How much more harm do they want to do to the UK?

Dr Poulter will be an interesting new voice for drug policy reform in Labour ranks. He has spoken in favour of decriminalisation. hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-0…

Nitazenes detected in Bristol heroin market by The Loop today.
Take care. Use #drugchecking , nitazene strips & naloxone whenever available (multiple doses may be necessary).

#drugchecking is needed now more than ever, all around the world & available to all communities.

Irish contacts: was the cluster of overdoses in Dublin in November confirmed as being from synthetic opioids? hse.ie/eng/services/n…

Editorial gripe: we know everyone's getting too many invites to review, but please at least reject them quickly, rather than leaving us waiting for your reply.

'The design of our transport system currently leads to social exclusion for many, contributes to public health crises and constrains local economic growth' writes IPPR's Stephen Frost for Public Sector Focus.

Read the article here: flickread.com/edition/html/i…

Prohibition of asylum-seeking, like punitive drug prohibition, is presented as the 'compassionate' policy by moral conservatives. #drugpolicyconstellations

Professor Andrew McAuley will talk about the changing epidemiology of injecting drug use in Scotland over the past 25 years and its impact on related harms such as overdose and blood-borne viruses during his Professorial Lecture.

📅 April 30
🕔 5-7.30pm

🔽
gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/unive…

Braverman dropping Windrush measures was unlawful, court told theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

The disinformation campaign underway against both safer supply and broader harm reduction initiatives in Canada is both purposeful and deliberate. It is being used to serve political ends, ignoring the substantial research evidence that now exists for harm reduction approaches.

Very excited for the release of this paper, mapping the emergence of a moral panic around safer supply prescribing. Led by Liam Michaud 🇵🇸, our team uses established criteria for moral panics to explore recent rhetoric around safer supply, diversion and youth drug use 🧵

Interesting piece on the breaking of the 'Vienna Spirit' of consensus at last month's session of the Connission on Narcotic Drugs #cnd67

The CND was historic this year. A ground-breaking change occurred at the highest level of international drug policy, and it will have far-reaching consequences globally. An article by Arild Knutsen, leader of the Association for Humane Drug Policy, Norway. drogriporter.hu/en/ground-brea…

I'm off to University of Bath Criminology to discuss #DrugPolicyConstellations with Kate Gooch and colleagues.

New article with Hannah Marshall and Matthew Bacon. We examine the policing of three types of emerging victims involved in drug use and/or supply.

academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-ar…

New in International Journal of Drug Policy: media coverage of #safersupply in Canada as both #moralpanic and #moralsidestep , by Liam Michaud 🇵🇸 Gillian Kolla, PhD and colleagues sciencedirect.com/journal/intern…

Another decision taken by the old to limit the opportunities of the young. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Next week on Tuesday April 23rd 3-4pm EST, I have the pleasure of doing a hybrid talk about The Harm Reduction Gap hosted by Weill Cornell Medicine Population Health Sciences.

Join us in person or online! Register: weillcornell.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Registration still open for
The BSA
event 26th April! Great chance to hear from
Alex Stevens
britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
British Criminology
#sociology

🔔 #EarlyCite 'How accurate are drug cryptomarket listings by content, weight, purity and repeat purchase?' by Dr Monica Barratt 🌈, Ross Coomber, Michala Kowalski & colleagues

Access Updated Article Here: emerald.com/insight/conten…