Ian Hamilton
@profianhamilton.bsky.social
Addiction specialist, write for the Independent, BMJ, The Conversation, ByLine Times
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
I will be on www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... tommorrow discussing shopping addiction with #winifredrobinson
BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Call You & Yours: Have you ever spent money you know you don't have on stuff you don't really need?
Have you ever spent money you know you don't have on stuff you don't really need?
bbc.co.uk
How did a 31k-population city deep in Canada’a Yukon territory and Middlesbrough come top of the EUDA drugs wastewater charts for cocaine? @ellajglover.bsky.social and I tried to find out. (With thanks to @profianhamilton.bsky.social for the quotes.) whatareyouon.substack.com/p/the-worlds...
The World's Unexpected Coke Capitals
How two small cities topped the global cocaine charts
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How to communicate with the media, free event via @ssa
💊 Study of 3 million adults prescribed opioids found 84% of self-harm events and 81% of suicides didn't involve opioids. Challenges belief that prescribing opioids increases self-harm risk. Higher doses/longer exposure did show association. buff.ly/rDfzB4m #Opioids #SelfHarm #SuicidePrevention
Lambing has started 😃 Beltex tup onto a pure Charolais ewes if you wanted to know
Cannabis dependence is rising in England and Wales – but treatment is lagging theconversation.com/cannabis-dep...
Cannabis dependence is rising in England and Wales – but treatment is lagging
Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in the UK.
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Speaking to @iaindale.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk at 9pm about the new mens health strategy www.gov.uk/government/p...
Men's Health Strategy for England
Details the government’s 10-year vision for men's health and the actions we are taking now to improve the health and wellbeing of all men and boys in England.
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Todays piece for @thementalelf.bsky.social looks at #alcohol www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-healt...
Can we reduce the harms associated with alcohol by 2030?
Ian Hamilton considers a study on the national, regional, and global statistics on alcohol consumption and associated burden of disease between 2000-2020.
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Chatted to @davidhillier about latests drug related deaths open.substack.com/pub/whatarey...
the Groundhog Day of British Drug Deaths
Same deaths. Different year. Why aren't we doing more?
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I’ve got two articles in this week’s Observer. One is a big piece of reporting on lone asylum seeking kids arriving in Britain - a group is often missed out of the conversation observer.co.uk/news/columni...
‘They are treated with the most appalling hostility’: the...
The number of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in Britain has soared, and many are being put at risk having got here
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Expecting the kind of grown up, logical and inherently truthful conversation that politicians have been unable to provide in more than 100 years…
Ian Hamilton@profianhamilton.bsky.social · 11mo agoLooking forward to chatting to @matthew-wright.bsky.social about #cannabis tomorrow morning on @lbc.co.uk 7am
Looking forward to chatting to @matthew-wright.bsky.social about #cannabis tomorrow morning on @lbc.co.uk 7am
Interesting that Pakistan has overtaken Afghanistan on opium production www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/f45ec1c...
New opium capital of the world risks funnelling millions to terrorists
Poppy farms now cover thousands of hectares of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan region
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‘Scottish drug deaths fall but remain worst in Europe’ We need to do so much more. If we’re serious about saving lives then we need drastic changes to policies and attitudes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish drug deaths fall but remain worst in Europe
The number of drug deaths is expected to have dropped slightly, but experts warn that any fall will most likely be a blip.
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Some of my thoughts about Ketamine..https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/ian-hamilton-sinking-into-the-k-hole/
Spoke to @kpi - why some people become addicted and others don't - www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_8_...
Professor Ian Hamilton: Stimulants - Why Some People Get Addicted, And Others Don’t | Aging Less #22
YouTube video by Longevity Science Labs
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This is what people notice when you are on the telly talking about addiction www.facebook.com/groups/12164... You are trending on Facebook! Xx
Vintage Ladybird Books | Was anybody else watching BBC Breakfast just now and noticed this guy's bookshelf | Facebook
Was anybody else watching BBC Breakfast just now and noticed this guy's bookshelf?
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