🚨 A RADAR alert has been issued for the drug xylazine, which is increasingly being detected in overdoses and deaths across Scotland.

It is likely to be consumed unintentionally and is commonly found as an adulterant in brown powders sold as heroin.

publichealthscotland.scot/news/2024/may/…

The emergence of nitazenes on the Irish heroin market and national preparation for possible future outbreaks - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad…. Rapid responses helped to protect people who use drugs through urgent analytical review of samples, mobilization of frontline services to…

Alkyl nitrites: ACMD exemption consideration - The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has provided an updated harms assessment of alkyl nitrites - gov.uk/government/pub…

No time to be passive – let’s mobilise

The May issue of DDN is out now! Read it here: bit.ly/4abXhe2

#womenshealth #womensservices #mentalhealth #housing #homelessness

Drugs Wheel updates (long overdue!)

NPS version 1.1.0 and UK legal version 2.2.2 available from:
thedrugswheel.com/?page=wheels

Also - very proud to see the Finnish version in glorious colour in the new book by Aleksi Hupli, PhD
siltalapublishing.fi/product/alya-l…

A safety warning has been issued in Bristol due to nitazenes being found in several samples of heroin over the weekend.

For more information on how you can best keep yourself safe, please visit the link below.

bdp.org.uk/concerns-about…

⚠ Nitazenes, dangerous synthetic opioids, have been tested in Bristol today (27/4/24) in multiple samples of heroin from different sources ⚠

Please share this urgent drug alert to people who use drugs, organisations and services locally and nationwide.

What does the data from drug checking services tell us about purity of different drugs? Check out the interactive maps, including amphetamine, cocaine, heroin, ketamine, MDMA pills and MDMA powder: ow.ly/ZB3E50Rfavw

Thank you Will

Xylazine has infiltrated the UK's illicit drug market - newly published research from King's College London
kcl.ac.uk/news/xylazine-…

This week, Russell Newcombe, a pioneer of harm reduction, passed away. In his memory, we are posting a link to his landmark article from Druglink in 1987 - we believe the very first article to refer to harm reduction. - High Time for Harm reduction (PDF) - drugwise.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

We're saddened by Russell Newcombe's passing. He was key in Liverpool's harm reduction movement, advocating for normalization of drug use. His impact on policy reform was significant. Our thoughts are with Cheryl Newcombe-White, also a strong advocate of drug users' rights

‘The more we understand, the more we can support’

The April issue of DDN is out now! Read it here: bit.ly/3VJMTqq

#nitazenes #criminaljustice #drugrelateddeaths

Thank you to DrugWise for featuring the launch of our new Hackney Harm Reduction Hub in today's roundup.

dsdaily.org.uk

Harry Shapiro #HepCEliminationLondon #HarmReduction

ALSO JUST PUBLISHED: #ACMD advice on uncontrolled #novel #benzodiazepines SSA RCPsych Addictions Faculty NHS Addictions Provider Alliance Addiction Professionals EU drugs agency UN Office on Drugs & Crime gov.uk/government/pub…

Open survey picked up on DrugWise for Drug and Alcohol Treatment Professionals.

It's looking for treatment providers from across the country - share the link with relevant people 👇

york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Y…

Just published in partnership with the SCORE-Network:

👉 The latest findings from the largest European project in the science of #wastewater analysis.

Explore the data and read the full analysis:
emcdda.europa.eu/publications/h…

'UK too slow to act on lethal drug threat - doctors'
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-684794…

Changes have been made to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to control and schedule 20 new drugs. These are: 15 synthetic opioids, 14 of which are nitazenes, now controlled as Class A; Diphenidine, ephenidine and methoxyphenidine - controlled under Class B; Cumyl-PeGaClone, a type of…