I can’t express more clearly why Boris Johnson’s law breaking matters. Please read. Please don’t forget. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Great webinar from Rachel Britton this afternoon. Really interesting discussions around trends of ketamine use and recent developments in ketamine assisted psychotherapy. (Oh, and nice not to be talking about punishing people who take drugs.)

Community pharmacy has a vital role in supporting people who use drugs, but is often overlooked and undervalued. I heard from many service users who told me that their pharmacist was pivotal in their recovery journey. I'm grateful to Society for the Study of Addiction for publishing this Q&A.

Some reflections on the rise in drug related deaths by @AlexStevensKent University of Kent Niamh Eastwood Release Drugs - @releasedrugs.bsky.social & I TY Phoebe Roth theconversation.com/another-new-hi… via The Conversation

🌟 #MiMoSstudy 🌟 Free in-person event in Birmingham 10-3, Mon 5 Sep 2022 @LizHughesDD will be sharing MiMoS_Study findings! Learn about mental health and substance use issues following Sexual Assault Referral Centre attendance. eventbrite.co.uk/e/mimos-study-…

Delighted to become a Fellow of The LPI this week. Helping our staff to fulfil their potential is an essential part of providing the best services we can at With You. Looking forward to working with, and learning from, the LPI community in the months and years ahead.

Another great webinar for With You staff today. Really valuable insights from @AlexStevensKent on OPCs and how they can play such a sensible/essential part of plans to reduce drug deaths. You can add your support to regulation changes here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Just noticed it’s five years since Mind and Body took home two Royal Society for Public Health awards. Since then it has gone from strength to strength, helping thousands more young people across With You services.

Catching up with the NHS Addictions Provider Alliance conference. If you haven’t done already, just take 40 mins out your day to watch this talk from the immense George Charlton on trauma, stigma and drug use. Powerful stuff. #nicepeopletakedrugs #APAConf22 bigmarker.com/nhsapa-org/Ses…

🚨New Webinar 🚨 #StreetDrugDiscussions: Deep Dive into Benzodiazepines Expert discussion on pharmacology, recreational use, harms and harm reduction Friday March 12th 12pm GMT Pls share, retweet and sign up for free tinyurl.com/dd-benzos

JOB ALERT: Learning Lead (SW England) - We’re looking for a skilled practitioner to support the development of our staff teams. Permanent role in a brilliant team. 👇 #drugs #mentalhealth #learning wearewithyou.careerspage.co.uk/job/detail/lea…

I think this is perhaps the best thing I’ve ever seen

WTF? *Please* BBC, stop capitulating to this cynical, divisive, populist Tory Government - stop letting yourselves be used to stoke these culture wars bbc.co.uk/news/uk-649205…

I wonder if, somewhere, John Terry is practicing using an autocue.

Statue outside BBC News (UK) Broadcasting House … ‘The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.’ George Orwell

After some help please. We’re looking to run a webinar on vaping. Would be good to cover vaping tobacco generally and a bit on cannabis too. Who would people recommend to talk to our staff about this topic? @profhrs Ian Hamilton Rob Calder Ian Macdonald James Morgan

We had a really great session from Sharon Cox on vaping last week. We’re booking webinar speakers for the autumn. If you’d like to talk to our teams at WithYou about any research to support our knowledge, skills and practice, please get in touch!