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Another interesting addition to the critical literature on 'county lines', this time from James Densley @theviolencepro, Robert McLean, and Carlton Brick @BristolUniPress bristoluniversitypress.co.uk…
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20 Jan 2023
I'm looking for someone who could teach undergraduate (1st/2nd year) criminal justice issues seminars, starting w/c 6th Feb for 11 sessions. Location is on campus in Leeds. #criminology Materials will be provided and of course will be paid!
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⏰ Just 2 days to go until our 2022 Christmas Lecture – A festive trip through the cultural history, and future clinical applications of #psychedelics. Registration closes tomorrow, Monday 5th December, don’t miss out! #Liverpool #Neuroscience Group 🎄🧠🍷 lng.org.uk/event/2022-christ…

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20 Sep 2022
As patterns of drug supply, distribution and 'organized' crime change and evolve, please join us on Sept 30th to consider the gendered dimensions of these shifts "Street Drugs Discussions: Gender dimensions of the War on Drugs" eventbrite.co.uk/e/street-dr… @Eventbrite
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21 Sep 2022
RT @OSFKasia: The first safe consumption room in North America - Insite - is 19 years old today. This life saving model has now been replic…
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Current rules only require schools to provide one hour of drug education during secondary school. Our Director @Paul__North spoke to @BBC about the dangers posed when children don't have access to accurate and reliable information about drugs and harm reduction:
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We're looking for nominations for the inaugural @ISSDrugPolicy Excellence in Research Award. What's the best recent paper you've read on drug policy?
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Supporting @Release_drugs campaign for #IOAD2022 #Naloxone saved my life, I've used it to save lives, carry it & you could save a life When I leave the house I check, keys, phone, wallet, Naloxone! 31st August is International Overdose Awareness, lets carry Naloxone every day
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“Can a new formulation of opiate agonist treatment alter stigma?: Place, time and things in the experience of extended-release buprenorphine depot” by @carlatreloar et al (2022) in @ijdrugpolicy, do you think this new medication alter stigma? Link: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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“Emergency department presentations in the first weeks following release from prison among men with a history of injecting drug use in Victoria, Australia: A prospective cohort study” by Cossar et al (2022) via @ijdrugpolicy. Check it out! Link: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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25 May 2022
"The whole idea of harm reduction is to implement policies and interventions that do not obsess over whether or not people are getting high. "They operate off the simple assumption that getting high shouldn’t result in needless and preventable deaths." tanag.substack.com/p/whats-c…

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🚨Got an interest in Novel Psychoactive Substances?!🚨 Check out a new study published in @ijdrugpolicy with #OpenAccess for viewing! Link: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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19 May 2022
Brilliant! Really enjoyed reading this & it’s going straight into the reading list for the @MMUSociology undergrad substance use unit!
New #preprint from me: New prospects for harm reduction in the UK? A commentary on harm reduction and the new UK drug strategy alexstevenskent.pubpub.org/p… #HarmReduction
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“The importance of PEOPLE who use drugs within drug policy reform debates: Findings from the UK Drug Policy Voices online survey” by @drskew, Griffiths & @melissa_bone (2022). Do you empower the voices of people who use drugs in your policy debates? Link: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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7 May 2022
I’ve not seen better reporting on the reality behind the Taliban’s ‘ban’ on opium poppy cultivation than this quality, on-the-ground reportage piece I commissioned for ⁦@VICEWorldNews, written⁩ by ⁦⁦@eliseblchrd⁩. Fantastic photojournalism. vice.com/en/article/k7wd8v/t…

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1000 injections supervised (894 recorded), 9 successful #Overdose interventions, advice and needle exchange, kindness and basic services provided, better health and wellbeing for it's users. Read more above thanks to the extraordinary efforts of @PeteKrykant_OPC volunteers 2/2
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What is DMT therapy? Why is there so much scientific interest in DMT right now? What is the DMT experience actually like? How does DMT compare with other psychedelic drugs? Is DMT the same thing as ayahuasca & is 5-Meo-DMT the same thing? Find out -> drugscience.org.uk/what-is-d…
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