@brendadacres.bsky.social @janetdaby.bsky.social

I live on Littlewood, London, SE13 6SD.

Please can you repave and start weeding the pavements on Littlewood and Fordyce Road? The pavements are so cracked and weeds have grown so big that the pavement is unusable for prams and wheelchairs.

Thanks!

We have published our new review 'Recent Innovations to Detect and Intervene to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths' led by Basak Tas and John Strang.

kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...

These ongoing collaborations with secondary schools are highly rewarding as I am able to deliver important, scientific, health-related information directly to adolescents and subsequently recruit teenage participants into research studies about substance use.

We analysed data from the KARE trial (n=96) to examine ketamine’s (0.8mg/kg infusion) psychoactive effects in alcohol use disorder and whether they mediate treatment response.

Drug effects were strong and mainly onsistent across 3 infusions, but did not mediate reduced drinking.

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Enjoyed presenting at #SOBP2025 on a #cannabis symposium organised by @emesekroon.bsky.social & @jcousijn.bsky.social. I presented 4-year longitudinal CannTeen data: teens who quit cannabis have reduced psychotic-like symptoms, and over 4 yrs teens are > sensitive to impact of frequent C use on CUD.

Dr Basak Tas has published her important experimental work investigating the respiratory depressant effects of diamorphine in people with OUD. She increased dose of drug by 10 & 20% and measured respiratory function, in n=4. Honoured to be a part of this work.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨New Paper- How does the brain value #cannabis vs. snacks? 🍃🍔 Using fMRI & real purchases, we found strong cannabis value signals in reward regions (vmPFC, ventral striatum, dpCC), but not for snacks. Thanks to PI & lead author
@gillbedi.bsky.social
🔗 Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Gray et al. (2025) report a well-powered (n=192) clinical trial testing 12 weeks of daily n-acetylcysteine for youth CUD. Prelim research suggested NAC might help youth stay abstinent when trying to quit. No significant difference NAC vs. placebo here.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks to Catch22 and Tracy Scares for inviting me to speak at their Substance Misuse meeting about adolescent cannabis use. I've worked with Catch22, supporting them in their development of new PSHE cannabis education resources, which has been super rewarding.

It was a privilege to exhibit TheDifference's IncludEd25 event, advertising my assemblies and workshops about cannabis to educators from mainstream and alternative provision schools. Everyone's efforts to boost inclusion are inspiring. Great to make such meaningful connections.

Prof Ann McNeill's keynote lecture at #SSA2024 was a tour de force. It was disappointing to hear that KCL researchers who promote evidence-based and effective tobacco harm reduction interventions have received harsh international criticism. Vaping isn't safe, but it's far safer than smoking tobacco.

My poster at #SSAConf2024 shows teenagers are at greater risk of problematic use of cannabis vs. adults, after adjusting for genetic predisposition, trauma, SES & gender. But, teenagers are not more vulnerable to impacts of cannabis on depression & anxiety