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Shifting Perceptions
by Shifting perceptions
Shifting Perceptions is a student-led initiative from McMaster University, Hamilton that was founded in response to the rising incidence of overdose deaths from substance use. Our mission is to unpack misconceptions surrounding substance use and harm reduction. We engage in conversations with people from various perspectives - policymakers, community organizers, professionals, and people with lived experience. We advocate for people at the centre of harm reduction and substance use policies. More information and resources are on our website: https://shiftingperceptionsyj.wordpress.com/
Episodes
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#8 Opioid Guidelines with Dr. Norman Buckley
A chat with Dr. Norman Buckley of McMaster University about the past, present, and future of opioid guidelines.
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#7- Antagonist against Stigma
For our seventh episode, Dr. Jennifer Brasch, associate professor and a member of the Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience at McMaster University, joins us to discuss antagonist therapy for opioid use disorder patients, how she...
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#6 Reward, Motivation and the Brain: Neuroscience Behind Addiction
There are many aspects that are to be considered when exploring foundations of addiction, specifically motivations in decision-making such as emotional arousal, anticipation or even reward processing. As a society, we seem to have conceptualized addictions as caused by moral failures, however…
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#5 The Music Industry in the Fight Against the Opioid Crisis
For decades, the music industry has been associated with drugs, alcohol, and rock n’ roll. The glamorization of the addiction in the music industry has left out important conversations around rising overdose rates and the opioid crisis. The lives of famous musicians Amy Winehouse, Prince, and Mac...
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#4 Special episode: Legal perspective on the Opioid Crisis impacting the prison population
Prisoners are a high-risk population for opioid overdose. One in ten of overdose death occurs within one year after release from the prison. Prisoners need to receive respectful and equitable access to overdose prevention programs. However, the voice of this marginalized population is not being...
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#3 - Policy Perspective on Opioid Crisis
Providing spaces for people who use drugs to consume safely under medical supervision has never been easy. In this podcast, we trace how Canada got its first supervised consumption site and the current legal framework for this harm reduction intervention. Dr. Kirsten Mattison, the Director of…
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#2 - Community Perspective on Opioid Crisis
If you want to learn about substance use and addiction, a good place to start is exploring what community organizations have done. Hamilton is facing rising opioid-related deaths. On Shifting Perceptions, Tim Clemont joins us to talk about how the Hamilton AIDS Network is working towards...
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#1 - What is the opioid crisis?
In our first ever episode, we discuss the opioid crisis and how it emerged. We hope to unpack misconceptions surrounding substance use and harm reduction, and envision a future without stigma surrounding substance use.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Shifting Perceptions is a student-led initiative from McMaster University, Hamilton that was founded in response to the rising incidence of overdose deaths from substance use. Our mission is to unpack misconceptions surrounding substance use and harm reduction. We engage in conversations with people from various perspectives - policymakers, community organizers, professionals, and people with lived experience. We advocate for people at the centre of harm reduction and substance use policies. More information and resources are on our website: https://shiftingperceptionsyj.wordpress.com/
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