndigo MT
Join us for a day of techno 😎

Already here?

Visit the welfare corner for goodies n many nice things... including sunscreen .. n its all free🥰 🥰

Abominazzjoni: CUNTry 🥳🥳

We are ready for an evening of holy CUNTrylicious action 😎

Check out our corner and get your hands on our goodies.

Need a condom? We got you covered 🥰
Need an ear plug? We have them for free 💥💥
We also got fresh 🍊🍏🍌

Warning 🙀

High potency detected 🎯

Yellow Prada tested in Switzerland contained 233.8mg.

Pay extra attention to dosage.

Dosage is linked to body weight, tolerance, and interaction with other drugs, including alcohol intake.

Light dose: 40mg - 70mg
Common dose: 70mg - 140mg
Strong dose: 140mg - 180mg

Always go slow and low ✨

Take a quarter to check how you react. Wait for at least one hour before thinking to take more ⌛

Buy a take home reagent test kit to have a basic understanding 🔦

It is on 🥳

Join us LLiquid Club Maltafor an 💥 techno night

Visit our welfare corner 🥰
We've got candies n many more 😎

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Food for thought or provocative liberal free for all ideas? 🥸

Harm Reduction is about promoting justice and keeping people safe. irrespective if using a 'socially approved or disproved substance'. 🫶

Regulating drugs, without commercialisation, is central to promote just and effective drug policies. 🤗🤗

Visit Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa to learn more 😍

Hello 🤩🤩

One of our team members is enrolled for an MA in Criminology and is studying emerging drug trends in Malta.

Fill in the questionnaire and help her gather [anonymized] data on Designer Drug use in Malta.

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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScR_Q0P-BlYkCJT9eC2R41Bu5NSIxbZliQtBDUHM1mcyMqlTA/viewform

What is drug checking and how difficult is it to introduce as a free and anonymous public health service for ? ⚠️📶🆓 🗣

Check out this video by VICE providing an important tool to understand different technologies, and explains how drug checking does not aim to encourage drug use, but rather to provide people with an evidence based approach for informed decision making.👌

These People Are Testing Drugs So You Don't Have to | Free Drugs In response to record drug overdose deaths, many of them caused by the super-potent synthetic opioid fentanyl, some drug users and dealers have begun self-te...

❌️❌️Warning❗️❗️

The University of Malta conducted a laboratory test on the products listed below and found the presence of synthetics 😥

Synthetic drugs are more dangerous and linked with increased health and mental health problems.

Do not be fooled by fancy packaging and incorrect labelling 🤑🤑🤑 someone is getting rich at your expense 🤨

🥰On Support Don't Punish day, listen to Dr Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur for Health speech on the right to health and people who use drugs, and accompanying report.

🧐The Special Rapporteur underlines the imperative need to implement drug policies which are compassionate, evidence based, and which lead to a harm reduction [ie. health, social, legal, economic harms] process in relation to drug use and drug use disorders.

Most importantly, criminalisation was once more identified as causing the largest proportion of harm, acting also as a direct barrier to the realisation of the right to health. 👩‍⚖️👩‍✈️

🤝She further highlighted the importance of including people who use drugs in discussions surrounding their lives, and well-being, and to be weary of allowing🤑 the participation of profit driven industries such as the pharmaceutical industry.

HRC Press conference: Special Rapporteur on the right to health - 26 June 2024 Human Rights Council thematic report on drug use, harm reduction and the right to health

🤓 Check out this important information by The Loop in the UK.

🧐Remember .... raving in a heatwave increases your risks ...

Drink water
Find ventilated spaces
Wet your neck, wrist and forehead if feeling over heated

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How to use a reagent drug checking kit at home 🤓

Make sure you only test your own drugs 👏

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EZ-Test Marquis This test reveals, within minutes, whether a pill contains Ecstasy (M**A), 'XTC', DXM, 2C-B/C/I DOB DOI, M**hylone, Butlylone, Naphyrone, M**h, Amphetamine a...

For over two decades, the narrow vision of harm reduction as stuck within the confines of addiction and abuse stifled Malta’s transition towards more humane drug policies and practices.

Read the full article 👉

Malta’s harm reduction hiccups: A love story in the making | Karen Mamo Most importantly, the renewed ethos of promoting a safer dance culture in Malta is slowly, but surely creating a positive momentum in advancing the human rights and welfare of people on the dancefloor

❗️Warning❗️

Semi-synthetic and synthetic drugs are causing increased risks to health, and rushing people to the hospital.

🫣During this year's Mary Jane's Fair in a huge number of people required medical assistance following the ingestion of semi-synthetic and synthetic products sold by vendors.

The event organizers issued a warning on Saturday and moved to ban the sale of these products. 😒

Beware of fancy packaging and loud marketing stunts by people who have only profit making as their ultimate goal, and no real interest in preserving and promoting the well-being of consumers. 🤑

Beware of semi-synthetic products and always seek medical assistance if ingesting a substance and feel unwell. 🆘

This is Pink Co***ne. 😬

Pink Co***ne, also know as Tusi, has no co***ne in it, but is rather a mixture of drugs [M**A, Ketamine and others] and which are then given a pink colour to make it fashionable. 😮

Drugs do not usually come in colours, and having a substance which is of unknown contents [purposely] is placing people's lives at risk... it is also more difficult to understand how the chemical mixture will affect the person, and what to do in case of a drugs overdose. 🤢

Watch this very interesting documentary by

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOjAlLoXOhQ

European Drug Report 2024

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

has NO TAKE AT HOME NALOXONE

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Naloxone in nasal spray format is IMPORTANT to prevent unnecessary harm and accidental opioid overdoses 😢

Why do we continue to deny access to this ESSENTIAL harm reduction tool? 💔💔💔

The European Drug Report 2024 will be out TODAY!

Register below to watch the press conference 🤓

Which drugs are mostly used in the EU?
Which new psychoactive substances are making their way into the 'traditional' drugs market?

Coming soon: European Drug Report 2024 to be released on 11 June | www.emcdda.europa.eu Explore the most recent data on the drug situation in Europe provided by the EU Member States. These datasets underpin the analysis presented in the agency's work. Most data may be viewed interactively on screen and downloaded in Excel format.

‼️ Warning 🙀🙀

These pills are excessively strong, and cause unnecessary risk.

Harm reduction communications need to be clear about the importance of starting with no more than a half, or a quarter 🫶

Energy drinks could be included under the umbrella of stimulants such as co***ne, caffeine, and speed 🫨🫨

Very sadly, energy drinks are available in various educational institutions, and sometimes 'promoted' as a 'study aid' 🫣

Beware of the dangers associated with energy drinks, including heart failure 🤯

Protect children from unnecessary risks 🤜

Should the availability and accessibility of energy drinks be monitored for people under the age of 16? 👏

Should energy drinks be controlled similarly to alcoholic drinks? 🤔

Doctors issue urgent warning to anyone who drinks energy drinks Energy drinks contain caffeine ranging from 80mg to 300mg per serving, there is 100mg in a cup of coffee

👏 is this year taking part in the EU Web Drug Survey 🥰😍

This is an anonymized survey carried out across the EU and its primary goal is to monitor drug trends and practices in the EU.

Help researchers better understand why and how people use substances in Malta. 🤓

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

European Web Survey on Drugs 2024 - Malta EUSurvey is an online survey-management system built for the creation and publishing of globally accessible forms, such as user satisfaction surveys and public consultations.

The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Simon Foster, says more officers will be trained to carry a life-saving antidote that can reverse the effects of a drug overdose.

Naloxone is a nasal spray, which can temporarily reverse the effects of an overdose from opioids such as he**in, methadone, morphine and fentanyl. It can buy time until specialist paramedics arrive.

“West Midlands Police has been leading the way in the fight against drug-related overdoses for a number of years, after becoming the first force in the country to pilot the use of naloxone. Since then, 28 other forces across England and Wales have followed suit.

Police drug overdose antidote naloxone expands force-wide Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Simon Foster says more officers in the West Midlands will be trained to carry a life-saving antidote that can reverse the...