Mat Southwell, one of Respect\'s Founders and Organisers recently gave a speech at the Release conference in Derby. His paper reviewed the history of drug user organising and the state of hard drug user organising in the UK. He also described the Respect model of organising and presented a call to arms to drug user activists in the UK and to those who want to join in the fight for drug users rights. The slides from his presentation can be viewed in this document.

2. Grassroots strategies to overcome legal barriers to drug user activism Mat Southwell

9. Mat Southwell & Tam Miller AKA: Mr White & Mr Brown Private sector training, consultancy and research service run by and for people who use drugs. Team’s unique selling point is its dual professional and experiential expertise. Special focus on emerging drug trends. GST plays a role described by Dr Sloboda from NIDA as bridge-building – fostering communication and learning between academic, practice and using communities.

15. Protecting the health & defending the human rights of people who use drugs in the UK