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Inside the Loop's London Launch An A–K of the capital’s new drug checking service

Proud to announce that @theloopuk.bsky.social has started 2 regular drug checking services in London, with a 3rd opening soon!
Free, non judgmental #harmreduction advice from dedicated professionals.
Read @whatareyou0n.bsky.social’s article here:-
whatareyouon.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Drug checking in Camden. 12pm - 7pm, Saturday 4th April at CGL King's Studio, 43-45 King's Terrace, Camden, London. Drug Checking, Harm Reduction, Accurate Information.

Tomorrow we are drug checking in #Camden

How does it work?
1. Surrender a substance
2. Tell us what you think it is & about your drug use
3. We do lab tests inc. a test for synthetic opioids
4. After ~1 hour, we have results & can give honest advice

wearetheloop.org/drug-checking

Off to see it at Home, Manchester, tomorrow night.

As featured at @fabriclondon.bsky.social!
The Loop #harmreduction infographics are designed to be printed XXL for nightclub, festival & hall of residence walls.
Download all 4 infographics at @theloopuk.bsky.social website for ✨free✨!
#JustSayKnow

Our next drug checking dates are: - 4th April in Camden - 18th April in Hackney - 25th April in Bristol

Today is #InternationalDrugCheckingDay

Our free & confidential service is for all.

Our next drug checking dates are:
- 4th April in Camden
- 18th April in Hackney
- 25th April in Bristol

Find out more, including where to go on our website:
wearetheloop.org/drug-checking

⚠️ We have launched 2 new drug checking services in London - in @hackneycouncil.bsky.social & @camdencouncil.bsky.social. Read our statement below & check out our website for more info:
wearetheloop.org/media-centre...

This Saturday we are back in Bristol City Centre with our FREE drug checking service

📅 Saturday, 28th February
🕗12-7pm
📍Bristol Drugs Project, 11 Brunswick Square, BS2 8PE

Visit our website for more information: wearetheloop.org/drug-checking

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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video

should Young People drink more? Fear in the age of abstinence

Fascinating piece by @whatareyou0n.bsky.social on fear, fun, (lack of) alcohol & generational change in nightlife, with brief comment from my students.
open.substack.com/pub/whatarey...

Happy 2nd birthday to regular #drugchecking in the UK!
Watch the video charting the launch of @theloopuk.bsky.social Bristol drug checking service, containing interviews with senior chemist Guy, senior health professional Debs & CEO Katy at the launch.
2 years of testing, learning & #harmreduction.

Amol Rajan to leave Radio 4's Today programme to launch his own company The presenter will continue to host University challenge and his Radical podcast for the BBC.

Noooooo!
@radio4rne.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...

SoTA's Georgian home in Abercromby Square.

School of the Arts @sotauol.bsky.social showing off its fine compositional skills here, as you would expect 🎨🏛️

UK's first legal drug consumption room registers almost 600 users The Thistle in Glasgow has been used for 7,827 injections of illegal drugs in its first year.

The UK's first safer drug consumption facility has registered 575 users in its first year.
The Thistle in Glasgow has been accessed 11,348 times and used for 7,827 injections of illegal drugs. Staff on site also managed 93 medical emergencies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How indoor fireworks keep causing deadly nightclub infernos Swiss officials think sparklers were the likely cause of a New Year's Eve tragedy, making it the latest in a long line of bar blazes where fireworks have been blamed.

Fireworks, pyrotechnics, sparklers, flares…
Please can we ban them from basement nightclubs with flammable soundproofing, only 1 exit up a narrow staircase, & no functioning alarms, extinguishers or sprinklers?
Or, can we just ban fireworks from indoor venues full stop?
news.sky.com/story/how-in...

A magazine/catalogue named "Men in Belted Sweaters", sporting six photos of - you guessed it - men in belted sweaters, in different styles and colours, all of them utterly, bafflingly awful. If you are visually impaired you should, on this occasion, consider yourself blessed.

When people say they want to go back to a time "when men were men", I point them to Issue 2528 of the "Men in Belted Sweaters" catalogue.

If you, or someone you know, is experiencing domestic abuse, sexual violence or any other form of violence against women, our Live Fear Free Helpline is open 24/7, including Christmas and New Year.

We are here for whatever you need, whether that's support, advice or just a listening ear.

& Katz!

He looks like he might be too young to conscientiously object or run away.

Some regular MDMA users are unaware that MDMA itself can cause overdose & death.
~80 people die in the UK every year from MDMA overdose, not adulterants, contaminants or a ‘bad batch’.
The current trend for dissolving in drinks is an additional risk factor in many of these.

#CrushDabWait 👟👇🕑

I am trying to get hold of Alasdair Forsyth, esteemed writer of many academic articles about nightlife in the 90s + 2000s. He has dropped off the radar and I can't get him through his old university (Glasgow Caledonian) and not turned him up on social. Does anyone have a lead? @fmeasham.bsky.social

#TakeQuarterSipWater
#CrushDabWait
#GoSlowStayLow
More harm reduction advice & drug testing info at: www.wearetheloop.org

This Cultural Life - Mark Ronson - BBC Sounds Music producer and songwriter Mark Ronson reveals his creative influences and experiences.

Thoughtful, humble, passionate about music. Lovely man.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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A sad indictment of academia & wider society that self promotion on social media is an increasingly accepted & expected part of the job.
“Honoured”, “humbled”, “excited” & “grateful” should be banned!

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