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    • Street College >
      • Introduction >
        • History of Why?
        • What are Street College, Street School, SC Essentials?
        • Facilitator Readiness
      • Everyday Best Practice Recommendations >
        • Confronting Stigma
        • Understanding Intersectional Systems of Oppression
        • Real life needs of folks on the drug war front line
        • Staff self-care and burnout prevention
      • Using These Tools >
        • Meeting folks where they are at
        • Praxis assessment
        • Letting go of prescribed outcomes
        • Taking leadership from service users
        • Interagency Collaboration
      • Modules >
        • Lesson Plan Template
        • Blood Borne Infections
        • Getting Tested
        • Navigating Health Care
        • Party Safe - Integrating Harm Reduction Into How We Use
        • Overdose Prevention & Naloxone
        • Safer Injection Practices
        • Safer Inhalation Practices
        • First Aid
        • Stigma
        • Living Outside
        • Drug Checking
        • Communication
        • Peer Support
      • Interactive Games and Activities
    • The Meth Booklet >
      • Introduction
      • Meth 101
      • History in Brief
      • Ways People Use
      • Reducing Meth’s Harm
      • Where Are You At?
      • Meth Psychosis
      • The Crash
      • Overdose
      • Treatment / Taking a Break
      • Sex & Meth
      • Links for Further Reading
  • Contact
ANKORS Street College
  • Home
  • About
  • Table of Contents
    • Street College >
      • Introduction >
        • History of Why?
        • What are Street College, Street School, SC Essentials?
        • Facilitator Readiness
      • Everyday Best Practice Recommendations >
        • Confronting Stigma
        • Understanding Intersectional Systems of Oppression
        • Real life needs of folks on the drug war front line
        • Staff self-care and burnout prevention
      • Using These Tools >
        • Meeting folks where they are at
        • Praxis assessment
        • Letting go of prescribed outcomes
        • Taking leadership from service users
        • Interagency Collaboration
      • Modules >
        • Lesson Plan Template
        • Blood Borne Infections
        • Getting Tested
        • Navigating Health Care
        • Party Safe - Integrating Harm Reduction Into How We Use
        • Overdose Prevention & Naloxone
        • Safer Injection Practices
        • Safer Inhalation Practices
        • First Aid
        • Stigma
        • Living Outside
        • Drug Checking
        • Communication
        • Peer Support
      • Interactive Games and Activities
    • The Meth Booklet >
      • Introduction
      • Meth 101
      • History in Brief
      • Ways People Use
      • Reducing Meth’s Harm
      • Where Are You At?
      • Meth Psychosis
      • The Crash
      • Overdose
      • Treatment / Taking a Break
      • Sex & Meth
      • Links for Further Reading
  • Contact

Introduction

ABOUT THIS BOOKLET
This booklet is intended for people who use methamphetamine. It combines scientific research, harm reduction techniques, and advice provided by meth users themselves to help people make safer choices around their drug use. Through harm reduction we meet people where they’re at without judgement, providing information and resources to help reduce the harms associated with inherently risky activities.

​ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ANKORS would like to thank our service users who openly shared their experiences and knowledge about the highs and lows of methamphetamine use. The information contained here would not be possible without their valuable input.
We would also like to acknowledge the following researchers, organizations, and online resources whose work we pooled in writing this booklet. These include: Dr. Carl Hart (Columbia University), CATIE, Waterloo Region Integrated Drug Strategy, Tweaker.Org, The Drug Policy Alliance, ACT Toronto, and Erowid. And finally, ANKORS respectfully acknowledges both the Sinixt and Ktunaxa First Nations on whose territories we reside.

Authors:
Robert E. Livingood
Chemsex section co-written by Joe Reiner

Illustrations:
Rebecca Pauline of THIRDSP_CE Designs unless noted * by Stephanie Kellett
Website:
Anthony Sanna

​WARNING:
Practicing the techniques outlined in this booklet can reduce the harms associated with methamphetamine use, but they will not guarantee your protection. Use at your own risk!
ANKORS Street College - ©2020/21
  • Home
  • About
  • Table of Contents
    • Street College >
      • Introduction >
        • History of Why?
        • What are Street College, Street School, SC Essentials?
        • Facilitator Readiness
      • Everyday Best Practice Recommendations >
        • Confronting Stigma
        • Understanding Intersectional Systems of Oppression
        • Real life needs of folks on the drug war front line
        • Staff self-care and burnout prevention
      • Using These Tools >
        • Meeting folks where they are at
        • Praxis assessment
        • Letting go of prescribed outcomes
        • Taking leadership from service users
        • Interagency Collaboration
      • Modules >
        • Lesson Plan Template
        • Blood Borne Infections
        • Getting Tested
        • Navigating Health Care
        • Party Safe - Integrating Harm Reduction Into How We Use
        • Overdose Prevention & Naloxone
        • Safer Injection Practices
        • Safer Inhalation Practices
        • First Aid
        • Stigma
        • Living Outside
        • Drug Checking
        • Communication
        • Peer Support
      • Interactive Games and Activities
    • The Meth Booklet >
      • Introduction
      • Meth 101
      • History in Brief
      • Ways People Use
      • Reducing Meth’s Harm
      • Where Are You At?
      • Meth Psychosis
      • The Crash
      • Overdose
      • Treatment / Taking a Break
      • Sex & Meth
      • Links for Further Reading
  • Contact