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Reducing 1 drug overdose could save £4k in taxpayers' money & reduce the burden on the NHS. #drugchecking reduces overdoses by identifying adulterants & variable strength drugs in circulation & the majority of service users take less or throw them away. theguardian.com/australia-news…

🎉 Drug checking is coming to Bristol. 🎉 Launching on Saturday 27th January, a regular drug checking service is coming to Bristol. This first-of-its-kind service will run on the last Saturday of every month and is in partnership with BDP | Bristol Drugs Project & Bristol City Council.

The UK’s first regular drug testing service is to open tomorrow with a Home Office licence, marking a progressive shift in govt policy ‘The govt can help save lives by reducing risks of poisoning and overdose from adulterated or missold illegal drugs’ theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

After 12 years of preparation, The Loop starts the UK’s first regular drug checking service tomorrow in Bristol! With more cities due to follow, this is the start of a new era for drug checking that can help save lives. More from founder Fiona Measham⤵️buff.ly/3u9dPEs

🎉 Drug Checking is coming to Bristol 🎉 Join us tomorrow as we launch the first regular drug checking service in the UK. 🕐When: 12pm - 8pm 📌Where: Bristol Drugs Project, 11 Brunswick Square, Bristol, BS2 8PE

We are open! The UK's 1st regular #drugchecking service has launched & will be open 12-7pm today. Please come along to Brunswick Square & say hi to the Loopers. ♾💜♾

#Drugchecking can reduce the burden on the NHS & other emergency services. Beyond financial savings, reducing drug related harm means fewer families experience the tragedy of a preventable death. Watch Fiona Measham, Andy, Wendy & Cathy on BBC Breakfast facebook.com/share/v/gj4BNn…

The Loop Drug Checking Service test results, 27/1/24 ♾💜♾ Thank you to all visitors, well wishers, stakeholders & especially service users who came to The Loop DCS on Saturday ♾💜♾ We tested a wide range of submitted substances of concern & identified 13 different drugs.

♾️📣♾️📣♾️ Exciting news from The Loop! We are resuming our festival drug testing services again this summer, having obtained the ✨first✨ Home Office licence ever issued for onsite festival testing! This is a huge endorsement for The Loop’s work. wearetheloop.org/pressrelease-f…

The Loop's testing suggests the MDMA market is changing: *Average pill strength increased to >180mg MDMA *The proportion of stronger pills increased to >1 in 10 with 250+mg *Bigger pills often indicate high strength & the need for extra caution #SizeMatters #TakeQuarterSipWater

Warning issued over super-strength ecstasy pills ahead of Glastonbury festival by The Loop theguardian.com/music/article/…

drugscience.org.uk/size-matters-h… a blog from the The Loop experts on rising strength of MDMA pills - read and take care

New Loop campaign launches today! #SizeMatters High strength ecstasy pills are back, so harm reduction communications need to adapt. Read more in this new blog by Fiona Measham & Adam W of The Loop senior team for Drug Science. #TakeQuarterSipWater drugscience.org.uk/size-matters-h…

Blog by Adam W & I for Drug Science & University of Liverpool reflecting on The Loop Parklife 2024 test data. Ecstasy pills are bucking wider drug market trends: 👉🏻Pill strength is increasing 👉🏻Mis-selling is falling 👉🏻98% of MDMA products contain MDMA, with an average strength of >180mg.

meanwhile, Jacob Rees-Mogg has lost his seat to Labour while standing next to a man wearing a baked beans balaclava

Greater Manchester is Tory free for the first time in it's history

New article published in BJC by The Loop research team explores the proposed poppers exemption. We argue that this unprecedented & apparently liberal recommendation risks bolstering & thereby exacerbating differential discrimination through drug controls. doi.org/10.1093/bjc/az…

During #DiabetesWeek, I’ve published what I hope is a worthy addition to the conversation Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 has been leading about diabetes technology access. 🧵1/3 Diabetes UK Breakthrough T1D

Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 Diabetes UK Breakthrough T1D This was years in the writing and I’ve poured in life lessons from two decades with #Type1Diabetes, washing machines, Terry Pratchett, and how medical machine learning might just save us all (if we let it). substacktools.com/sharex/-5Itfq12 🧵3/3