Wise words from nicky blackmarket - protect your hearing & wear ear plugs if exposed to loud music.

Blueprint for Wales manifesto from Barod 📣 📣📣 #1 is Drug Checking - proper, full on, front of house drug checking, available to the general public & based on harm reduction principles. No half measures.

RIP #Randall too hot to handle Thanks for the memories.

Was looking forward to seeing Randall next week Boomtown Festival 😔 Can’t believe it. Condolences to his family & everyone who knew & loved him & his music. #RIP OJ Randall 🔥🔥🔥

✨Set on taking 2-CB? Follow this harm reduction advice. ✨If you feel unwell when taking 2C-B or another psychedelic at a festival, visit the welfare or medical tent.

In light of the growing risk in the illicit drug market, Anne-Marie Cockburn & I were interviewed by anita anand & discussed the growing importance of #drugchecking & the work of The Loop on BBC Radio 4 PM yesterday. Listen to Anne Marie discussing her daughter Martha here:-

Yes I called for a national network of drug checking services accessible by everyone, licensed & funded asap. We are at a minute past midnight with the emergence of nitazenes, & criminal justice, public health & harm reduction organisations concur on the severity of the threat.

Exactly!

💊 Bigger pills are often stronger pills 💊 Take extra caution with pills weighing >1/2g in total weight, they could contain a double dose 💊 Average pill strength is ~200mg MDMA #GoSlowStayLow #SizeMatters #TakeQuarterSipWater Read blog for details: liverpool.ac.uk/law-and-social…

Ahead of the big festival weekend, The Times and The Sunday Times article discusses under-18s & drugs at UK festivals, with comment from me: thetimes.com/life-style/par…

Report by ITV News about The Loop conducting HO-licensed back of house drug testing this year Parklife 🪩 & Lost Village, featuring interviews by Nick Smith with Wendy Teasdill & me (& Serena Bute London). Please follow The Loop for Lost Village drug testing updates.

Drug checking can reduce the risk of overdose by testing strength of substances & engaging people in conversations about dosage. "The dose makes the poison" (Paracelsus) For more information about The Loop’s published research & evaluations, please see: wearetheloop.org/publications

Loved last night’s Carnival Jungle Special by SHERELLE 🌐 on BBC Radio 6 Music - carnival or not, no need to wait for Black Christmas to play the classics! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

God love him! derek guy gives us an illustrated overview of the relationship between fashion, socio-economic class, financial v cultural capital & even a reference to Bourdieu, all in a thread about tying ties!

The next Loop online training session is in mid September:-

Looking forward to reading it & getting my students to read it!

Our paper - Making sense of drug use and dependence – a scoping review of mass media interventions intended to reduce stigma towards people who use drugs – has just been published in International Journal of Drug Policy - doi.org/10.1016/j.drug… (1/25)

“Rioting is generally an indicator that all is not well in the body politic. We ignore this at our peril.” We still don’t have the answers, but at least Tim Newburn is asking the right questions. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“I’m working class, I like a dance.”