💊 Study of 3 million adults prescribed opioids found 84% of self-harm events and 81% of suicides didn't involve opioids.

Challenges belief that prescribing opioids increases self-harm risk.

Higher doses/longer exposure did show association.

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#Opioids #SelfHarm #SuicidePrevention

Lambing has started 😃 Beltex tup onto a pure Charolais ewes if you wanted to know

Man dies outside UK's first drug consumption room in Glasgow Police sealed off the entrance to The Thistle on Hunter Street on Sunday morning, and said the death was not believed to be suspicious.

This service saves many more lives www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Look North (Yorkshire) - Evening News: 07/01/2026 The latest news, sport and weather for Yorkshire.

Spoke to @bbclooknorth.bsky.social about children vaping starts at 12:15 - www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Cannabis dependence is rising in England and Wales – but treatment is lagging Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in the UK.

Cannabis dependence is rising in England and Wales – but treatment is lagging
theconversation.com/cannabis-dep...

What is crystal MDMA and how can it lead to death? What is crystal MDMA and how can it lead to death?

Includes some of my comments...
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/fb-15...

Bid to let drug users smoke cocaine in Glasgow consumption room The Thistle currently lets people inject heroin or cocaine while under medical supervision without being prosecuted, but does not have a smoking room.

Interesting development but expect opposition www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Men's Health Strategy for England Details the government’s 10-year vision for men's health and the actions we are taking now to improve the health and wellbeing of all men and boys in England.

Speaking to @iaindale.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk at 9pm about the new mens health strategy www.gov.uk/government/p...

Agree, alcohol is so normalised it’s all too easy to forget the health costs

Can we reduce the harms associated with alcohol by 2030? Ian Hamilton considers a study on the national, regional, and global statistics on alcohol consumption and associated burden of disease between 2000-2020.

Todays piece for @thementalelf.bsky.social looks at #alcohol www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-healt...

the Groundhog Day of British Drug Deaths Same deaths. Different year. Why aren't we doing more?

Chatted to @davidhillier about latests drug related deaths open.substack.com/pub/whatarey...

Chatting to @niabbot.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the Greens policy to regulate drugs

‘They are treated with the most appalling hostility’: the... The number of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in Britain has soared, and many are being put at risk having got here

I’ve got two articles in this week’s Observer. One is a big piece of reporting on lone asylum seeking kids arriving in Britain - a group is often missed out of the conversation observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Inside Britain’s Cocaine Crisis: Why More People Than Ever Are Using the Drug – and the Deadly Cost One writer who’s seen the tragic consequences of Britain’s sesh culture first-hand asks: why aren’t we talking about it?

Interviewed about cocaine www.menshealth.com/uk/health/a6...

Expecting the kind of grown up, logical and inherently truthful conversation that politicians have been unable to provide in more than 100 years…

Looking forward to chatting to @matthew-wright.bsky.social about #cannabis tomorrow morning on @lbc.co.uk 7am

Britain is not yet an opioid nation but rising drug death... Policymakers are alert to the growing menace of opioids, if not to the most effective solutions

@profhrs.bsky.social & I sopke to @marthagill.bsky.social for this piece observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Drugs: researchers shouldn’t just focus on the harms Understanding the pleasure drugs give people would help to prevent the harms.

We still don’t talk enough about the pleasure of drugs theconversation.com/drugs-resear...

New opium capital of the world risks funnelling millions to terrorists Poppy farms now cover thousands of hectares of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan region

Interesting that Pakistan has overtaken Afghanistan on opium production www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/f45ec1c...

Lulu opens up about battle with alcoholism after violent childhood left her with PTSD | LBC Scottish music icon Lulu has admitted she was

Booked to discuss this on @lbc.co.uk shortly www.lbc.co.uk/article/lulu...

Scottish drug deaths fall but remain worst in Europe The number of drug deaths is expected to have dropped slightly, but experts warn that any fall will most likely be a blip.

‘Scottish drug deaths fall but remain worst in Europe’

We need to do so much more. If we’re serious about saving lives then we need drastic changes to policies and attitudes.

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Some of my thoughts about Ketamine..www.thenewworld.co.uk/ian-hamilton-sinking-int...

Professor Ian Hamilton: Stimulants - Why Some People Get Addicted, And Others Don’t | Aging Less #22 YouTube video by Longevity Science Labs

Spoke to @kpi - why some people become addicted and others don't - www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_8_...

Daytimes on BBC Radio York - Ian Hamilton on helping people and researching addiction - BBC Sounds He is Associate Professor in addiction at the University of York

Spoke to @bbc about drugs - www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Vintage Ladybird Books | Was anybody else watching BBC Breakfast just now and noticed this guy's bookshelf | Facebook Was anybody else watching BBC Breakfast just now and noticed this guy's bookshelf?

This is what people notice when you are on the telly talking about addiction www.facebook.com/groups/12164...

You are trending on Facebook! Xx

Shopping addiction should be taken more seriously say sufferers People with experience of compulsive buying say more NHS help is needed to tackle the issue.

Spoke to @bbc for this piece.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Teen drug use today, mental health struggles tomorrow? What the evidence says New research from Denmark unpacks how adolescent substance use can pave a dangerous path to future mental health crises. Clinicians, take note.

My blog for @thementalelf.bsky.social www.nationalelfservice.net?p=222264&pre...

Syringe attacks at France-wide music event: How panic spread on social media After the evening of Fête de la Musique, nearly 145 suspected cases of 'random syringe attacks' were reported. Yet, to date, not a single case of drug injection has been confirmed.

Most of the media regurgitated the scare story about needle attacks at a Paris festival.

At Vice we found no evidence to back up a similar scare story that went viral in the UK in 2022.

Looks like Le Monde have done the leg work and come to a similar conclusion

www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar...

Two young women speak to the BBC about why ketamine has become such a popular drug.
‘This government is driving down the use of Ketamine’ I’d like to know how?

As young people's use of ketamine soars a review is due to take place into whether it should be upgraded.
Would making Ketamine a class A drug save lives