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# You’re invited to take part in LGBTQ+ Substance Use and Treatment Experiences survey!
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/youre-invited-to-take-part-in-lgbtq-substance-use-and-treatment-experiences-survey/
- Published: 2022-04-29T09:17:14.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-29T09:17:14.000Z
- Description: The research study will explore drug and alcohol use and experiences of treatment in the UK’s LGBTQ+ population
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: News, alcohol, Drugs, LGBT, LGBTQ, Survey, Wales

**Shannon Murray**, Research Assistant at the **Substance Use Research Group**, (SURG), Professor **Katy Holloway**, Dr **Marian Buhociu**, and Visiting Professor **Rhian Hills**, Senior Drug Policy Manager for **Welsh Government**, in collaboration with **Gwent Drug & Alcohol Services** (GDAS), would like to[ invite you to take part in a research study](https://southwales.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/lgbtq-substance-use-and-treatment-experiences1?ref=scenemag.co.uk), which will explore drug and alcohol use and experiences of treatment in the UK’s LGBTQ+ population.

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The researchers want to [find out more](https://southwales.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/lgbtq-substance-use-and-treatment-experiences1?ref=scenemag.co.uk) about the experiences of LGBTQ+ groups in relation to their alcohol and drug use.[ The survey](https://southwales.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/lgbtq-substance-use-and-treatment-experiences1?ref=scenemag.co.uk) also aims to find out about treatment experiences and whether there is an underrepresentation of LGBTQ+ groups within treatment services, and if so, why this might be.

If you would like to[ take part](https://southwales.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/lgbtq-substance-use-and-treatment-experiences1?ref=scenemag.co.uk), it will only take 20 minutes and you can enter a prize draw to win one of three **£50 Argos vouchers**.

The researchers say: “Our research project will focus exclusively on LGBTQ+ communities and seek to understand why some people in these groups use drugs and/or alcohol and why there is an underrepresentation of these groups within drug and alcohol services.

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“We are working collaboratively with our partner, GDAS, to conduct interviews with LGBTQ+ individuals with lived (and living) experience of substance use in Wales.

“It is important to understand the experiences of people from within the LGBTQ+ groups and to provide them with a voice, as they are at a greater risk of hazardous alcohol and drug use than heterosexual cis-gendered men and women.”

**If you are aged 18 years or older, identify as LGBTQ+ and have used alcohol and/or drugs in the last year, contact Shannon Murray to take part or for more info: [Shannon.murray@southwales.ac.uk](mailto:Shannon.murray@southwales.ac.uk)**

**To take part and for more info, [CLICK HERE](https://southwales.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/lgbtq-substance-use-and-treatment-experiences1?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

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