ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Alistair, #Magicmedicine is now available online for everyone to watch - vimeo.com/ondemand/magic… - As you know it is about the first medical trial to use a psychedelic in the UK. David Nutt said it was the best film about depression he has ever seen.

Nature crisis: Humans 'threaten 1m species with extinction' - BBC News. At last the ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ telling it how it is and not giving credence to climate change deniers in a crass attempt to be ‘impartial’. bbc.com/news/science-e…

Go Denver. But get it right or it will be the 1970’s all over again. bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

Far Right alleging I personally caused Tommy Robinson ‘stress & anxiety’ with a model milkshake outside the Old Bailey-terrifying evidence below. I do wonder how they’re going to cope in the ‘race war’ they say they want to start, if they can’t handle a Mum in a sundress 🤔

What Happens When Psychedelic Scientists Take the Drugs They Study vice.com/en_us/article/… via @vice Interesting, inconclusive article by Shayla Love about whether psychedelic researchers do and should experiment with the drugs themselves.

journals.sagepub.com/eprint/C3VQM8J…. Some continue to state that withdrawal from these compounds constitutes ‘addiction’.This editorial examines the evidence underlying these recent debates. It also acknowledges gaps in knowledge, and makes suggestions for how the field can progress.

Looking forward to hearing what Drug Science and David Nutt have to say in an hour or so. Updating influencers about their achievements in the last ten years. And showing a 15 minute cut of #magicmedicine - John’s @preachingknowe story.

Really please that #magicmedicine is playing a few days Red Brick Building. Very sorry not to be there due to not being in the UK but I hope it goes well. And let me know what you think of it - only a few tickets left ....

Monty Wates' fascinating documentary #MagicMedicine screens tomorrow at the #RedBrickBuilding, with an augmented cinema experience courtesy of #RealityStudios Screening starts at 8pm, advance tickets available here: redbrickbuilding.co.uk/event/plant-me…

Wide mix of genders and race (man of the people?)- ✔️ Playing to the camera - ✔️ Cynically promoting popular (but floored) messages - ✔️ Any sign of qualities I want to see in a UK Prime Minister - ✖️

UK Chancellor Hammond warns that UK net zero target in 2050 will cost over £1 trillion and mean there's less money for schools and hospitals That's funny because there's plenty of analysis from Climate Change Committee which says nothing of the sort ft.com/content/036a55…

It has been six months since the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act was published and Theresa May, who commissioned it, is stepping down. We need urgent action from our next Prime Minister! The Times and The Sunday Times Mind Rethink Mental Illness YoungMinds Centre for Mental Health Agenda Alliance

economist.com/leaders/2019/0… Around 300m people suffer from depression. America is suffering an opioid epidemic. There has been no major breakthrough in depression medication for 30 years. We need more tools to deal with depression and addiction. Is this one - vimeo.com/ondemand/magic…

AOC Pushes To Make It Easier To Study Shrooms And Other Psychedelic Drugs. Some may say there are more important things to focus on but with 300 million people suffering from depression (WHO) I love Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for this. #magicmedicine forbes.com/sites/tomangel…

Thanks for the plug! Totally self-funded doc so we need all the publicity we can get! You can watch it here - vimeo.com/ondemand/magic…

Who knows what actually happened here behind closed doors. I suspect there are multiple versions ... but it does not look good for a Government which is making consistently bad decisions that pamper to the public and fly in the face of the research. theguardian.com/politics/2019/…

David Gauke: populist politicians are poisoning Britain | Politics | The Guardian I could not agree more with ⁦⁦David Gauke⁩ but what is the solution? Trump was 1st to realise 24hr news meant he could say what he wanted. How can it be stopped? theguardian.com/politics/2019/…

Thank you ⁦Matthew d'Ancona⁩ for summing up so elegantly what so many of us are thinking. #shameful #ukpolitics

How the UK Fell Back in Love with Magic Mushrooms vice.com/en_uk/article/…. Interesting article about the resurgence of Magic Mushrooms both for mental health and fun.