The April edition of the ECRN newsletter features a speaking opportunity, blog on #coproduction , and podcast about rejection in #academicpublishing with Casy Calver PhD Dr. Katie Witkiewitz | Read the newsletter mailchi.mp/50c481eae46a/t… | Join the mailing list eepurl.com/dyLWQz

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Super blog on co-design from SSA funded PhD student Alice Bowen. It's a weird time thing where you're just catching up over coffee and all the while that person's blog, article, book etc is going online. It's all so casual when it finally happens.

This is such a great event! Not being able to go to this (and similar) is a real down-side to passing your viva.

In this episode of Addiction Audio, Ben Scher talks to Dr Caroline Copeland about xylazine, drug related deaths and European drug markets. Listen here: buff.ly/3PTxgc4 #OpenScience

How did Xylazine first enter the UK? What are the implications for public health? In this episode of SSA Addiction Audio I hosted Dr Caroline Copeland King's College London whose new research shines light on all these questions and many more 👇

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Impact! Our annual prize (and never a transitive verb).

Don't miss next Monday's cutoff for the SSA Impact Prize. The winner will get £1,000 and a spot our Annual Conference in November. Join the company of past winners Leon Y. Xiao and Philip Newall and apply here: buff.ly/2OK68Mb

JUST PUBLISHED: #ACMD advice on 2-benzyl benzimidazole and piperidine benzimidazolone opioids SSA EU drugs agency UN Office on Drugs & Crime RCPsych Addictions Faculty WEDINOS Project TOXBASE gov.uk/government/pub…

This interview about drug markets and production in Europe is well worth a listen. There's a similar/complementary episode coming up next week too. Watch this space... #addiction #AcademicTwitter

Amazing stuff - Ben just hanging out at the UN! SSA

Meet Mayyada; she's been a member of the SSA since 2016. Mayyada Wazaify is Professor of Clinical and #Pharmacy Practice at the University of Jordan, and is a very valued member of our network. Explore the benefits and become a member today: buff.ly/43Mfo8w #AcademicTwitter

Really pleased to share an interview I recently had with SSA looking at the lived experience of drug related harm in Cork city.

It's our Annual Conference! Back in Newcastle again this year and a line-up of speakers that's already looking pretty awesome (watch SSA for announcements). Early bird tickets on sale now. #AcademicTwitter #addictions

The March episode of 'Let's Talk E-cigarettes' is out here: shorturl.at/OPU08 & on Spotify iTunes. Jamie Hartmann-Boyce & Nicola Lindson talk #vapes and interview Dr Ian Pope (@Drainpipes) about the COSTED trial (shorturl.at/NQRVX), which is hot off the press today!

The Drink Less app may be helpful in helping increasing-and-higher-risk drinkers motivated to reduce their consumption to drink less alcohol.
The Drink Less app youtu.be/GAFHwwGuimg?si… via TeamYouTube

The Drink Less app, developed UCL, can help people cut down on unhealthy drinking more than the NHS alcohol advice webpage, finds a large randomised controlled trial led by Dr Melissa Oldham Behavioural Science & Health UCL & Dr Claire Garnett University of Bristol NIHR Research ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/mar/…

Of all the rejection types, this is definitely my favourite. Great to record this with Casy Calver PhD and Dr. Katie Witkiewitz. #AcademicTwitter