Delighted my cousin ⁦michael farrell⁩ was recognised last night by ⁦University College Dublin⁩ for a lifetime of activism & dedication in supporting the marginalised. Not mentioned was internment & hunger strike when living in the north.Bravo Dr Michael Farrell! ⁦Queen's University Belfast 🎓⁩?

Devastated to see my lovely cousin Dr Martin Finnerty killed in Ballinrobe after a life time of service to his community. Ar dheis De a anam.

Funeral of Dr. Martin Finnerty told he left an indelible mark on south Mayo community con-telegraph.ie/2024/12/17/fun…

“I’ve read a lot of Joyce, but it’s just that Finnegans Wake is more than a book. It’s like it contains the world. . . . So owning it is like having the essence of everything. I feel like it might just as well be a Sumerian text.” - Patti Smith, born OTD in 1946

The great American alcohol debate via Financial Times on.ft.com/4gAo4o5

nytimes.com/2025/01/03/hea… via The New York Times

LangerDan David Craig You have probably both read but if not Michael Farrell's book The Orange State is well worth a read IMHO

Memo to President Trump: you are wrong to leave the World Health Organization. You should think againb theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Please repost this multiple times. WHO needs all our support! Memo to President Trump: you are wrong to leave the World Health Organization. You should think again theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

America’s departure from the WHO would harm everyone (from The Economist) economist.com/science-and-te…

Contraceptives are a life-changing, life-saving tool that women around the world depend on to safeguard their health, their families, and their futures. But today the Trump Administration acted to reinstate dangerous global health funding restrictions that will limit access to

RIP #ErnieDrucker. 1940-2025. A great pioneer and godfather of #harmreduction both in the US & globally. Helped create some of the first syringe exchange programs to reduce #HIVAIDS & helped start Housing Works & Doctors of the World, & much more. Harm Reduction International Drug Policy Alliance

Sorry to see that Emeritus Professor Nick Heather (1936-2025) has passed. He was the Inaugural Director in NDARC in 1986 and made a huge contribution to the field of Addictions Research Nick Heather - Wikipedia NDARC, UNSW

François Ponchaud, priest who revealed Cambodian atrocities, dies at 85. What a truly great man he was! washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

II YEARS LATER TRUMP Pardons this fellow!! The closure of the Silk Road: what has this meant for online drug trading? - Van Buskirk - 2014 - Addiction - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Ernie Ducker’s obituary in the NYT. A great herm reduction champion #https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/health/ernest-drucker-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare via The New York Times

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.

Exciting opportunity to lead NDARC UNSW one of key global drug research center's is being advertised. See link. @ndarcnews candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies/4592…

Here is the evaluation of the New South Wales Magistrate Early Referral into Treatment Program on court diversion, reporting positive results authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09…