Dan
@echospace.bsky.social
Mental health, harm reduction and drug policy.
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Also, just to clarify, the mask requirement does not of course apply to those who are exempt!💗
Also, just to clarify, the mask requirement does not of course apply to those who are exempt!💗
March 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
⭐️ REPOSTED WITH ALT TEXT!
Also, just to clarify, the mask requirement does not of course apply to those who are exempt!💗
Also, just to clarify, the mask requirement does not of course apply to those who are exempt!💗
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Not a surprise, given consumption trends. But carrying out our needs assessment in Edinburgh, we were struck by the extent to which an assumption SDCFs would mostly cater to opioid use persisted in many quarters (though not among people with living experience) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cocaine is most used drug in Glasgow consumption room
New figures also show that the vast majority of people who have used The Thistle are men.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Not a surprise, given consumption trends. But carrying out our needs assessment in Edinburgh, we were struck by the extent to which an assumption SDCFs would mostly cater to opioid use persisted in many quarters (though not among people with living experience) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I've done a deep dive into the future of Bristol's only NHS detox unit
The campaign to save it has exposed the complex & shifting way services like this are funded, which leaves them vulnerable to closure
Read the full story here:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
The campaign to save it has exposed the complex & shifting way services like this are funded, which leaves them vulnerable to closure
Read the full story here:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Who can save Bristol's only NHS detox centre
The campaign over the closure has highlighted the complex way treatment is funded
www.bristolpost.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I've done a deep dive into the future of Bristol's only NHS detox unit
The campaign to save it has exposed the complex & shifting way services like this are funded, which leaves them vulnerable to closure
Read the full story here:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
The campaign to save it has exposed the complex & shifting way services like this are funded, which leaves them vulnerable to closure
Read the full story here:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Shortage of Peyote due to rising demand from wealthy people across the world and the "alternative healing industry." www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
‘White people shouldn’t mess with it’: Native American church laments psychedelic cactus shortage
Western ‘psychedelic renaissance’ is partly to blame for dwindling supplies of peyote, which produces mescaline
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Shortage of Peyote due to rising demand from wealthy people across the world and the "alternative healing industry." www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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I keep being told Afghan heroin still available in UK, but looks like some people are dangerously experimenting with various nitazenes, just in case as threatened, a third Afghan harvest is missed this year, and heroin begins to get scarce.
Here are 3 worrying screen shots from WEDINOS website
Here are 3 worrying screen shots from WEDINOS website
January 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I keep being told Afghan heroin still available in UK, but looks like some people are dangerously experimenting with various nitazenes, just in case as threatened, a third Afghan harvest is missed this year, and heroin begins to get scarce.
Here are 3 worrying screen shots from WEDINOS website
Here are 3 worrying screen shots from WEDINOS website
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UK’s first official Safer Drug Consumption Facility, ‘The Thistle’, to finally open in Glasgow on 13th January
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK's first drug consumption room to open this month in Glasgow
The facility will allow people to take illegal drugs under medical supervision.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
UK’s first official Safer Drug Consumption Facility, ‘The Thistle’, to finally open in Glasgow on 13th January
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The first sanctioned overdose prevention centre in Ireland opened its doors yesterday. #OPC #HarmReduction
Great news this morning across multiple media platforms, Dublin’s Supervised Injecting Facility is to open soon.
A journey that began in earnest on 20th January 2012…
www.thejournal.ie/plans-for-ne...
A journey that began in earnest on 20th January 2012…
www.thejournal.ie/plans-for-ne...
Plans for new supervised drug injecting centre in Dublin
The Ana Liffey Drug Project also wants to develop a Naloxone programme and a crisis detox unit for drug users.
www.thejournal.ie
December 22, 2024 at 2:57 PM
The first sanctioned overdose prevention centre in Ireland opened its doors yesterday. #OPC #HarmReduction
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No mention of the associated #drugchecking service.
If we are serious about reducing drug-related harm, *everyone* needs to know what is in circulation in the local drug market - adulterants, contaminants, fluctuating purity - to avert overdose & poisoning *before* consumption.
#ActionBeforeOverdose
If we are serious about reducing drug-related harm, *everyone* needs to know what is in circulation in the local drug market - adulterants, contaminants, fluctuating purity - to avert overdose & poisoning *before* consumption.
#ActionBeforeOverdose
UK to open its first safe drug consumption room amid soaring deaths
UK to open its first safe drug consumption room amid soaring deaths
The Thistle in Glasgow aims to save lives by providing a supervised environment in ‘Europe’s drug deaths capital’
The UK’s first official facility for consuming illegal drugs opens in Glasgow within a month, a move that experts and campaigners hope will…
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 7:52 AM
No mention of the associated #drugchecking service.
If we are serious about reducing drug-related harm, *everyone* needs to know what is in circulation in the local drug market - adulterants, contaminants, fluctuating purity - to avert overdose & poisoning *before* consumption.
#ActionBeforeOverdose
If we are serious about reducing drug-related harm, *everyone* needs to know what is in circulation in the local drug market - adulterants, contaminants, fluctuating purity - to avert overdose & poisoning *before* consumption.
#ActionBeforeOverdose
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Drug use researchers (esp. those in neuro/pharmacology) - please stop using the word "abuse" (e.g., drug abuse) and other stigmatizing terms
This isn't an arbitrary suggestion, there's legitimate empirical evidence showing that words like this do harm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't an arbitrary suggestion, there's legitimate empirical evidence showing that words like this do harm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Does it matter how we refer to individuals with substance-related conditions? A randomized study of two commonly used terms
Stigma is a frequently cited barrier to help-seeking for many with substance-related conditions. Common ways of describing individuals with such probl…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Drug use researchers (esp. those in neuro/pharmacology) - please stop using the word "abuse" (e.g., drug abuse) and other stigmatizing terms
This isn't an arbitrary suggestion, there's legitimate empirical evidence showing that words like this do harm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't an arbitrary suggestion, there's legitimate empirical evidence showing that words like this do harm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Harrods refuses to engage with the workers or the United Voices of Labour union representing them. The company has been in the spotlight over serious allegations of rape and sexual abuse against its former owner, Mohammed Al Fayed.
freedomnews.org.uk/2024/12/04/h...
freedomnews.org.uk/2024/12/04/h...
Harrods workers vote for Xmas strike - Freedom News
Walkout over pay and conditions expected on 19 December as company refuses to engage with union ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Hundreds of workers across Harrods’ retail, restaurant, kitchen and cleaning departme...
freedomnews.org.uk
December 4, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Harrods refuses to engage with the workers or the United Voices of Labour union representing them. The company has been in the spotlight over serious allegations of rape and sexual abuse against its former owner, Mohammed Al Fayed.
freedomnews.org.uk/2024/12/04/h...
freedomnews.org.uk/2024/12/04/h...
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As Hungary defunded NSP & declared a new war on drugs in 2013, the number of ppl accessing treatment fell.
NSPs are great for connecting ppl with services. And if you target & criminalise ppl using drugs then you are actively deterring them from accessing treatment.
Excellent from Lauren Porter
NSPs are great for connecting ppl with services. And if you target & criminalise ppl using drugs then you are actively deterring them from accessing treatment.
Excellent from Lauren Porter
December 3, 2024 at 1:24 PM
As Hungary defunded NSP & declared a new war on drugs in 2013, the number of ppl accessing treatment fell.
NSPs are great for connecting ppl with services. And if you target & criminalise ppl using drugs then you are actively deterring them from accessing treatment.
Excellent from Lauren Porter
NSPs are great for connecting ppl with services. And if you target & criminalise ppl using drugs then you are actively deterring them from accessing treatment.
Excellent from Lauren Porter
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Via WEDINOS.org site: Very worryingly 8th example of isotonitazepyne (n-pyrrolidino isotonitazene), one of the most dangerous nitazenes seen so far, bought in powder form (via dark web?) by somebody in Newcastle-upon-Tyne last week. Danger of accidental overdose as too hard to judge non-fatal dose.
November 27, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Via WEDINOS.org site: Very worryingly 8th example of isotonitazepyne (n-pyrrolidino isotonitazene), one of the most dangerous nitazenes seen so far, bought in powder form (via dark web?) by somebody in Newcastle-upon-Tyne last week. Danger of accidental overdose as too hard to judge non-fatal dose.
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Quite a mad case of stigmatisation of people who use heroin here... vigilantes using violence to police their local community. So much ropey logic and drug exceptionalism I don't know where to start!
youtu.be/t4UowXTw7Lg
youtu.be/t4UowXTw7Lg
Manchester's Heroin Haters | Drugs Map of Britain
YouTube video by BBC Three
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November 17, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Quite a mad case of stigmatisation of people who use heroin here... vigilantes using violence to police their local community. So much ropey logic and drug exceptionalism I don't know where to start!
youtu.be/t4UowXTw7Lg
youtu.be/t4UowXTw7Lg
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Big announcement!
The Loop has started delivering the 1st UK onsite, Home Office-licensed drug testing, at the 2 biggest clubs!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Loop has started delivering the 1st UK onsite, Home Office-licensed drug testing, at the 2 biggest clubs!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drumsheds and Warehouse Project bring in drug testing
The venues, in Manchester and London, invite charity The Loop to test drugs behind the scenes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Big announcement!
The Loop has started delivering the 1st UK onsite, Home Office-licensed drug testing, at the 2 biggest clubs!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Loop has started delivering the 1st UK onsite, Home Office-licensed drug testing, at the 2 biggest clubs!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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MDMA-related deaths in the UK increased from 51 in 2022 to 79 in 2023, the 3rd highest rate on record (ONS 24).
These were mostly young people not knowing the strength of what they took, utterly avoidable with rapid & accurate testing & messaging on MDMA strength & dosage.
#HarmReduction
These were mostly young people not knowing the strength of what they took, utterly avoidable with rapid & accurate testing & messaging on MDMA strength & dosage.
#HarmReduction
November 11, 2024 at 5:06 PM
MDMA-related deaths in the UK increased from 51 in 2022 to 79 in 2023, the 3rd highest rate on record (ONS 24).
These were mostly young people not knowing the strength of what they took, utterly avoidable with rapid & accurate testing & messaging on MDMA strength & dosage.
#HarmReduction
These were mostly young people not knowing the strength of what they took, utterly avoidable with rapid & accurate testing & messaging on MDMA strength & dosage.
#HarmReduction