Fun fact: In October alone people spent the equivalent of 66 years on hold to HMRC....
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Fun fact: In October alone people spent the equivalent of 66 years on hold to HMRC....
Interesting first-hand insight from an apostate into the internal culture of the newly professionalised Reform UK (Source: conservativehome.com/2025/05/08/m...)
JUST PUBLISHED: ACMD commissioned to review harms and classification of ketamine www.gov.uk/government/p...
Check out this introductory video to the safer drug consumption facility opening today in Glasgow. I'm delighted to be involved in the evaluation, which will be vital to understanding what works, what doesn't and how the approach might be taken forward in the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb51...
Next week, the first officially sanctioned overdose prevention centre in the UK will open in Glasgow. Here's our realist review of how they work as spaces of safety, trust, and social inclusion. doi.org/10.1111/dar....
The Quiet Bits Out Loud: my SKETCH of Today in Nigel Farage finally saying what he means. thecritic.co.uk/the-...
No mention of the associated #drugchecking service.
If we are serious about reducing drug-related harm, *everyone* needs to know what is in circulation in the local drug market - adulterants, contaminants, fluctuating purity - to avert overdose & poisoning *before* consumption.
#ActionBeforeOverdose
New Christmas lights just went up in Clacton.
(Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)
slightly random but who wants to share a song cover they really enjoyed - here’s my choice
open.spotify.com/track/4blAmR...
'Heroin saved my life' Society thinks that substances are destroying people but for some it's the solution to their problem. Kindness & compassion can start the recovery process #AAW24 #Drugsky
"You're somebody who will exploit any problem going for your own political ends. #Brexit was a fundamentally damaging thing to this country. That is your one legacy... It's made us poorer, made us weaker, and hit our standing in the world." @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social on🔥. #BBCQT ~AA
Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich
youtu.be/SA8T29zWNCw?...
Going Off Script: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch's inability to suppress a PMQs ad lib: thecritic.co.uk/goin...
1. I’m thinking aloud here, as I really don’t have the answers. This is a thread about the political challenge of the very large numbers of young men now supporting the far right. I’m writing it without blame or derision. I’m just trying to find a way through. 🧵
Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire today. Idiot on a tractor causing more damage...
(Credit Jay da Costa Facebook)
I just received a notification that this response piece I authored has done well!
Anyway, I often hear people say, “why can’t all vapes just be prescribed?” And here I outline why that is not only a bad idea but an evidence based bad idea
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@cranstoun.bsky.social mostly US based but a great start
Hi folks, ok, we have 33 Harm reduction folks now added here to this starter pack...
Can you respond w your mutuals who are on here 🦋 💙, but not on this list?
#harmreduction
go.bsky.app/LbHM54P
Pollution all around
Sometimes up
Sometimes down
Glandular secretions 😂
94% of A&E doctors believe patients are coming to harm because of conditions inside NHS emergency depts.
We know overcrowding leads to at least 300 excess deaths a *week*. The government’s response? Tumbleweed and silence.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Look at that tongue 😛
#dachshund
My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
The criminal justice system is so broken and prohibition corrupts all of its institutions. It appears we have learnt very little from the 'noble experiment'.
In the late 90s & early 2000s we in the UK received (very roughly) 80,000 asylum applications per year.
Mainly people escaping Balkan wars.
Today in these “unprecedented” times of “invasion” by small boat… we receive pretty much the exact same numbers.
Had you been taken in?
I wouldn’t blame you.
Give us a follow if you believe drug policy should be grounded in evidence, health, equity, and human rights.
Good to see Grauniad eXit
New research from the IFS showing the closure of youth centres during the 2010s was shortsighted. For every £1 saved, the costs to affected users, crime victims and public spending in the police and the criminal justice system amount to £2.85
ifs.org.uk/publications...
