Rune Ellefsen @runeell.bsky.social P/CVE, policing, hate crime, social movements & addiction treatment. Researcher at Oslo University (C-REX) & Oslo University Hospital (RusForsk).
Prevention Research Center Resource Link for Community Action @prc-rc-1.bsky.social The Resource Link for Community Action of PIRE-PRC provides information and guidance to state and community agencies and organizations, policy makers, and members of the public who prevent alcohol and other drug abuse and misuse.
Justin Berk @justinberk.bsky.social Addiction medicine physician-researcher at Alpert Medical School at Brown University. Director, Center for Health and Justice Transformation
Rob Calder @robcalder.bsky.social CEO at the Society for the Study of Addiction - views my own.
Dr Hannah Farrimond @hannahfarrimond.bsky.social Stigma and stigma theory; drugs and pharmaceutical cultures; addiction; tobacco, vaping, alcohol, cannabis, psychedelics; sociology of health/biomed; social impacts of brain injury; Associate Professor,
University of Exeter, UK
@gabby-yor.bsky.social @gabby-yor.bsky.social
Krysia Canvin @krysiacanvin.bsky.social Researcher interested in “inclusion health” , health inequalities, prison, mental health, addiction, participatory and partnership methods and supporting lived experience leadership.
Hannah Carver @drhannahcarver.bsky.social Associate Professor in Substance Use/Co-Director SACASR, Uni of Stirling. Interested in substance use, public health, inequalities, qualitative research.
Jo Neill @profjoneill.bsky.social Prof of Psychopharmacology. Chair of DrugScience Psychedelics Working Group. Drug law reform & Psychedelic medicine.
Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance @ceacg.bsky.social 📍 Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
🔎 Sociological research on addictions
Visit our website: https://tinyurl.com/ceacghelsinki
Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com Independent Journalism on State Violence
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Ryan McNeil @ryanmcneil.bsky.social Associate Professor (Medicine/Public Health/Anthro) at Yale | opinions own
David Foord @dgfoord.bsky.social Nursing & Quality Director at St Andrew’s Healthcare
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Lydia Plant @lydiaplant.bsky.social Chief Exec at Bristol Drugs Project. Interests include harm reduction, drug use (particularly LGBT+ and women's use), Motivational Interviewing, and all things Bristol. Views my own.
She/Her
Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (DARC) at Middlesex University @darc-mdx.bsky.social We are a multidisciplinary centre for cutting edge drug and alcohol research based at Middlesex University, London, UK.
Website: http://drugandalcoholresearchcentre.org/
Erin Ferguson @erinfergusonphd.bsky.social Postdoc, Brown University CAAS | research interests in substance use, HIV, and pain | clinical psychologist | formerly @UF @brownclinpsych @SpelmanCollege alumna (she/her)
Russell Webster @russellwebster.com Researcher, evaluator, consultant & writer in drugs, alcohol & criminal justice. My blog keeps you up-to-date on the latest policy, practice and research.
Tim Piatkowski @piatkowskitim.bsky.social Lived(-ing) Experience Researcher, Enhancement Drugs (#ROIDs)
Turning Point 💙 @turningpoint-uk.bsky.social Whether you come to us with drug or alcohol issues, a mental health concern, or a learning disability, we can provide the free and confidential support you need ♥
https://www.turning-point.co.uk/
Jo Neale @joneale.bsky.social Professor of Addictions Qualitative Research, King's College London
Policy Research Unit in Addictions @nihr-pruaddictions.bsky.social Research unit at King's College London focusing on policies across addiction prevention, treatment, harm reduction and recovery. Directed by Prof Leonie Brose and Prof John Holmes.
🌐: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/nihr-policy-research-unit-in-addictions
Carl (CJ) Litif, Ph.D. @litif.bsky.social Postdoc (Telese Lab - UCSD) 🐭🧠 Investigating the molecular underpinnings of substance use disorder
Andrea Walker, MPH, MA @dreaw404.bsky.social Public health official. Inaugural Fellow, Bloomberg American Health Initiative. Delta Omega. Daughter of an immigrant. Thoughts are my own.
Drugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS) @drnscot.bsky.social A collaboration between academics, service providers, experts by experience and policy makers to facilitate knowledge exchange of drugs research.
Hannah Pitt @hannahpitt.bsky.social Public health researcher exploring the impact of the commercial determinants of health on children and young people.
Klaudia Kepa @klaudia8292.bsky.social PhD Candidate at #CAPR Centre for Alcohol Policy Research #LaTrobeUniversity. Background in Public Health and Health Education and Promotion. Love working with substances :)
Amelia Henry @ameliahenry.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use
A/Prof Emily Stockings @emilystockings.bsky.social A/Prof. Author. Speaker. PhD. Mum^3.
Program Lead Smoking, Vaping & Mental Health
The Matilda Centre, University of Sydney
https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/emily-stockings.html
@lizbarrett.bsky.social @lizbarrett.bsky.social Drug policy researcher, unionist, pun enthusiast.
Professor Jason Ferris @jasonferris22.bsky.social Substance Use (alcohol and other drugs) Epidemiologist, Harm Reduction Advocate, Data Scientist, Collaborative 😊
Annette Peart @annettepeart.bsky.social Senior research fellow
Louise Mewton @louisemewton.bsky.social A/Prof at the Matilda Centre, USYD. Understanding, classifying and preventing risky alcohol use across the lifespan.
Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social Professor in Social Work & Social Policy @ La Trobe University. Sociologist of alcohol & drug use. Everyone's views are only partially their own.
Gabriel Caluzzi @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher with the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research at La Trobe University. Interested in alcohol, drugs and youth/health sociology (he/him)
Josh Trigg @joshltrigg.bsky.social #Health | #Risk | #BehaviouralScience | #Horror Enthusiast | #PublicHealth Researcher/Educator | FlindersHMRI | Assoc Editor Health Prom J | #FirstGen | on Kaurna Land | Views own | flinders.edu.au/people/joshua.trigg
BDP | Bristol Drugs Project @bdpbristol.bsky.social Free confidential alcohol & drug support
Health & Harm Reduction Centre, Needle Exchange & Naloxone
Contact: info@bdp.org.uk - 0117 987 6000
www.bdp.org.uk
Thomas Friis Sogaard @thomasfriissogaard.bsky.social Associate Professor in social science drug research, with a particular interest in drug markets and drug policy
Dr Oliver Sutcliffe @sutcliffeob.bsky.social RSC Analytical Science Horizon Prizewinner; CChem FRSC; Academic; Director of MANDRAKE (https://bsky.app/profile/mandrakelab.bsky.social); Synthesis, detection & quantification of drugs & #NPS; #HarmReduction; RTs ≠ endorsement
Ricky N. Bluthenthal @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social Husband, father, Chair, & Distinguished Professor, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Fan of UC Santa Cruz, harm reduction, & helping out. (he/him/his)
The Loop @theloopuk.bsky.social Award winning UK drug checking charity (#1200533) founded in 2012
TEDI member
‘Top 20 public health achievement of the C21st’ (as voted by RSPH)
We promote harm reduction, health & wellbeing through drug checking, testing, research, training & information.
Ben Jarman @benjarman.uk Criminologist and prison researcher. Scholar of punishment, fascinated by human extremes. Husband of better half, Quaker, lover of silence, servant of unquiet spaniel and toddler. https://benjarman.uk for more on my work.
Alison Ritter @alisonritter.bsky.social Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) at Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Dr Melissa Jardine @majardine.bsky.social Ethnographer | PI @arc_gov_au DP #Pacific Policing | Hon. Fellow @unimelbMSPGH | @Asia21Leaders | @UNODC | Author of ‘Policing in a Changing #Vietnam’
@judithyates.bsky.social @judithyates.bsky.social Retired UK GP and drug policy warrior.
Caitlin Hughes @drcaitlinhughes.bsky.social Associate Professor in #Criminology & #DrugPolicy. Flinders University.
President - International Society for the Study of Drug Policy issdrugpolicy.bsky.social. #DrugLaws #Decriminalisation #Policing #DrugMarkets #CrossNationalResearch
Henning Schmidt-Semisch @schmidt-semisch.bsky.social Public Health | Addiction and Drug-Policy-Research | Sociology of Health and Illness | Criminology | Uni Bremen
https://lmy.de/drETU
Deb Hussey @hussey-deb.bsky.social Harm Reductionist. Works at Exchange Supplies. Massive fan of Naloxone. Volunteer with the Loop. Posts about Harm Reduction & not much else.Views my own, unless I stole them from someone funnier than me. She/Her
Sam Shirley-Beavan @samshirls.bsky.social PhD in harm reduction, drug policy and drug peace.
📍Maputo, Mozambique
Michal Wanke @wnkz.bsky.social context collapse *
cannabis social worlds / migrations / qual sociologist / double rhymes *
uni opole (💫cultural studies) + krakow uni of econ (🌈CASPAR👾)
Ben Senator @bensenator.bsky.social Researcher & doctoral fellow @ RAND. Interests in drug policy, regulation, at the intersection of public health and crime.
Megan Cook @meganpcook.bsky.social Postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research at La Trobe University. Interested in alcohol, family and gender.
She/Her
Natalie Cerocchi @nataliecerocchi.bsky.social PhD candidate at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research.
I’m examining the denormalisation of underage heavy drinking.
DrugWise @drugwise.bsky.social Follow us for all the latest key reports and developments relating to drugs. www.drugwise.org.uk. You can also subscribe to our free daily newsletter - www.dsdaily.org.uk
Julie Harris @drjulieharris.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology at Ulster University.
Research: drugs; harm reduction; social justice.
Views own.
https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/julie-harris
Alex Stevens @profalexstevens.bsky.social Professor of Criminology, University of Sheffield. Trustee at Criminal Justice Alliance. Volunteer for Sheffield Jazz. Peak District walker. Drug policy geek.
Thomas Martinelli @thomasmartinelli.bsky.social Criminology | Drugs | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Harm reduction | Recovery | Trimbos institute
Dr Emily Nicholls @dremilynicholls.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology @University of York. Alcohol, sobriety, veganism, (non)consumption. Current work - no/low alcohol drinks (tinyurl.com/noloyork) and meat substitutes
Jack Spicer @jackhspicer.bsky.social Criminologist at University of Bath. Interested in drug markets, policing, policy and harm reduction
Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social The Drinking Studies Network is an interdisciplinary and international research group that connects scholars working on drink and drinking cultures. We are free to join and welcome all. More info at https://drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/
Harry Tattan-Birch @tattanbirch.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at UCL | GradStat | Vaping, Smoking and Behavioural Science | Fan of Open Science
Wez Steele @steelewez.bsky.social Naloxone pusher & harm reductionist at @scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social#StopTheDeaths
Pushing for policy change to improve outcomes for people who use drugs.
Catdad and fishing (rarely catching 😆)
Positive vibes only!
Aileen O'Gorman @aileenog.bsky.social Professor of Substance Use and Social Policy @UWScotland. Harm Reduction and Social Justice advocate. Views my own ... and evidence.
Peer van der Kreeft @peervanderkreeft.bsky.social prevention
Matt Rive @mattrive.bsky.social PhD Criminology candidate at the University of Manchester, researching multi-agency safeguarding responses to cuckooing. Registered Social Worker, Practice Educator, Visiting Lecturer, and Robert Owen enthusiast.
Marjorie Levinstein @drmarjoriel.bsky.social Neuroscientist, Postdoc at NIDA. Outside of lab I crochet, garden on my roof, and explore. Passionate about labor organizing. Views are my own.
Financial Secretary - NIH Fellows United/UAW 2750
Go Cubs!
Keelin O'Reilly @keelinoreilly.bsky.social 🔍 Researcher - Drug Policy Modelling Program
📄 Drug laws, decrim, treatment planning, harm reduction
📍 Sydney, Aus
SARG - SCHARR @sarg-scharr.bsky.social Sheffield Addictions Research Group is part of the Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR) at the University of Sheffield.
Magdalena Harris @pwud-pride.bsky.social Harm reduction & home baking
Prof of Inclusion Health Sociology, LSHTM
Current projects:
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/ihost
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/sipp
History: http://youtu.be/0H51Nk-I7PA
Tiffany Jenzer, PhD @tjenzer.bsky.social Postdoc, substance use disorders, emotion regulation
ISSUP @issup.net Official account of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP). Uniting the international substance use prevention, treatment and recovery support workforce.
Join ISSUP: https://www.issup.net/about-issup/membership
Karina Lorentzen @karinalorentzen.bsky.social Folketingsmedlem for SF. Sydjyde. Landdistrikts- og retsordfører.
@torstenkolind.bsky.social @torstenkolind.bsky.social Professor at Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University, Denmark
@zoeswithenbank.bsky.social @zoeswithenbank.bsky.social
Andy Perkins @andyperkins.bsky.social Director of a thriving social research company specialising in alcohol and other drug use research, evaluation and consultancy - across the UK and Europe. Proud Dad, keen golfer and massive Leicester City fan.
Institute of Health Equity @marmotihe.bsky.social The UCL Institute of Health Equity was established in 2011 and is led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot
Tony Avery @tonyavery.bsky.social National Clinical Director for Prescribing, NHS England, GP, and Professor of Primary Health Care, University of Nottingham
Veronica Richards, PhD ✨ @veronicarichards.bsky.social she/her. assistant professor at the Health Promotion Research Center/OUHSC. training by UF & Penn State. alcohol researcher. public health.
Dr Chris Cooper 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @drccooper.bsky.social Researcher in community wellbeing @northumbriauniversity. Researching homelessness, trauma, and creative health, marginalisation, inequalities, and the life course. Pronouns: she/her
Kelly Knight @kellyrayknight.bsky.social Medical Anthropologist @ University of California - San Francisco
Associate Director, Benioff Housing and Homelessness Initiative
Opioid Industry Document Archive
addicted.pregnant.poor
Prof Liz Aston @lizaston.bsky.social Prof of Criminology Edinburgh Napier University, Director of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research. Local policing & intersections with health (drugs & harm reduction) & technology (PI INTERACT)
Justyna Klingemann @justklingemann.bsky.social sociologist of (mental) health at the Military Institute of Medicine – National Research Institute in Warsaw 🇵🇱: suicide prevention - peer support work - addictions - treatment systems - human & patient rights - stigma - qualitative methods
Karen Duke @karenduke.bsky.social Professor in Criminology at Middlesex University, UK; Co-Director Drug & Alcohol Research Centre @darc-mdx.bsky.social; Co-Editor-in-Chief @deppjournal.bsky.social; Trustee at Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social
Luke Mitcheson @lukemitcheson.bsky.social Clinical psychologist working in NHS addiction services, researcher, and government advisor. Views are my own.
Owen Bowden-Jones @owenbowdenjones.bsky.social CBE / Psychiatrist and Founder, Club Drug Clinic/ Hon Prof, UCL/ Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists/ President, Society for the Study of Addiction/ past-Chair, ACMD 2017-25 / past-Policy Fellow, CSaP, Uni of Cambridge 2023-25/ Personal views only
Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social He/him. Public policy researcher/analyst, journalist.
Editor, DrugPolicyFacts.org and HealthSystemsFacts.org.
Producer/Host, Free Culture Radio
https://kboo.fm/program/free-culture-radio
and Century of Lies
https://drugtruth.net/century-of-lies
Drug Policy Facts @drugpolicyfacts.bsky.social Drug Policy Facts is a project of the Real Reporting Foundation. We provide excerpts of current information and statistics with complete citations and links to the source materials.
https://www.drugpolicyfacts.org/
Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social Journalist at The Globe and Mail, based in Vancouver.
AndreaWoo@globeandmail.com
instagram.com/andreawoo
Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social International Public Speaker.
Harm Reduction and Recovery advocate.
Survivor of addiction, gangs and homelessness.
Telling my story.
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition @candrugpolicy.bsky.social Advancing drug policies grounded in public health, human rights and compassion. Part of @SFU_FHS
www.drugpolicy.ca
Jane Philpott @janephilpott.bsky.social Personal account. Mom and Grandma. Chair of Ontario’s Primary Care Action Team. Family physician. Former dean of health sciences. Former federal minister of health. Author of HEALTH FOR ALL available now at https://bit.ly/3SMKVU2
Get Your Drugs Tested @gydt.bsky.social Free street-drug analysis service in Vancouver, Canada.
Sponsored by The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary and The Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary.
Founded 2019 by @DanaLarsen
Over 80,000 test results online at GetYourDrugsTested.com
John Holmes @jholmessheff.bsky.social Professor of Alcohol Policy at the University of Sheffield. Co-Director of NIHR Policy Research Unit in Addictions. Research focuses on alcohol pricing and MUP, no/lo drinks, youth drinking, drinking guidelines and more. Occasionally rants about Everton.
Kate Roberts PhD, MDiv, LCSW @katelcsw.bsky.social Therapist | Researcher working with women who use drugs| My own views| Heart in Durham body in the Bay Area | 🏳️🌈💉❤️
Dr Alex Barker @abbarkerpsych.bsky.social Dr Alex Barker || Lecturer / researcher in Psychology / Public Health || AFBPsS CPsychol FHEA|| Dad || deaf 🦻
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-5114
Monica Barratt @monicabarratt.bsky.social Drugs, harm reduction, humane drug policies, drug checking, drug markets, social equity. Academic + advocate. Curtin, Loop, Bluelight.