Exciting PhD opportunity! Focussing on the political, legal, and administrative context of the introduction of 'the Thistle' in Glasgow. Delighted to be part of the supervisory team alongside @jamesnicholls.bsky.social, Jane Scoular, and Chris McCorkindale. www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...

Assessing the political and legal context of safer drug consumption facilities (SDCFs): a case study of the UK’s first SDCF, the “Thistle” project in Glasgow. - Scottish Graduate School of Social Scie...

This project investigates the political, legal, and administrative contexts that enabled the opening of The Thistle Safer Drug Consumption Facility (SDCF) in Glasgow in January 2025—the first such ser...

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Thanks to the amazing team that carried out the research inc @arjmcauley.bsky.social, @andyperkins.bsky.social, @kirstentrayner.bsky.social and those who I don’t think are on here yet (please shout if you are!)

🚨 New paper: ‘The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh’ harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh - Harm Reduction Journal

Background Scotland currently has amongst the highest rates of drug-related deaths in Europe, leading to increased advocacy for safer drug consumption facilities (SDCFs) to be piloted in the country. ...

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Starting off 2025 with a new publication! In this study we evaluated the 'WAND' initiative; a novel multi-component contingency management intervention aimed at enhancing harm reduction engagement among people who inject drugs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our latest paper now available in HIV Medicine @bhiva.bsky.social examined mortality among people who inject drugs living with HIV in Scotland over a 20-year period and found increases over time, driven by a rise in drug-related deaths. OAT [again] was protective.

Hello Bluesky! Finally made the migration… nice to see so many colleagues on here 😊