First time back in Thailand after a few years. Cannabis shops everywhere in parts of Bangkok

Call for papers for a special issue on 'Moralities and Drug Policy' from @DEPPJournal & ISSDP. Please RT. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

Still recruiting! All those with qualitative methods experience & a passion for transforming hospital systems into welcoming & safe spaces for people who use drugs, please apply!

In a wide-ranging report, Home Affairs Committee calls (again) for a health-led approach to drugs, and for investment in treatment and harm reduction services (including overdose prevention centres) committees.parliament.uk/committee/83/h… 1/?

💥Save the date!💥 The 17th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of #DrugPolicy will be held in Montréal Canada 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 19-21 June 2024. Don’t miss this opportunity to join leading drug policy scholars & practitioners from across the globe 🌍🌎 #ISSDP2024

Interesting new article

This evening, The Today Debate with Mishal Husain on BBC Radio 4 will discuss Scottish policy to reduce drug-related deaths, including the proposal to decriminalise drug possession. As a full-on drug policy geek, I'll be live tweeting links to some studies that are relevant. 1/?

I'm chairing a roundtable discussion on 'cuckooing' with some great speakers next Wednesday evening. Sign up for the online session if you'd like to join us. oc24.heysummit.com/talks/7B/

On International Drug User's Day, we highlight how deprivation massively impacts drug-related harms. Scottish data published today showed that people in the most deprived areas were almost 16 times more likely to die from drug use than the least deprived. nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2023/most…

Away from some of it's nonsense, there are few things more rewarding in academic life than seeing a student smash an assessment

Right realism redux

Happy to see this article on emerging victims in drugs policing published (open access) in the British Journal of Criminology. Really enjoyed writing it with the brilliant @HJ_Marshall_ and Jack Spicer academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-ar…

New article with @HJ_Marshall_ and Matthew Bacon. We examine the policing of three types of emerging victims involved in drug use and/or supply. academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-ar…

New paper in International Journal of Drug Policy with Rebecca Askew reflecting on the possibilities of a social harm approach in drug policy (and research).

Nitazenes, dangerous synthetic opioids, were found in multiple samples of heroin bought in Bristol today. ⚠️ Please share this urgent drug alert to people who use drugs ⚠️ If you’re Bristol based, get in touch with us for Naloxone, OST or advice around your drug use

Leah was a wonderful researcher and friend. Her passing is a devastating loss to so many

I've just published a new book about cuckooing. Conceptualising it as a drug market harm, I use the risk environment framework to analyse why people become vulnerable to this form of exploitation and how it can be reduced.