I wrote a new piece for @san.com on the rise of illegal ketamine us in America. Why is the US following the UK? san.com/cc/ketamine-...

Ketamine is booming in America. The reasons go beyond drugs

Ketamine, a fashionable drug in therapy, is becoming a nightclub drug of choice for those seeking a new form of disconnection from reality.

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I've just got a lovely new drug and crime journalism website – maxdaly.com – which has all my stories and more, built by the amazing Jess Lucas of Melbourne. If you fancy a dive into the world of pink cocaine, dead drops and crap hitmen, why not step inside

Good to see @matthabusby.bsky.social for Guardian US follow up on my story for @san.com [👉: san.com/cc/why-ameri... on America falling out of love with cocaine www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Ketamine, psychedelics, GHB: is the US falling out of love with cocaine?

Use of the illicit drug has plummeted in recent years among gen Zers, compared with their parents’ generation

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After an anonymous judge forced to live in a safe house warned that Belgium was becoming a narco-state, @unherd.com asked me and Mitch Prothero to take a deep dive into how Europe's love of cocaine threatens its stability. unherd.com/2026/04/is-b...

Is Belgium a narco-state?

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Great piece this in @glasgowbell.bsky.social about a DJ scam. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/kieran-wells... Reminds me of a similar investigation I did about a DJ scam crew in the 2010s, ironically the only time I’ve had a death threat 👇 pressfolios-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/stor...

I wrote a piece about why America, perhaps surprisingly, is falling out of love with cocaine. It's about cultural and economic shifts, plus exaggerated fears that most cocaine contains fentanyl. san.com/cc/why-ameri...

Why America is falling out of love with cocaine

America's cocaine use is quietly collapsing — even as the drug floods the market at record purity and historic low prices.

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Cocaine thrived in boom times. This is not a boom time. THE @maxdaly.bsky.social with some great new reporting: san.com/cc/why-ameri...

I wrote about why America is falling out of love with cocaine

Straight Arrow@san.com · 4mo ago

America's cocaine use is quietly collapsing — even as the drug floods the market at record purity and historic low prices. straightarrowne.ws/4cw6diC

You would think from the media and Trump’s aggression against Venezuela that cocaine use in the U.S. is booming. In fact unlike most of the world, it’s falling. My first for @san.com 👇 san.com/cc/why-ameri...

Why America is falling out of love with cocaine

America's cocaine use is quietly collapsing — even as the drug floods the market at record purity and historic low prices.

san.com

Point: “I can’t pay no doctor bills but whitey’s on the moon” Counterpoint:

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 4mo ago

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

extraordinary FT scoop via @lucyfisher.ft.com captain of a UK nuclear-armed submarine has stepped back from his role this week after being investigated over his relationship with Joani Reid, the Labour MP whose husband has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China www.ft.com/content/93be...

UK submarine captain steps down after link to Chinese spy case

Navy previously conducted investigation into senior officer to examine potential blackmail risk

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America lets itself be shafted on a daily basis by these clowns 🤷🏻‍♂️

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.

@embits.bsky.social Hi Emily, cab I grab an email for you please?

UP THE IRISH

This could have a big impact on Russia’s drug trade, which is reliant on Telegram for sales and recruitment.

Meduza in English@meduza.io · 5mo ago

For weeks, Russians have been bracing for a nationwide government block of Telegram, expected in April. It appears to have come early. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Maybe it was always, just getting stoned. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Cannabis is not an effective treatment for common mental health conditions, says review

International researchers find ‘very little evidence’ medical form of the drug can treat anxiety, anorexia and other disorders

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This is insane

Derek Mead@dmead.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story" www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try...

One sentence to sum up our upside down times in the Guardian today: "A grouping of largely oppressive and authoritarian world leaders and their envoys are flying to Washington for the inaugural meeting of Donald Trump’s newly established Board of Peace."

I’d be gutted if my son was murdered and the killer boasted about how he did it in a gangster rap video (which happens often), but that couldn’t be used as evidence in court. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

Campaigners urge UK ministers to make music lyrics inadmissible in court

Art Not Evidence group wants change in law that currently allows lyrics by defendants to be presented as evidence of gang affiliation

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Yes Pep www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Pep Guardiola: Man City boss asks 'why should I not express how I feel?'

Pep Guardiola defended his stance of speaking up about global conflicts by asking,

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'Pink cocaine', called 'tusi' in the real world, is popping up in the UK more often www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Two held and suspected pink cocaine and heroin seized in Anfield

Two men are arrested and large amounts of suspected Class A and B drugs are seized in Anfield.

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Virginia’s final words 💔

WW2 and Holocaust dead spinning in their graves at what Israel and US has been getting away with in Gaza.

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New Bellingcat investigation: Made in the USA: How American-Built Weapons Have Wrought Destruction in Gaza. The article examines how US-made weapons have been used in Israeli strikes and the civilian harm linked to their use. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

The US radical right, eg serial liars like Musk and Trump, say Britain is a dangerous, crime infested no-go zone. Homicides in US last year: 11,721 Homicides in Britain last year: 499

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6mo ago

Homicides in England and Wales fall to lowest level since records began

‘resilience’ - had enough of that word

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is very funny, good TV.

Says the kidnapping, Gestapo cosplay freak

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."

The only domestic terrorists in America are the government

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6mo ago

As federal agents stormed Minneapolis and residents banded together to protect their own, Charles Homan saw a dystopian future become reality. “The federal agents looked more like a platoon of soldiers navigating a hostile foreign capital than conventional law enforcement in an American city.”

Sinners getting loads of Oscar nominations, because it was popular?

Kash Patel going to a big meeting of the intelligence chiefs in England and asking if they can go jet skiing instead of having a normal meeting is really doing a number on my ability to focus