Matt Smith
@Dr_Matt_Smith
Public health researcher based in Glasgow. Interested in substance use, mental health, and redressing power imbalances. Views are my own.
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Important update from WEDINOS Project of Public Health Wales on #nitazenes - Warning as high potency synthetic opioids identified in illicit benzodiazepine market nation.cymru/news/warning-a…
Upcoming SDF Webinar!
ON ALERT: New opioids and benzos in Scotland’s drugs supply – Why we are concerned and what we need to do
📅 - Wednesday 20 Dec.
⌚- 12.00pm-1.00pm
Speakers - Nicki Killeen, Tony Duffin, Lynn Jefferys & Vic
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So the £38,700 income threshold *will* apply to spouses of British citizens who are already in the UK.
They need to satisfy new, higher threshold when applying for extension of their visas.
This is unbelievably low and appalling, even for the Tories.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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Nitazenes are everywhere in the UK - and we need new emergency actions to deal with their harms.
More of the same criminalisation isn't enough - we need drug checking, safe consumption rooms, and decriminalisation!
Our André Gomes with Saima Mohsin on Friday
On the night before GCC declared a housing emergency, 41 people slept rough in the city, incl 16 with refugee status. But the same issues – with a housing system at breaking point – are playing out across the country, I heard for The Ferret theferret.scot/homeless-crisi…
📢 Not 1 but 3 (3!!) funded PhDs based in the *Reproduction, Sexualities & Sexual Health Research Group* The Open University now open to applications. Come and join us OU Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies!
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