⛔️CAUTION!⛔️ 23rd Aug 2025 Important harm reduction/drug alert from MANDRAKE and Manchester Pride. If unwell please seek medical attention. 👇

💥BREAKING!💥 26 Aug 2025 Rob Ralphs Rob Ralphs and my #Spice (#SCRAs, synthetic cannabinoids) “Primer”, first published in The Conversation in 2016, is the THIRD most read article published by Manchester Metropolitan Uni on the site and has just received >950,000 reads! theconversation.com/what-is-spice-…

Great research paper by Lynn Dennany and co-workers on the electrochemical detection of cathinones just published in ACS Electrochemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.102…

💥AWARD!💥 12 Sept 2025 Extremely honoured to be co-recipient of Highly Commended Research Excellence Award, w/ Rob Ralphs Rob Ralphs, for our collab work on GMTRENDS MANDRAKE & our impact on harm reduction & drug policy #McrMetProud TY to Bex & Ryan for the nominations x

#ThematicDiscussions #CND2025 At the lunchtime event “Safe Handling and Disposal of Precursors & Drugs: Sustainable Models,Trends and Challenges”,countries shared experiences, innovations,& best practices,highlighting cooperation, sustainable models,& public-private partnerships.

💥BREAKING!💥 15 Oct 2025 Honoured to speak about the groundbreaking work of MANDRAKE at this year’s Independent Drug Expert Alliance (IDEA) conference. Productive discussions about collaborative approach to promote harm reduction.

⚠️WARNING⚠️ 23 Oct 2025 With two separate, tragic deaths in #Manchester last week, both involving young women and both believed to have taken #MDMA powder/crystals Greater Manchester Combined Authority have issued this alert via the GM Drugs Early Warning System. If unwell please seek medical attention.

💥BREAKING!💥 29 Oct 2025 Proud to announce that Drs Kirsty & Dr Oliver Sutcliffe have secured Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Catalyst funding - FIRST ever award for Manchester Metropolitan Uni - for a collab project w/ Stream Bio Ltd Ltd The project will focus on PoC molecular detection to safeguard both human & animal health

A warning has been issued about the safety of both powder and pill-form MDMA currently in circulation around Manchester following the deaths of two women mixmag.net/read/mdma-warn…

A warning has been issued by MANDRAKE after traces of medetomidine have been found in ketamine circulating Manchester, which "could prove fatal" if taken with the drug mixmag.net/read/warning-i…