Green Party Senator Seanadóir Mal O’Hara (he/him) talking about the Green Party's plan to tackle the drugs problem in NI, treating drugs as a health issue, not a criminal one. Vote Green X on 4th July #GE24 #fyp #VoteGreen2024

Starting the week strongly with a new publication (OA) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Thanks to coauthors Tim Piatkowski Jim McVeigh the journal DEPP editor & reviewers & the participants. Really happy to share this important piece on anabolic androgenic steroids & stigma

⭐️ARK Event - Survey Results Launch ⭐️ We are delighted to invite you to the launch of the 2024 Young Life and Times and Kids' Life and Times Survey results. 🗓️ Fri 6 Sept, 4pm - 5.30pm 📍YouthAction - 14 College Square North, Belfast 🖊️Register: tinyurl.com/jpj8vb3u

Proud to take part alongside anne olivia campbell & Julie Harris & others in this PublicPolicyExchange substance use webinar. 17th September 9.30am to 1pm More details 👇 publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/event.php?even…

JUST OUT! The new 2023-24 annual report from WEDINOS Project. The UK's largest public drug testing service & the heart of the drug checking & #harmreduction response in Wales. WEDINOS analysed & reported on over 7000 samples submitted last year 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wedinos.org/resources/down…

We launched a paper on the persistence of armed/paramilitary groups in NI. Hopefully it helps moves a stuck yet vital issue to a more honest and practical place for change ark.ac.uk/ARK/sites/defa… Ulster University SSESW at Queen's Dominic Bryan Co-operation Ireland Brendan Sturgeon Siobhan McAlister ARK

🚨New paper🚨 Centering authors' responsibility to engage w/ people who use drugs & respect their preferences, we argue using people-first strengths-based & inclusive language with care breaks down #DrugStigma & builds equitable values policies & practices bit.ly/3T7snh2

New ARK policy brief based on roundtable discussions with NIADA - Northern Ireland Drug & Alcohol Alliance, government, statutory, voluntary and community sector reps on increased complexity of people’s substance use needs in NI, challenges and recommendations for going forward Ann Marie Gray toby

🤓 Today is International Overdose Awareness Day & across the UK between 18 & 21 people will lose their lives owing to a #DRD 😔 The people dying today are … Someones #Son Someones #Daughter Someones #Husband Someones #Wife Someones #LovedOne Someones #Life 😔 #StopTheDeaths #NicePeopleTakeDrugs

Interesting talks on the challenges of youth transitions to adulthood by Alan McKinstry and toby also speakers on the 1625 outreach project in Derbyshire #UUStopTheClock

Massive gaping *poverty* shaped hole in the nine stated priorities for the PfG. Again shows the disconnect between public servants and life on the ground. So disheartening.

“What I should be doing is harm reduction, if I'm doing my job right”: Engagement with harm reduction principles among prosecutors enacting drug policy reform in the United States” by DrSabaRoo et al (2024) via International Journal of Drug Policy…great read! Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

“Putting tendencies and trajectories to work: useful tools for engaging with accounts of change and recovery?” By Dr Kat_Oliver & Michael Savic (2024) via International Journal of Drug Policy…what does recovery from substance use look like to you? Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #Recovery #Policy

did you take Ecstasy in the UK at any point in the (long) 1990s? if so, please consider participating in oral history research as part of my Wellcome-funded project "The Effects Can Last Forever". for more details, check the image, DM, or email.

Attending Public Policy Exchange webinar anne olivia campbell presenting on great community work to tackle substance use.

Up next Julie Harris presenting NIADA findings from the ARK round table

The brilliant Peter Mcleod talking about DCRs PublicPolicyExchange

I presented some preliminary findings from the first stage of my PhD research at the ESSD conference in Manchester. Had some great conversations about the need for "queer-centred care" for queer PWUD in Northern Ireland #ESSD2024

Pleased to offer this new researcher role (post-doc equiv) working with me and some great collaborators, on a new project designed to tackle professional and organisational stigma within the drug and alcohol field (NB closes 10/10/24) jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/resear…

We are delighted to announce that the call for papers for the 2025 Contemporary Drug Problems conference is now open. The call closes on 15 January 2025. Please circulate this call widely through your networks and we look forward to seeing you there! latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/events/…