Kykeon Analytics
@kykeon.bsky.social
Harm Reduction, Drug Checking and Drug Policy Reform
Curious about one of Europe’s pioneering drug checking projects?
🎥 Check out this @drugreporter.bsky.social feature:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIYj...
🎥 Check out this @drugreporter.bsky.social feature:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIYj...
Drugreporter Visits: CheckIt! – Vienna’s Pioneering Drug Checking Service
YouTube video by Drugreporter
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October 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Curious about one of Europe’s pioneering drug checking projects?
🎥 Check out this @drugreporter.bsky.social feature:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIYj...
🎥 Check out this @drugreporter.bsky.social feature:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIYj...
Why are bad habits so hard to break? 🧠
Neuroscientist Carl Hart and other experts explain how the brain’s cue–routine–reward loops make behaviors so persistent.
bigthink.com/perception-b...
Neuroscientist Carl Hart and other experts explain how the brain’s cue–routine–reward loops make behaviors so persistent.
bigthink.com/perception-b...
Addictions and habits, explained by a neuroscientist, a psychologist, and a journalist
Daily habits can help you thrive or quietly turn into addictions. The difference is how your brain handles cues, routines, and rewards. Three experts explain how to work with your wiring instead of ag...
bigthink.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Why are bad habits so hard to break? 🧠
Neuroscientist Carl Hart and other experts explain how the brain’s cue–routine–reward loops make behaviors so persistent.
bigthink.com/perception-b...
Neuroscientist Carl Hart and other experts explain how the brain’s cue–routine–reward loops make behaviors so persistent.
bigthink.com/perception-b...
New study in @jama.com finds that many “magic mushroom” edibles don’t actually contain psilocybin but synthetic or undeclared compounds instead.
Significant public health risks for consumers.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Significant public health risks for consumers.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New study in @jama.com finds that many “magic mushroom” edibles don’t actually contain psilocybin but synthetic or undeclared compounds instead.
Significant public health risks for consumers.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Significant public health risks for consumers.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Could coca-leaf energy drinks be coming to your local store soon?
After @who.int's recent review of the coca leaf, a UN vote in December could reshape global drug policy.
www.piratewireservices.com/p/coca-energ...
After @who.int's recent review of the coca leaf, a UN vote in December could reshape global drug policy.
www.piratewireservices.com/p/coca-energ...
Coca energy drinks soon at a store near you?
After WHO said coca leaf is safe, a UN re-evaluation in December could be a game-changer for Bolivia
www.piratewireservices.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Could coca-leaf energy drinks be coming to your local store soon?
After @who.int's recent review of the coca leaf, a UN vote in December could reshape global drug policy.
www.piratewireservices.com/p/coca-energ...
After @who.int's recent review of the coca leaf, a UN vote in December could reshape global drug policy.
www.piratewireservices.com/p/coca-energ...
🚨 Big win for privacy in Florida: a state appeals court ruled that the smell of marijuana alone is not enough to justify a car search. Police can’t use it as probable cause anymore.
eu.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
eu.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚨 Big win for privacy in Florida: a state appeals court ruled that the smell of marijuana alone is not enough to justify a car search. Police can’t use it as probable cause anymore.
eu.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
eu.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
Want to know what Kykeon Analytics is all about? 👀
Discover how our lab combines advanced chemistry with harm reduction in this feature by EZ Test Kits.
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Discover how our lab combines advanced chemistry with harm reduction in this feature by EZ Test Kits.
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Inside The Lab of Kykeon Analytics: Drug Testing Explained
Article by Hans Oeri Drug Checking for Harm Reduction In recent years, conversations about drug use have shifted from a focus on punishment toward a focus on health, safety, and education. At the hear...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Want to know what Kykeon Analytics is all about? 👀
Discover how our lab combines advanced chemistry with harm reduction in this feature by EZ Test Kits.
eztestkits.com/blogs/news/i...
Discover how our lab combines advanced chemistry with harm reduction in this feature by EZ Test Kits.
eztestkits.com/blogs/news/i...
Accordint to this last study, Afghanistan’s opium ban is failing: cultivation is rising again, and Pakistan’s fields are booming.
www.alcis.org/post/the-str...
www.alcis.org/post/the-str...
The Strain is Beginning to Show
Although the Taliban took power four years ago, and poppy cultivation has remained at historically low levels since 2023, declining opium prices, widespread poppy cultivation in Badakhshan, and the ri...
www.alcis.org
September 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Accordint to this last study, Afghanistan’s opium ban is failing: cultivation is rising again, and Pakistan’s fields are booming.
www.alcis.org/post/the-str...
www.alcis.org/post/the-str...
The drug war isn’t just violent, it’s fueling Amazon deforestation🌳
Could legal regulation of cocaine be a climate solution?
atmos.earth/the-surprisi...
Could legal regulation of cocaine be a climate solution?
atmos.earth/the-surprisi...
The Surprising Climate Effect of Legalizing Cocaine | Atmos
The war on drugs has created an illegal cocaine market responsible for the degradation of the Amazon and the rights of Indigenous people.
atmos.earth
September 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The drug war isn’t just violent, it’s fueling Amazon deforestation🌳
Could legal regulation of cocaine be a climate solution?
atmos.earth/the-surprisi...
Could legal regulation of cocaine be a climate solution?
atmos.earth/the-surprisi...
¡Nuestras voces también cuentan! Si eres una persona usuaria de cocaína nos interesa conocer tu opinión para desarrollar una propuesta de cómo podría verse una futura regulación.
Responde la encuesta anónima aquí antes del 31 de agosto: forms.gle/JTW89nTqQZQY...
#CocaReguladaPazGarantizada
Responde la encuesta anónima aquí antes del 31 de agosto: forms.gle/JTW89nTqQZQY...
#CocaReguladaPazGarantizada
August 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
¡Nuestras voces también cuentan! Si eres una persona usuaria de cocaína nos interesa conocer tu opinión para desarrollar una propuesta de cómo podría verse una futura regulación.
Responde la encuesta anónima aquí antes del 31 de agosto: forms.gle/JTW89nTqQZQY...
#CocaReguladaPazGarantizada
Responde la encuesta anónima aquí antes del 31 de agosto: forms.gle/JTW89nTqQZQY...
#CocaReguladaPazGarantizada
Our voices have value! If you are a person who uses c0c4in3, we would like to hear from you as part of the research to develop a public policy proposal for c0c41n3 regulation for recreational use.
Fill the anonymous, short survey before August 31: forms.gle/JTW89nTqQZQY...
#RegulateCocaIN
Fill the anonymous, short survey before August 31: forms.gle/JTW89nTqQZQY...
#RegulateCocaIN
August 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Our voices have value! If you are a person who uses c0c4in3, we would like to hear from you as part of the research to develop a public policy proposal for c0c41n3 regulation for recreational use.
Fill the anonymous, short survey before August 31: forms.gle/JTW89nTqQZQY...
#RegulateCocaIN
Fill the anonymous, short survey before August 31: forms.gle/JTW89nTqQZQY...
#RegulateCocaIN
🚨 New on our blog:
The Dangerous Rise of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
False positives, lack of oversight & civil rights violations in Spain’s growing K9 trend 🐶🔍
✍️ by Núria Calzada
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The Dangerous Rise of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
False positives, lack of oversight & civil rights violations in Spain’s growing K9 trend 🐶🔍
✍️ by Núria Calzada
kykeonanalytics.com/newspages/th...
The dangerous rise of drug sniffing dogs
This article critically examines the growing use of police dogs in Spain’s local forces, exposing the lack of regulation, questionable effectiveness, and the civil rights violations caused by arbitrar...
kykeonanalytics.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🚨 New on our blog:
The Dangerous Rise of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
False positives, lack of oversight & civil rights violations in Spain’s growing K9 trend 🐶🔍
✍️ by Núria Calzada
kykeonanalytics.com/newspages/th...
The Dangerous Rise of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
False positives, lack of oversight & civil rights violations in Spain’s growing K9 trend 🐶🔍
✍️ by Núria Calzada
kykeonanalytics.com/newspages/th...
'Una sentencia histórica marca un antes y un después en la legalidad de la ayahuasca en España'.
www.cannabismagazine.net/el-tribunal-...
www.cannabismagazine.net/el-tribunal-...
El Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid confirma que la ayahuasca no es ilegal en España
La justicia española aclara que la ayahuasca no está fiscalizada ni prohibida en España y ordena su devolución: una sentencia histórica que sienta jurispru
www.cannabismagazine.net
July 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
'Una sentencia histórica marca un antes y un después en la legalidad de la ayahuasca en España'.
www.cannabismagazine.net/el-tribunal-...
www.cannabismagazine.net/el-tribunal-...
"Seleccionar ciudadanos por su estética, inferir su orientación sexual e intentar multarles no parece digno de un Estado Democrático".
www.publico.es/sociedad/die...
www.publico.es/sociedad/die...
Diez registros arbitrarios por parte de la Policía Nacional en Madrid en apenas un año: "Me paráis porque tengo pinta de maricón"
Fernando Caudevilla ha presentado una queja ante el Ministerio del Interior denunciando un patrón sistemático de identificaciones y registros que considera arbitrarios por parte de la Policía Nacio...
www.publico.es
June 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Seleccionar ciudadanos por su estética, inferir su orientación sexual e intentar multarles no parece digno de un Estado Democrático".
www.publico.es/sociedad/die...
www.publico.es/sociedad/die...
Archetyp, one of the dark web’s biggest drug markets, has been shut down.
But as always, market shutdowns are futile: users adapt and new platforms emerge.Repression doesn’t end drug trade, it just shifts it.
theconversation.com/archetyp-was...
But as always, market shutdowns are futile: users adapt and new platforms emerge.Repression doesn’t end drug trade, it just shifts it.
theconversation.com/archetyp-was...
Archetyp was one of the dark web’s biggest drug markets. A global sting has shut it down
Shutdowns like this have become a recurring feature of the dark web. They are usually not a significant turning point.
theconversation.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Archetyp, one of the dark web’s biggest drug markets, has been shut down.
But as always, market shutdowns are futile: users adapt and new platforms emerge.Repression doesn’t end drug trade, it just shifts it.
theconversation.com/archetyp-was...
But as always, market shutdowns are futile: users adapt and new platforms emerge.Repression doesn’t end drug trade, it just shifts it.
theconversation.com/archetyp-was...
Alexis Goosdeel, EUDA Executive Director, is calling on EU Member States to stop debating and start acting if we want to be prepared for the arrival of synthetic opioids.
June 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Alexis Goosdeel, EUDA Executive Director, is calling on EU Member States to stop debating and start acting if we want to be prepared for the arrival of synthetic opioids.
We are joining the launch of the European Drug Report 2025 by the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA).
June 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
We are joining the launch of the European Drug Report 2025 by the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA).
Why are drug overdose deaths finally declining after decades of increases in the US?
Nabarun Disgupta explains it brilliantly in this video.
@nabarund.bsky.social
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeOk...
Nabarun Disgupta explains it brilliantly in this video.
@nabarund.bsky.social
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeOk...
Breaking the Trend: Why Overdose Deaths Are Finally Declining
YouTube video by uncpublichealth
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May 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Why are drug overdose deaths finally declining after decades of increases in the US?
Nabarun Disgupta explains it brilliantly in this video.
@nabarund.bsky.social
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeOk...
Nabarun Disgupta explains it brilliantly in this video.
@nabarund.bsky.social
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeOk...
Reposted by Kykeon Analytics
Thx to @kykeon.bsky.social my @harmreductionintl.bsky.social 2025 preso is online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o-i...
Our #steroidchecking trial paves way for my NHMRC Investigator 2026-30 #ROIDCheck, which will reduce steroid harms in our communities.
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
Our #steroidchecking trial paves way for my NHMRC Investigator 2026-30 #ROIDCheck, which will reduce steroid harms in our communities.
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
Findings from Australia’s anabolic-androgenic steroid checking trial by Dr. Timothy Piatkwski
YouTube video by Kykeon Analytics
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May 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Thx to @kykeon.bsky.social my @harmreductionintl.bsky.social 2025 preso is online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o-i...
Our #steroidchecking trial paves way for my NHMRC Investigator 2026-30 #ROIDCheck, which will reduce steroid harms in our communities.
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
Our #steroidchecking trial paves way for my NHMRC Investigator 2026-30 #ROIDCheck, which will reduce steroid harms in our communities.
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
Presentation by Dr. Timothy Piatkowski on findings from Australia’s anabolic-androgenic steroid checking trial at the International Harm Reduction Conference held in Bogotá from April 27 to 30.
#HR25
@harmreductionintl.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o-i...
#HR25
@harmreductionintl.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o-i...
Findings from Australia’s anabolic-androgenic steroid checking trial by Dr. Timothy Piatkwski
YouTube video by Kykeon Analytics
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May 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Presentation by Dr. Timothy Piatkowski on findings from Australia’s anabolic-androgenic steroid checking trial at the International Harm Reduction Conference held in Bogotá from April 27 to 30.
#HR25
@harmreductionintl.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o-i...
#HR25
@harmreductionintl.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o-i...
Big news from Texas: the House just passed a bill to fund FDA-approved clinical trials on ibogaine for opioid use disorder and mental health.
$50M public-private investment to evaluate safety and efficacy.
🔗 www.keranews.org/health-welln...
$50M public-private investment to evaluate safety and efficacy.
🔗 www.keranews.org/health-welln...
Texas House passes bill to fund clinical trials studying ibogaine for opioid use disorders and other mental health conditions
Ibogaine, a naturally occurring psychoactive drug that is illegal in the U.S., is being used abroad to treat addiction, PTSD, depression, and traumatic brain injuries.
www.keranews.org
May 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Big news from Texas: the House just passed a bill to fund FDA-approved clinical trials on ibogaine for opioid use disorder and mental health.
$50M public-private investment to evaluate safety and efficacy.
🔗 www.keranews.org/health-welln...
$50M public-private investment to evaluate safety and efficacy.
🔗 www.keranews.org/health-welln...
📢 Buenas noticias desde España: Interior ordena no multar por consumir drogas dentro de vehículos aparcados.
Se reconoce el coche como espacio privado, en línea con el Constitucional. Un paso más hacia políticas con sentido común.
cadenaser.com/nacional/202...
Se reconoce el coche como espacio privado, en línea con el Constitucional. Un paso más hacia políticas con sentido común.
cadenaser.com/nacional/202...
Interior ordena no multar a quienes se droguen dentro de vehículos aparcados
La Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad se ampara en la jurisprudencia del Supremo, mientras los sindicatos policiales ponen el grito en el cielo | Cadena SER
cadenaser.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📢 Buenas noticias desde España: Interior ordena no multar por consumir drogas dentro de vehículos aparcados.
Se reconoce el coche como espacio privado, en línea con el Constitucional. Un paso más hacia políticas con sentido común.
cadenaser.com/nacional/202...
Se reconoce el coche como espacio privado, en línea con el Constitucional. Un paso más hacia políticas con sentido común.
cadenaser.com/nacional/202...
Reposted by Kykeon Analytics
Excellent article in @rollingstone.com reviewing the history of the coca leaf and how it ended up on the 1961 Single Convention's list of banned substances.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
The Secret History of Coca
Coca is still classified among the world’s most dangerous drugs, the equivalent of heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine. That could change soon
www.rollingstone.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Excellent article in @rollingstone.com reviewing the history of the coca leaf and how it ended up on the 1961 Single Convention's list of banned substances.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
We need evidence-based policies instead of harmful policing tactics.
The data is clear—drug dogs get it wrong most of the time, strip searches are traumatic, and these practices push people into more dangerous drug use behaviors. Will NSW finally listen?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The data is clear—drug dogs get it wrong most of the time, strip searches are traumatic, and these practices push people into more dangerous drug use behaviors. Will NSW finally listen?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Rethink use of sniffer dogs and strip-searches at music festivals, drug summit urges NSW government
Strong summit support for drug decriminalisation in favour of a health approach did not result in a recommendation from co-chairs
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We need evidence-based policies instead of harmful policing tactics.
The data is clear—drug dogs get it wrong most of the time, strip searches are traumatic, and these practices push people into more dangerous drug use behaviors. Will NSW finally listen?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The data is clear—drug dogs get it wrong most of the time, strip searches are traumatic, and these practices push people into more dangerous drug use behaviors. Will NSW finally listen?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
'The Ukrainian Ministry of Health has opened a 30-day public consultation period, during which organizations can submit feedback or expressions of support'.
Learn more about the proposal and how to support it ✍️
www.drugscience.org.uk/ukraine-psyc...
Learn more about the proposal and how to support it ✍️
www.drugscience.org.uk/ukraine-psyc...
Ukraine Opens the Door to Psychedelic Research: A First Legal Framework Emerges
Last week, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health took an important step toward enabling scientific research with psychedelics.
www.drugscience.org.uk
April 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
'The Ukrainian Ministry of Health has opened a 30-day public consultation period, during which organizations can submit feedback or expressions of support'.
Learn more about the proposal and how to support it ✍️
www.drugscience.org.uk/ukraine-psyc...
Learn more about the proposal and how to support it ✍️
www.drugscience.org.uk/ukraine-psyc...