Come & join us @officialuom.bsky.social for this ground-breaking psychedelics event. Wed 2nd July 2PM. Feat: @profdavidnutt.bsky.social, elite athletes, Sara Tai, Nige Netzband, Grace Blest-Hopley. Supported by @bapsych.bsky.social, @drugscience.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/psychedeli...

Psychedelics and Trauma Recovery In Elite Athletes

Join us for a deep dive into how psychedelics can support elite athletes in healing from trauma and reaching their full potential!

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Thank u to Psychedelic Alpha for an excellent summary of this POST report & highlighting the barriers to research posed by Scedule 1 status of psychedelics.

josh hardman@josh-hardman.bsky.social · last yr.

UK Psychedelic Research Hindered by Red Tape, Experts Tell Lawmakers in Parliamentary Report In our latest, written by Charles Bliss, we explore the report and speak to its co-author, @charlotte2153.bsky.social MP, and @profjoneill.bsky.social. psychedelicalpha.com/news/uk-psyc...

Prof Jo Neill (@profjoneill.bsky.social) tells UK politicians: “Please move psychedelics—all psychedelics—out of Schedule 1 and enable more research to happen in the UK. We absolutely need to bring this to the forefront of the debate in Parliament.”

josh hardman@josh-hardman.bsky.social · last yr.

UK Psychedelic Research Hindered by Red Tape, Experts Tell Lawmakers in Parliamentary Report In our latest, written by Charles Bliss, we explore the report and speak to its co-author, @charlotte2153.bsky.social MP, and @profjoneill.bsky.social. psychedelicalpha.com/news/uk-psyc...

This is a great report. Delighted to have been able to contribute!

Centre for Evidence Based Drug Policy@drugpolicyuk.bsky.social · last yr.

New @ukparliament.parliament.uk report just released. Our Directors of Research @alexpiot.bsky.social & Psychedelic Policy & Regulation Timmy Davis were pleased to contribute, alongside @profdavidnutt.bsky.social, @profjoneill.bsky.social and others. post.parliament.uk/research-bri...

“We found large curricular gaps related to the administration of medications for opioid use disorder and treating opioid overdose and withdrawal, as well as a significant prevalence of stigmatizing attitudes. Renewed efforts are needed to implement comprehensive and destigmatizing SUD curricula.”

Elaine Hyshka@ehyshka.bsky.social · last yr.

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Drug Policy Constellations: The Role of Power and Morality in the Making of Drug Policy in the UK. An introductory thread. 1/11 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/drug-policy-...

Drug Policy Constellations

Drug Policy Constellations - The Role of Power and Morality in the Making of Drug Policy in the UK; Drawing on the author’s participation in high-level policy discussions, this book presents three key...

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Our next Street drugs discussions will be on nitazenes. Friday 21st Feb at 12PM, all free. See u there & bring your Qs! @drugscience.bsky.social

Off to London to discuss some preliminary findings from our evaluation of police-led drug diversion schemes. #PDD healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.....

Evaluating police drug diversion in England: protocol for a realist evaluation - Health & Justice

There is increasing international interest in the use of police drug diversion schemes that offer people suspected of minor drug-related offences an educative or therapeutic intervention as an alterna...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvFX... Our most recent Street Drugs Discussions is out! A fantastic conversation with the scientific experts & a brilliant expert by experience @drugscience.bsky.social

Street Drug Discussions - ADHD and substance use

YouTube video by Drug Science

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everyone interested in #epilepsy should listen to this www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... outrageous the lengths these parents have to go to to keep their children alive. denying cannabis to these kids is the biggest medical scandal since the Bristol Heart one exposed by drphilhammond

File on 4 Investigates - Cannabis Kids: The parents breaking the law to help their children with epilepsy - BBC Sounds

An investigation reveals children are being given illegal cannabis to treat epilepsy.

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How we lobbied for a change in Irish law to allow for the existence of Supervised Injecting Facilities. Learn about four successful strategies employed in lobbying for the Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017. youtu.be/z9GV0L4ziB0?...

Making the case for Supervised Injecting Facilities | Tony Duffin | TEDxDublinInstituteofTechnology

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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What sways public opinion? An experimental study on moral vs. evidence-based arguments for drug harm reductionhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09687637.2024.2440413

What sways public opinion? An experimental study on moral vs. evidence-based arguments for drug harm reduction

Background: Unlike evidence-based approaches, public drug policies are shaped more by political factors, with public opinion playing a key role. We hypothesized that using moral arguments in favor ...

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The #drugpolicyratchet looks set for another turn, even though the ACMD has repeatedly found no evidence that changing the class of a drug has any effect on levels of use. www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #ketamine

Home Office may reclassify ketamine in response to record levels of use

Illegal use in UK seems to reflect growth of unregulated market in US, where its high-profile users include Elon Musk

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We had a similar problem in a clinical trial where we pre-screened 150 people for a treatment resistant depression study and had zero people enroll... there were so many exclusion criteria to overcome.

josh hardman@josh-hardman.bsky.social · 2y ago

An article published as part of APA's 2025 Trends Report discusses psychedelics research, including an MGH study of psilocybin in TRD that saw the team screen 700 patients without a single one meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria. www.apa.org/monitor/2025...

In a very special episode of the Drug Science Podcast, Professor David Nutt sits down with Drug Science Community Members to answer their burning questions: drugscience.org.uk/p...

@bsky.app Pls share! We're creating new resources for women about alcohol during pregnancy and early motherhood. Our 2nd coproduction session is Mon 13th Jan in #Liverpool city centre. We need #women (and partners) who are trying to get pregnant, #pregnant, #mums with kids up to 5 years old

The effectiveness of #harmreduction services in suppressing HIV infections is not just shown by evaluations of their introduction, but also by what happens when you take them away, as seen in Alberta and - in this study by @ctemenos.bsky.social - Hungary. www.ijurr.org/article/from...

FROM BUDAPEST TO BRUSSELS: Discursive and Material Failure in Mobile Policy - IJURR

This article introduces an analytic of discursive and material failure, developing a spatial grammar for analysing both the discursive framing of policies as failed and the actually existing processes...

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💥The Lancet, one of the world's most prestigious medical journals, has just published an important editorial. A selection: « Problem drug use and physical dependency—contrary to popular belief—only affect around 10% of those who use drugs. […] The disastrous impact of

amend our approach. » 🙌👏👏👏 They call for "Humane, evidence-based strategies" and a real Harm Reduction policy. We're making progress 🥹♥️ Read the article here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Harm reduction must replace punitive drug policies

The so-called war on drugs has failed. In the last century, countries have increasingly attempted absolute prohibition of drug use, often via penal measures. Despite global action, these policies have not deterred drug use: we have reached record levels of “abuse, illicit cultivation and production and manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances”, as acknowledged at the 2024 UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Drug trafficking networks have become increasingly sophisticated and violent, and deaths related to drug use have increased.

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Important study on expectations in psychedelic research: for patients with low pre-tx expectancy about escitalopam, psilocybin worked better than escit., but no such effect for pts with higher expectancy for escit. No similar effect for expectancy about psilocybin. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

My article on sociological approaches to the study of drug use and drug policy, from 2011. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

‘Banned and 'forgotten' drug: What happened to khat?’ www.bbc.com/news/article...

Khat: What happened to the banned and 'forgotten' drug?

A researcher says 10 years after it was made illegal in the UK, khat is still being widely sold.

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Always exciting to receive the investigational product for a new clinical trial. First time I’ve had one go through a ceremonial blessing process (karakia and waiata) though … (see below for details).

Suresh Muthukumaraswamy@sdmuthu.bsky.social · 2y ago

Seen Māori protests/haka on social media? Seen panels complaining of indigenous exclusion in psychedelic science? Check out our new pre-print: “Tū Wairua: Development of an Indigenous Rongoā Māori Approach to Healing with Psilocybin Containing Mushrooms” osf.io/preprints/ps...

New 🧪 report out from our team. We conducted an epidemiological survey of 499 people who use drugs in central Edmonton to assess their health, wellbeing, and service needs. #yeg

Happening now! I know you’re tired, but it’s worth it! Plus all the cheese you can eat!

Scott Thompson, PhD@sthom003.bsky.social · 2y ago

Good morning #ACNP2024! Had enough neuroscience yet? Time to learn a little cardiology (as performed by neuroscientist. @Devineffinger.Bsky.social). Specifically, does chronic microdosing of LSD pose a cardiovascular risk by chronically activating 5HT2B receptors? Find out at poster W234 today!!

There's an interesting report linked here from @drugscience.bsky.social on the research, trials and legal framework for compassionate access in other countries, and some wider background. Would be interested in your thoughts 🙂 www.drugscience.org.uk/psilocybin-f...

Psilocybin for Existential Distress

Read our latest report on why patients experiencing 'Existential Distress' ought to be permitted access to psilocybin-assisted psychotherap

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Agreed. Fundamentally, this whole debate comes down to "what is a good death". Psilocybin can be effective for existential distress at the end of life, and should be among the choices people have as it is in other jurisdictions. www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

'Right to die' debate must include the 'right to try' psilocybin, advocates urge

The Assisted Dying Bill raises important questions about how we support individuals with a terminal diagnosis.

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Compelling documentary revealing the cruelty and success of "County Lines" drug distribution. The incomparable @wudzee.bsky.social and others expose the failure of our current approach and the need for #druglawreform. Children suffer as politicians ignore the evidence. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - County Lines, Episode 1: Their World

An investigation into how criminal gangs groom young people to traffic drugs.

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More rigorous regulations are needed to assess the effects of pesticides on bees and other insects, argues a leading Sussex bee expert | Dave Goulson

Pesticides: farming chemicals make insects sick at non-deadly doses – especially in hot weather

More rigorous regulations are needed to assess the effects of pesticides on bees and other insects, argues a leading Sussex bee expert

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