Charlotte @charlottebayes.bsky.social I write about sex and relationships and I like vaping
https://linktr.ee/Charlottebhc
Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social #harmreduction #careisnotforced
#careisnotcoerced
Supporting others grieving a toxic drug poisoning loss, like me.
Treat everyone with kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.
Treaty 6 - Alberta
Manu Ekanayake @manueky.bsky.social Oh God, this is just what we do now, isn't it? Just go from platform to platform like some kind of ongoing Littlest Hobo scenario
Dr Claire Markham @culturalclare.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology. Rurality, pubs, communities, social harms, sustainability, co-production. Also💜 history. Views my own. @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
@drinkingstudies.bsky.social
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/
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/
Zoë Dodd @zoedodd.bsky.social Anti drug war activist, anti-capitalist, harm reduction. Co-organizer with Toronto Overdose Prevention Society. Committed to living in a better world. Free 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/saveoursites
Beau Kilmer @beaukilmer.bsky.social Codirect @RANDCorporation Drug Policy Research Center w/ Rosanna Smart. RT≠endorsement; views mine
Centre for Evidence Based Drug Policy @drugpolicyuk.bsky.social Evidence based drug policies protect the public, help the NHS, reduce drug related harms & support UK bioscience.
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
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
Harm Reduction International @harmreductionintl.bsky.social We envision a world in which drug policies uphold dignity, health and rights. We use data and advocacy to promote harm reduction and drug policy reform.
hri.global
Marie Jauffret-Roustide @marieroustide.bsky.social Research Fellow Inserm CEMS France, Sociology, Political Science, Drug Policy, Harm reduction, Gender studies, Ethnicity, participatory method
Trustee ISDDP, Scientific committee EUDA
Scientific director D3S program EHESS IRESP
Revue Esprit editorial board
Judith Aldridge @judithaldridge.bsky.social Drug use, drug markets, drug policy. Internet-facilitated drug supply. Criminology @University of Manchester
International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net The global network promoting drug policies grounded in social justice and human rights
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
International Journal of Drug Policy @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social The forum for dissemination of current research, reviews, debate, & critical analysis in international drug policy. Affiliated: ISSDP & INHSU.
James Windle @jameswindle.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University College Cork. Mostly drug markets, drug policy, illicit enterprise and organised crime. Currently writing a book on East London subcultures
Jack Spicer @jackhspicer.bsky.social Criminologist at University of Bath. Interested in drug markets, policing, policy and harm reduction
Ontario Drug Policy Research Network @odprn.bsky.social The Ontario Drug Policy Research Network provides timely, high quality drug policy research impacting societal outcomes & improving healthcare systems
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.
Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social Calling for policies that are based on evidence, science and human rights #drugpolicyreform
Follow does not imply endorsement.
globalcommissionondrugs.org
Chelsea L. Shover, PhD @chelsealshover.bsky.social Epidemiologist, faculty at UCLA. Drug policy, overdose, data, etc.
Ben Scher @ben-scher.bsky.social Lecturer/Postdoc in Global Health @Princeton Center for Health and Wellbeing | Research Affiliate @DSPI_Oxford | Drug Policy, Harm Reduction, OPCs, Low-Barrier Housing
Alison Ritter @alisonritter.bsky.social Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) at Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Keelin O'Reilly @keelinoreilly.bsky.social 🔍 Researcher - Drug Policy Modelling Program
📄 Drug laws, decrim, treatment planning, harm reduction
📍 Sydney, Aus
Thomas Friis Sogaard @thomasfriissogaard.bsky.social Associate Professor in social science drug research, with a particular interest in drug markets and drug policy
Winnie Agnew-Pauley @wagnewpauley.bsky.social PhD. Criminology & drug policy researcher.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Simon Fraser University (SFU) researching decriminalization & policing in British Columbia.
Dan Ciccarone @dan-ciccarone.bsky.social Physician and researcher in public health, substance use, addiction, and drug policy. Justine Miner Professor of Addiction Medicine at UCSF. Oh, and I am a biker, an outdoors enthusiast, a dad, and a grandad.
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula @rlpacula.bsky.social Professor of Health Economics & Policy, University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy
Senior Fellow, USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics
Co-chair NASEM Forum on Mental Health and SUD
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.
Addiction journal @addictionjournal.bsky.social Peer-reviewed research on alcohol, illicit drugs, nicotine and tobacco, behavioural addictions. Owned by the Society for the Study of Addiction https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13600443
Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports @drugalcreports.bsky.social Welcome to DAD Reports, a companion journal to Drug and Alcohol Dependence. An alternative home for sound addiction science. Publisher Elsevier and EIC @terifranklin.bsky.social. https://linktr.ee/drugalcreports
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/
Transnational Institute @tninstitute.bsky.social The Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international research and advocacy institute committed to building a just, democratic and sustainable planet.
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
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
APSAD @apsad.bsky.social Multidisciplinary organisation for professionals involved in the alcohol and other drugs field. Promoting improved standards in clinical practice, evidence-based research, & the dissemination of information into this and allied subjects.
Monica Barratt @monicabarratt.bsky.social Drugs, harm reduction, humane drug policies, drug checking, drug markets, social equity. Academic + advocate. Curtin, Loop, Bluelight.
Kamran H Niaz aka red Hussaini @khn-1.bsky.social Public health physician, epidemiologist, drug use disorders, harm reduction, health policies and interventions. Vienna/Wien
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
The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social The Center for Drug Use & HIV Research is dedicated to increasing the understanding of the drug use-HIV epidemic, particularly among high-risk people -NIDA P30DA011041.
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
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)
Society for the Study of Addiction @addiction-ssa.org The Society’s mission is to advance the scientific understanding of addictive products and behaviours and the use of this knowledge in policy and practice.
addiction-ssa.org
Francesco Calderoni @fracalderoni.bsky.social Prof. of Criminology @unicatt.bsky.social & @Transcrime
Co-Editor Global Crime. Mafia,organized crime,criminal networks, illicit markets,sports,reading,beer (order changes during we).❤️=🔖
Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social Working at EU Drugs Agency as Head of drug markets and crime. Views my own.
ISSDP @issdrugpolicy.bsky.social The International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) is a society of scholars committed to advancing #DrugPolicy research. Affiliated @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social.
For more information go to https://www.issdp.org/
Secret Drug Addict @scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social Drugs, music and dumb shit
Roselyn Peterson, PhD @roselynpetersonphd.bsky.social Incoming Faculty @bryantuniversity.bsky.social | T32 Postdoc at CAAS in the School of Public Health at Brown University
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.
Max Daly @maxdaly.bsky.social Drugs and organised crime journalist. Orwell Prize winner. Author, Narcomania. Former Global Drugs Editor, Vice. maxdaly.com
Gothicyogini @gothicyogini.bsky.social She knows the DJ’s real name
APSAD DAR @apsad-dar.bsky.social The official journal of APSAD, DAR is the Asia-Pacific's leading multidisciplinary journal addressing issues related to alcohol and drug-related problems.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14653362
Mattha Busby @matthabusby.bsky.social Investigating altered states, power and culture
@guardian @wired @rollingstone @vice @playboy @gq @menshealthmag @atmos Rep’d @aevitas_creative
matthabusby.net
Harm Reduction UK @harmreductionuk.bsky.social A completely independent Harm Reduction education hub based out of Cardiff - UK. Connecting recreational and dependent drug partakers with essential information and education about the substances in circulation on the scene in the UK
www.harmreduction.uk
James Morris @jamesmorris24.bsky.social Research interests: alcohol, addiction, stigma, framing.
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=FHUc5jkAAAAJ&hl=en
The Alcohol Problem Podcast host
https://alcoholpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Matt Field @fieldmatt.bsky.social Professor of Psychology, @sheffielduni.bsky.social.
Addiction science: alcohol, gambling, decision-making, behaviour change, treatment. Also: 🚴♀️, Peak District
Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist, Director @ Univ New Mexico Center on Alcohol, Substance use, & Addictions, Distinguished Professor in Psychology, addiction science, mindfulness, quant methods. Lover of trail running, skiing, hiking, ballooning, and dogs!
Harry Shapiro @harryshapiro.bsky.social Director of DrugWise and working in tobacco harm reduction. Public speaker, lecturer, journalist and author specialising in music biography and drug culture.
www.harryshapiro.co.uk
www.drugwise.org.uk
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.
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
Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social We publish peer reviewed, multi-disciplinary research papers, reviews & commentaries on policy, treatment, prevention & harm reduction issues regarding the use of alcohol, tobacco & other drugs. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/idep20
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
Pete Krykant @peterkrykant.bsky.social #nicepeopletakedrugs
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/civil-society-civil-disobedience
https://buymeacoffee.com/krykanp14
MY VIEWS
Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social Professor and Associate Vice President (Impact) at #LSE | Psychologist | Hon FBPsS | Hon Prof @lborouniversity.bsky.social | @IndependentSage.bsky.social Behaviour Group | Conversation Analyst #EMCA | she/her | own views | #AcademicSky
Kirstie Soar @drksoar.bsky.social Research Fellow, NTV Research Group, LSBU & NCSCT THR academic consultant
Peter Fonagy @pfonagy.bsky.social Professor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis & Developmental Science, Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at UCL
Mark McCormack @markmccormack.bsky.social Sociologist. Professor. Focus on sexualities, transgressive leisure and society. Editor-in-Chief of Sexuality & Culture. Posts are in a personal capacity. I volunteer with The Loop, read and play badminton.
Andrew Percy @prof-andy.bsky.social Prof Quantitative Criminology QUB.
Interested in things like adolescent alcohol and drug use; cyber- victimisation and harm; prevention; latent variable modeling & longitudinal research. Aresnal Champions 2026!!
Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social
Theo Di Castri @theodicastri.bsky.social Historian of the Social Sciences, Education & Drugs/Drug Policy
Convenor of Post-Prohibition: Research, Pedagogy & Action, CRASSH Network
Junior Research Fellow, Homerton College, University of Cambridge
Kari Lancaster @karilancaster.bsky.social Professor, Dept of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath | Editor, ST&HV @sthv.bsky.social | Honorary, Burnet Institute & UNSW | STS, health, drugs, outbreak science, viral elimination, planetary change, evidence | @contemporarycriticalthought.org
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
Carl Erik Fisher @drcarlerik.bsky.social Addiction psychiatrist, bioethicist, associate professor at Columbia University. | The Urge: Our History of Addiction (Penguin Press, 2022) | Rat Park newsletter--> carlerikfisher.substack.com
Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social Head of Policy, Campaigns & Public Affairs at Mind | NHS Mental Health Social Worker | Previously at NEF & DWP | Views expressed here my own
Kalina ML Fahey, PhD (she/her) @faheypsych.bsky.social Postdoc at UNM CASAA || Research includes LGBTQ+ health, stress, sub use, and religion || Social media editor @ajdaajournal.bsky.social
Views mine
Fabio Lucchi @fabiolucchi.bsky.social Psychiatrist, Bologna (Italy)
Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum.bsky.social Psychiatrist. Birder. 📸. History of Medicine.
#LongCovid ❤️🩹
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
Jane M @janemorrispsych.bsky.social Psychiatrist, reader, writer, listener, art lover, 'pessimist of the intellect, optimist of the will'.
Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social Daniel Rolph grew up in the UK foster care system, experiencing firsthand the challenges that come with it. Now, he's channelling those experiences into his debut novel, Shattered Paths
Buy Now: https://geni.us/OEi75Gh
Portraits of Recovery @porecovery.bsky.social The UK's only recovery-based visual arts charity.
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.
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.
Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social Proud Ballymena Professor. Senior Strategic Advisor at RoRI; Emeritus Prof at Imperial. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer - 24/7. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/.
@mizmorales.bsky.social @mizmorales.bsky.social she/her, chapstick and sunglasses required
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
Ian Hamilton @profianhamilton.bsky.social Addiction specialist, write for the Independent, BMJ, The Conversation, ByLine Times
Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social Director of Research@BipolarUK; Psychiatry@UCL&Cardiff. Mental health/ethics/law; lived experience. Challenging #MHStigma; Views own. Instagram: drtania_gergel
https://linktr.ee/drtaniagergel
James Nicholls @jamesnicholls.bsky.social Alcohol and drug policy researcher: regulation, harm reduction, culture and politics. Might post about music and other things too…
Rob Calder @robcalder.bsky.social CEO at the Society for the Study of Addiction - views my own.
Zoë Garbett @zoegarbett.bsky.social Green Candidate for Mayor of Hackney 2026 / Green Party Member of London Assembly / Dalston Ward Councillor.
She/her.
Promoted by Stefan Liberadzki on behalf of Zoë Garbett, Green Party, c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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*
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.
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.
Drug Science @drugscience.bsky.social Drug Science is the UK's leading independent scientific body on drugs - guiding evidence-based drug policy and drug research. Please donate to support our work.
www.drugscience.org.uk
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