Harry has taken heroin fairly regularly for the past thirty years. He’s been on opioid pharmacotherapy treatment (methadone maintenance treatment [MMT] and Suboxone®, a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone) but is no longer on treatment. Harry now takes heroin a few times a fortnight, organising...
Grace began taking heroin in her twenties and has taken it fairly regularly since then, with periods in which she stopped while on opioid pharmacotherapy treatment (methadone maintenance treatment [MMT] and Suboxone® [a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone]). A few years before the interview, Grace...
When David was in his mid-teens he first tried heroin with a cousin and then started taking it on his own. After about three years of regular consumption, he decided he no longer wanted to take heroin....
In his late teens Bobby smoked cannabis and took speed with friends, and in his early twenties he started taking heroin regularly. A few years later he decided to reduce his heroin consumption and started opioid pharmacotherapy treatment (methadone maintenance treatment or MMT). ...
Barry started drinking regularly and smoking cannabis in his early teens after a close family member died. In his late teens, he was prescribed benzodiazepines to help him manage anxiety and he says he became ‘addicted’ to alcohol and benzodiazepines. A few years later,...
Helen began taking heroin with friends in her twenties, and continued to take it during her thirties, while completing her university degrees and working full time in Australia and overseas. Over the years, when her income was limited and she couldn’t afford to take heroin...
Amy first tried heroin when she was in her late teens and has taken it ‘on and off’ since then. Over the years, she’s tried various treatments for opioid dependence including residential rehabilitation treatment, home detoxes, pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy and most recently, homeopathy and acupuncture....