Nico Clark
@NicoClark_
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Addiction Medicine Physician, Medical Director, Medically Supervised Injecting Room @NRCHaus @TheRMH | views are my own.
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined June 2012
Commissioners Arbour & @Kazatchkine visiting @_OnPointNYC, 1 of only 2 legal overdose prevention centers in the US. This life-saving harm reduction work is critical. Programs like this build a safer, healthier future for people & communities-at-large. #HarmReduction
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Experts warn of influx of deadly nitazines amid calls for second Melbourne injecting room
theguardian.com
Use of deadly nitazines is on the rise in Australia and a suite of measures is needed to prevent more fatalities, former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark says
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#springst announced today there will be no 2nd supervised injecting room in #Melbourne. First Step is devastated to see this critical initiative missing from their Action Plan. Read our full statement: https://t.co/PWZptKlvdr
@benitakolovos @bridgerollo @JudyRyan_ @NicoClark_
firststep.org.au
A sad day
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Very disappointing to see the government step away from its commitment to open a second injecting room in the CBD after the report from Ken Lay confirmed “broad support for an injecting room in the city.” https://t.co/F9QTktbviI
health.vic.gov.au
Review on the establishment of a Medically Supervised Injecting Service in the City of Melbourne.
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I recently stepped down as Medical Director of the Medically Supervised Injecting Room after overseeing the 5-year trial phase of the service (now made per permanent). It has been a privilege & my most personally and professionally rewarding role to date
nrch.com.au
MEDIA RELEASE: Dr Nico Clark to step down after saving countless lives at North Richmond Medically Supervised Injecting Room
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New Episode: Heroin, health and the spaces in between https://t.co/c3mkHtMUQ3 via @acast For people who inject drugs the MSIR is much more than an overdose prevention site. Featuring @NicoClark_
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Disseminating Standards and Protocols for the Treatment of the Drug Use Disorders, 12-14 June 2023 in Karachi, participated by 22 multidisciplinary professionals from government and civil society organization from Sindh and Baluchistan
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Great to be back in Islamabad!
In #Islamabad 🇵🇰, @UNODCPakistan & @UNODC_PTRS facilitated a workshop on the newly developed national #standards for the #treatment of #DUD in the framework of @UNODC global programme on #partnerships for #drug treatment 🙏 to 26 health professionals for further dissemination
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Heat map of @YouthProjects distribution of needles and syringes in Melbourne CBD looks EXTRAORDINARILY like a Nyxoid nasal spray (to reverse opioid overdose). @ben_vasiliou
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Passage of the legislation to make permanent the Medically Supervised Injecting Room (or Overdose Prevention and Recovery Service - as it will now be called) is now guaranteed with the passing of the legislation through the upper house tonight. https://t.co/b4fdAXbYKt
theage.com.au
A bill to make Victoria’s first safe injecting room permanent in North Richmond passed the state’s upper house in a late-night vote on Thursday.
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Hate speech can take many different forms. But no matter what it looks like, hate speech has real consequences. Learn how you can take action and say #NoToHate: https://t.co/6RpYCWxwQ7
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A 🇫🇷 study on drug consumption rooms (DCRs) in Paris & Strasbourg – where people inject drugs safely – shows less overdoses, shared needles, abscesses, ER visits, public drug use, and crime, compared to cities without DCRs. @HRInews @NaomiSBS @mickessler
https://t.co/fWjb0hNKpa
codeblue.galencentre.org
A French study on drug consumption rooms (DCRs) in Paris and Strasbourg – where people inject drugs safely – shows less overdoses, shared needles, abscesses, ER visits, public drug use, and crime,...
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Interesting announcement about an expanded role for pharmacists in opioid dependence treatment. Hopefully this will increase availability of opioid agonist maintenance treatment which is sorely needed.
Today’s announcement of Medicare reforms by @Mark_Butler_MP includes reforms to opioid dependence treatment access by expanding the role of pharmacies. Not a lot of detail yet, but glad to see it high on the agenda. https://t.co/qGF7XN99fh
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@orygen_aus @thinkforwardaus @FFT_Aus @elfy_scott @NUS_President It’s time to get to grips with the megatrends underpinning the youth MH crisis @wellcometrust @Mark_Butler_MP @Surgeon_General @PreventionUtd @iaymh
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Great to see the results of a project I was part of in its early days whilst I was with WHO have such great outcomes.
T’was great to be part of the team presenting important findings about the @UNODC @WHO #SOS #THN program in #Ukraine #Tajikistan #Kazakhstan and #Kyrgyzstan @un_anja #pauldietze #danilnikitin #HR23 @BurnetInstitute
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Great radio interview by @HelenClarkNZ with 3AW’s Neil Mitchell this week describing her impressions of the Medically Supervised Injecting Room in North Richmond. She hasn’t lost any of her skills in handling the tricky questions!
3aw.com.au
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has called for reform and decriminalisation of a “small amount” of illicit drugs. Ms Clark, who is the chair of the Global Commission on Drug Policy,...
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Thank you @mickessler and @HRInews for bringing @HelenClarkNZ and media from the region to talk to our staff and clients so we can spread the word on the value of services like this. #HR23 @NRCHaus
What a powerful media tour of the @NRCHaus safe injecting facility. So moving. Sincere thank yous to the champion staff, to the extraordinary clients who took us around, to @HelenClarkNZ @NicoClark @globalcdp @HRInews #HR23. What a week.
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Vale @FatherBob , Always sticking up for the marginalised. The first to come and stand with us in North Richmond when the going got tough. #RIPfatherbob
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We've launched a new policy brief on Drug Consumption Rooms at #HR23. Access it below. Created with input from #HR23 speakers @NicoClark_ @MarieRoustide and more...
📢 New Policy Brief on Supervised Consumption Sites 📢 The brief provides insights & recommendations for supervised consumption sites, including: - Evidence of success - Global case studies - Evaluation models - Implementation considerations #drugpolicy #harmreduction #HR23
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Latest data from the Medically Supervised Injecting Room in Richmond. 380,000 visits, 6700 overdoses, more than 800 initiated on opioid treatments and more than 300 treated for Hepatitis C. Not just injecting… @NRCHaus
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