Lyes Tagziria
@lyestagziria.bsky.social
Senior Analyst at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC). Researcher of illicit economies and instability in West Africa & the Sahel. Lover of data, graphs and excels.
P.S. The quote above is by no means the most relevant or important detail of the story, but it made me chuckle.
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Ft. niche Essex-related GIF below.
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media.tenor.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
P.S. The quote above is by no means the most relevant or important detail of the story, but it made me chuckle.
Ft. niche Essex-related GIF below.
Ft. niche Essex-related GIF below.
📈 Just yesterday, the UK Home Office published the findings from its most recent wastewater analysis used to measure illicit drug consumption.
It found that between 2023 and 2024, ketamine consumption increased by 85%, the most of any drug included.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
It found that between 2023 and 2024, ketamine consumption increased by 85%, the most of any drug included.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Wastewater analysis: Measuring illicit drug consumption in 2023 and 2024
www.gov.uk
March 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
📈 Just yesterday, the UK Home Office published the findings from its most recent wastewater analysis used to measure illicit drug consumption.
It found that between 2023 and 2024, ketamine consumption increased by 85%, the most of any drug included.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
It found that between 2023 and 2024, ketamine consumption increased by 85%, the most of any drug included.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
⚠️ ‘The influx of cheap, addictive and very harmful synthetic drugs in a region with poorly prepared health systems and a very young population is a clear sign of lasting emerging drugs problem in the region'
What needs to be done?
1️⃣ Evidence-based action
2️⃣ Supply chain disruption
3️⃣ Harm mitigation
What needs to be done?
1️⃣ Evidence-based action
2️⃣ Supply chain disruption
3️⃣ Harm mitigation
Kush in Sierra Leone
Since 2022, a synthetic drug known as ‘kush’, has killed likely thousands of people in West Africa. Kush emerged in Sierra Leone, but quickly spread across countries in the subregion, including Liberi...
globalinitiative.net
February 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
⚠️ ‘The influx of cheap, addictive and very harmful synthetic drugs in a region with poorly prepared health systems and a very young population is a clear sign of lasting emerging drugs problem in the region'
What needs to be done?
1️⃣ Evidence-based action
2️⃣ Supply chain disruption
3️⃣ Harm mitigation
What needs to be done?
1️⃣ Evidence-based action
2️⃣ Supply chain disruption
3️⃣ Harm mitigation
🌐 The United Kingdom, the Netherlands and China are all implicated in the transnational trafficking of both pre-processed Kush and the precursor ingredients.
Crucially, criminal networks rely on a strongly localized protection system, but some appear to have also infiltrated state-embedded actors.
Crucially, criminal networks rely on a strongly localized protection system, but some appear to have also infiltrated state-embedded actors.
February 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🌐 The United Kingdom, the Netherlands and China are all implicated in the transnational trafficking of both pre-processed Kush and the precursor ingredients.
Crucially, criminal networks rely on a strongly localized protection system, but some appear to have also infiltrated state-embedded actors.
Crucially, criminal networks rely on a strongly localized protection system, but some appear to have also infiltrated state-embedded actors.