Matthew B @matthewbroome.bsky.social Director, Institute for Mental Health, and Chair in Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, University of Birmingham. Interested in psychosis, youth mental health, neuroscience, philosophy, phenomenology. NHS Psychiatrist in Early Intervention in Psychosis
Andrew M Bennett @andrewmbennett.bsky.social Purveyor of public health interventions | Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership | Substance use | ACEs | Healthy weight | The 13th International Club Health Conference, Ghent-Belgium, 14-16 May 2025
Hannah Poulter @hpoults.bsky.social *Harm Reduction Researcher, Teesside Uni & University of Bristol
*Trainee Health Psychologist
*Proud Teessider (UTB), Mam of three boys (two human, one canine), big believer people can change
*Views my own. 
Andrew Forrester @andrewspeaks.bsky.social Mental health, justice systems, meaning | Editor * Professor | Scotland, London, Cardiff, Latin America
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=81zO1MAAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/forrestera1
Jennifer Johannesen @jenniferjohannesen.bsky.social I make websites and also think a lot about healthcare. Bioethicist. Author of No Ordinary Boy ❤️
Euan Lawson @euanlawson.social Academic GP, Lancaster Uni. Editor, British Journal of General Practice. Research: working with people who use drugs. Chair FPH Drugs SIG. Dailyish fell/trail runner in Cumbria. My views etc…
http://linktr.ee/euanlawson
@drwillpearson.bsky.social @drwillpearson.bsky.social Asst Addictions Lead for The Salvation Army. Also GP working in homelessness. In awe of my primary care colleagues! Personal views. #harmreduction #inclusionheath #homelessness
Chris Lee @chrislee1972.bsky.social Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Change Grow Live
Phoenix Futures @phoenixfutures.bsky.social We are a charity and housing association providing services for people affected by substance use.
International Patient and Public Involvement Network @ippin.bsky.social The International PPI Network connects individuals working in, involved with and interested in patient and public involvement across the globe. Join us at https://intppinetwork.wixsite.com/ippin
Niamh Eastwood @niamhrelease.bsky.social Drug policy reform, radical harm reduction (it’s a movement not an intervention) ❤️ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
International Network of People who Use Drugs @inpud.bsky.social We are a global community based peer led network for the human rights, health & dignity of people who use drugs #powerofpeers
Anne-Marie Cockburn @anne-mariecockburn.bsky.social Mum of Martha Fernback (15) who died in 2013 of ecstasy O/D | Speaker, Author, Campaigner (drug policy/harm reduction @anyoneschild & restorative justice @TheForgivenessProject) | Wild swimmer, cyclist. Oxford, U.K.
https://substack.com/@annemariecockburn
The Anti-Stigma Network @anti-stigmanetwork.bsky.social The Anti-Stigma Network aims to improve the understanding of stigma and discrimination experienced by people affected by drug and alcohol use
Lauro Mendes @lauromendes.bsky.social 
Martin Fowler @martinfowler.com Software Design Loudmouth. Works for Thoughtworks. Also hikes, watches theater, and plays modern board games. He/him.
host of https://martinfowler.com
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems
@zoewelch.bsky.social @zoewelch.bsky.social 
Behavioural Science and Public Health Network @bsphn.bsky.social BSPHN is the independent voice for behavioural and social science applied to UK population and public health. We advocate for the use of behavioural and social sciences to reform policy, practice and service delivery to deliver a fairer, healthier UK.
Collective Voice @collective-voice.bsky.social The national alliance of charities that provide drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services in England. https://www.collectivevoice.org.uk/
Louise @louisehansford.bsky.social Hep C Elimination Coordinator for NHS Addictions Provider Alliance, Hep C U Later
Passionate about social justice & empowerment. Founder of award winning Hep C Hants P2P. UK Public Health Practitioner. MSc Public Health
Proud to be in recovery 6-7-03.
JonGlue @jonglue.bsky.social Community Worker, Tomato Grower, and Ageing Hippy/Biker. Yesterday's centrist Dad, today's angry young man. Also @jonglue.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy - follow @ap.brid.gy and interact🌱
Gillian Shorter PhD @gwshorter.bsky.social Reader in Psychology @QUBelfast
President @kettilbruunsociety.bsky.social
Alcohol/other drugs, #HarmReduction, drug consumption rooms, OPCs, SCS #AddictionSci
Loves: dogs, dance, run, sea, joy
Views own (she/her) bi #BeMoreLyra
In my own time and space
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Jake Phillips @jakephillips.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Cambridge. Researches criminal justice/probation/penology. Editor of Probation Journal. Enjoys running, playing the piano (badly), reading and generally being outdoors.
James Nicholls @jamesnicholls.bsky.social Alcohol and drug policy researcher: regulation, harm reduction, culture and politics. Might post about music and other things too…
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Sarah Helm (she/her) @sarahatthehelm.bsky.social Pākehā, Ngāi Tahu.
Executive Director, NZ Drug Foundation.
hanna @hannahead.bsky.social there’s a real chance I won’t talk drugs here and it’ll be a rings of power fan page, sorry guys. 
Gay Men's Health Collective (GMHC) @gmhc.bsky.social Life, film, and safer chemsex in a box. Gay men's health and wellbeing with support for the wider LGBTQ+ communities. 
Kev Dertadian (He/Him) 🍉 @kdertadian.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminology: non-carceral responses to drugs, harm reduction. Qualitative research on non-medical pharmaceutical use, injecting use.
Live on stolen and unceeded Wallumattagal country, and work on Bedegal country.
Peter Furlong @furlongp.bsky.social Harm Reduction Lead at Change Grow Live. The more we do together the more positive change we can create.
Toby Seddon @tobyseddon.bsky.social Professor of Social Science at University College London | UCL Social Research Institute | Chair of Release | Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences | Interested in: drug policy, social science, critical theory, history, law and society | www.tobyseddon.com
Glyn Davies @thomasglyn.bsky.social Digital Health | Substance Use | Addiction | Treatment | Recovery | Criminal Justice
Prof Harry Sumnall @profhrs.bsky.social Prof of Substance Use at the School of Psychology, and Public Health Institute, LJMU (UK) - Drug research, policy, and culture. Member of ACMD. Advisor to Anti Stigma Network, ISSUP https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/1416-harry-sumnall
Drugism Daily @drugism.bsky.social Respecting People's Drug User Identities.
Empowering Marginalized Drug Users.
Fiona Measham @fmeasham.bsky.social * Chair in Criminology, University of Liverpool
* Founder, The Loop @theloopuk.bsky.social & The Loop Australia
* Yoga & meditation instructor, Yoga Alliance Professionals
* Manchester, UK
* Also @FMeasham on X
Neil Woods @wudzee.bsky.social Board member of LEAP https://lawenforcementactionpartnership.org
Co-founder of https://www.reformrestorerecover.org
Writer, activist, public speaker, co-director https://www.oevpartners.com
Website neilwoods.net
International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net The global network promoting drug policies grounded in social justice and human rights
Anyone's Child: Families For Safer Drug Control @anyoneschild.bsky.social Anyone's Child is an international network of families who know that we can better protect our children when drugs are regulated. A campaign by @transformdrugs.bsky.social
The Drugs Wheel @thedrugswheel.bsky.social The Drugs Wheel by Mark Adley, Guy Jones & Michael Linnell is an educational and harm reduction tool, licensed under Creative Commons, currently 19 international versions www.thedrugswheel.com
@markadley.bsky.social
Susan Grant @suz281.bsky.social Interests-trauma responsive approaches social inequalities, drug & alcohol policy and reducing harm. (She/her) All views are my own
ClaireRobbinsok @clairerrok.bsky.social Old drink and drugs nurse, end the war on people who use drugs, end prohibition, legalise drugs make them safe and quality controlled. I wish for world peace, idealistic some may say. Views are my own. 
Release: Drugs, The Law & Your Rights @releasedrugs.bsky.social UK's centre of expertise on drugs and drug law. Global reports on decrim and racist policing. Campaigning for rights of people who use drugs.
Need advice? Contact 020 7324 2989/ ask@release.org.uk
SteveRolles @steverolles.bsky.social Senior Policy Analyst for Transform Drug Policy Foundation
www.transformdrugs.org mostly tweeting on drug policy/law reform. Own views etc. Also/formerly @stevetransform on *the other place*
Drug Policy Alliance @drugpolicy.org The nation’s leading org promoting drug policies grounded in evidence, health, equity, & human rights. #NoMoreDrugWar. ED: @kassandrafred.bsky.social https://drugpolicy.org/
Catriona Matheson @catrionamath.bsky.social All about evidence to reduce drug harms. Freelance research consultant and Prof in Substance Use, University of Stirling. FRPharmS.
PeteKrykantDCR @petekrykantdcr.bsky.social Fighting for the rights of people who use drugs and an end to the needless pain, suffering, and loss of life directly as a result of archaic, outdated, and inhumane drug laws.
Graham Parsons FRPharmS @grahamparsons.bsky.social Proud Pharmacist and Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation at Waythrough.
Posts are my own and not reflective of my current or past employers.
PUSB
Mark Gilman @markgilman2.bsky.social Harm Reduction: Research, Policy & Practice since 1981. From the Deeply Vale Free Festival to today. The war on drugs is over...drugs have won. 
@judithyates.bsky.social @judithyates.bsky.social Retired UK GP and drug policy warrior.
Lynne Jaap @lynnejaap.bsky.social Service user involvement project lead Change Grow Live 30 yrs of lived experience, 25 yrs of campaigning for zero stigma, I strive to amplify the voices of those often unheard, ensuring they are included in shaping better pathways toward a fulfilling life.
Karen Biggs @karenbiggs.bsky.social Chief Executive of Phoenix Futures a charity specialising in psychosocial drug and alcohol treatment and the largest charitable provider of residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation services. Chair of the Anti Stigma Network.
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.
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
Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Posts mine 🏳️🌈 |National Director, PublicHealthWales |Visiting Prof Unis of Herts & Bangor| Chair www.prisonadvice.org.uk | Trustee St Joseph's Hospice |Theology, Uni Roehampton |Caritas CSAN Theological Ref Grp Member| https://linktr.ee/jimmcmanus
LEAP UK @ukleap.bsky.social We’re LEAP UK, part of Law Enforcement Action Partnership. Working together with communities for social justice solutions.
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
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
Tich 🏴 @tich76.bsky.social Person in recovery. Life began again for me at 40. Work to help families. Love Lego, coffee and my people. Special interest in recovery communities, progressive drug policy, and stigma.
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!
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.
MANDRAKE @mandrakelab.bsky.social MANchester DRug Analysis & Knowledge Exchange @ Manchester Metropolitan University. Award winning partnership working to deliver effective harm reduction through excellence in science.
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
Rob Ralphs @robralphs.bsky.social Professor of Criminology & Social Policy @ Manchester Metropolitan University. He/Him. Mancunian. Interested in all things drug related:Use/Markets/Policy/NPS/IPEDS/Chemsex/Harm Reduction/Trends/ Treatment/Homeless/Pleasure/Prison/Testing etc.
The BMJ @bmj.com The BMJ is patient centred, evidence based, and independent. Help us improve the health of our world with the best science, journalism, education, and comment. 
Patients Association @patients-association.org.uk We are an independent charity campaigning for patient partnership. For our social media community guidelines, see: https://bit.ly/3X9Hd83
The Royal College of Psychiatrists @rcpsych.bsky.social Royal College of Psychiatrists: Improving the lives of people affected by mental illness.
🖥➡️ rcpsych.ac.uk
Adam Holland @holla-adam.bsky.social (he/him)
Public Health Consultant researching drugs and stigma at the University of Bristol
John Marsden @johnmarsden.bsky.social Addiction journal Editor-in-Chief
Head - Addictions Dept, King’s College London
Transform Drug Policy Foundation @transformdrugs.bsky.social Transform is an independent NGO, and UK registered charity, working nationally and internationally towards more just and effective drugs policies, including a safer system of legal regulation for all drugs.
https://transformdrugs.org/
Julian Buchanan, PhD @julianbuchanan.bsky.social Pioneered risk/harm reduction in Liverpool in 1980s. Ex Drug Worker & Criminology Professor.
Speaker, Blogger, Writer, Activist for drug reform.
Founding member of Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa.
Pākehā/Scouser
https://julianbuchanan.wordpress.com/
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social The UK's professional membership body for #publichealth. We work with our members to protect and improve health for all. www.fph.org.uk
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
Mat Southwell @matsouthwell.bsky.social Technical advisor, drug user advocate and human rights activist working on harm reduction, drug treatment and community mobilisation with people who use drugs.
Ian Hamilton @profianhamilton.bsky.social Addiction specialist, write for the Independent, BMJ, The Conversation, ByLine Times
Adfam @adfam.bsky.social Leading national families and addiction charity in England. We are here for all the millions of people affected by someone else’s drinking or drug use.
adfam.org.uk
Emir Taha @emir-t.bsky.social Training & Development officer @scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social embedding peer 2 peer naloxone throughout Scotland. #StopTheDeaths all views are my own.
Alan McGee @mcgee666.bsky.social Public Health Practitioner interested in harm reduction, critical sociology and poststructural drug policy analysis. Current research interests include the harm producing effects of drug policy
Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social I’m a journalist who covers drugs, clubs, and culture 
Stephen Malloy @nephetsyollam.bsky.social Working hard to get medicines to people who need them.
Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs @scottishfamilies.bsky.social We are a national charity which supports anyone affected by someone else’s alcohol or drug use in Scotland, whether they are still actively using substances, are in recovery, or you are bereaved.
Helpline: 08080 10 10 11
www.sfad.org.uk
Mike P @mikewp.bsky.social Still trying to make a difference in the worlds of drugs, alcohol, and justice. Spurs fan, gig goer, frustrated golfer, husband, dad and sometime worker
Crew: mind altering @crew2000.bsky.social Edinburgh, Scotland | Charity est 1992 (SC021500) | Reduces harm and stigma associated with drugs (including alcohol)| Neither condemn/condone; we give info, advice, support to reduce risks and harms.
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.
Will Haydock @williamhaydock.bsky.social Executive Director at Collective Voice, which represents charities that provide treatment for people with issues with alcohol or other drugs. Previously in local and national government, and before that doing academic research.
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