Development, dissemination and community response towards the first community notice regarding misrepresented illicit anabolic‐androgenic steroids in circulation in Australia
This study, the first to describe a community notice for illicit market AAS, reveals a strong demand for harm reduction interventions. We call for the urgent expansion of drug-checking services to provision for AAS and, thus, provide equitable health support to address systemic gaps for this group.
Authors
- Steph Reeve
- Cameron Francis
- Ross Coomber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-1996)
- Isabelle Volpe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7141-9891)
- Timothy M. Piatkowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6177-0266)
- Geoff Davey
- Beverly C. Walters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5244-4282)
- Karen Blakey
- Monica Jane Barratt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1015-9379)
- Sarah L. Cresswell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1988-0701)
- Jason Ferris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7474-0173)
- Michael E. Harding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3633-493X)
- Cheneal Puljević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3658-9772)
- Emma Kill
- R. Brien
- Alan G. White
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
- Queensland Health (AU)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- IP Australia (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- RMIT University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drug and Alcohol Review
- Published
- 2025-02-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.14015
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.06
Funders
- Griffith University