Preprint - A Systematic Review of Participant Diversity in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Trials osf.io/preprints/osf/… Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy RCT samples are disproportionately comprised of socioeconomically advantaged individuals

In the absence of any research on the topic, it’s also feasible that people didn’t substitute nitrous oxide with any other drugs (or change frequency, or amount/episode). The ban might not have been such a big deal for many people with N2O use experience news.sky.com/story/could-la…

Great opportunity. I’m told remote working is possible as well, so you don’t have to be based in london. There will be a few projects starting soon as part of this funding stream, so an excellent (and rare) opportunity to contribute to the UK evidence base.

Reducing the half a million hospital admissions, 75K deaths, and 710K prescription items related to smoking would allow the government to ‘focus on delivering frontline public services’ as per the TPAs demand

I’ll bet you 10p that *if* there is a smoking ban in certain outdoor spaces (the details are v.unclear at the moment), that it won’t be given a second thought in a decade’s time. It will have high support, and people will appreciate the benefits and role in wider tobacco policy

I'm old now Old enough to remember the smoke free legislation Everything said today: End of the British boozer A fundamental assault on our freedoms and liberties World stops turning etc Was all said then Almost as if someone dusted off the BAT PR playbook and amplified it...

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Welcome to the new Dope Girls, updated and upgraded for the second quarter of the 21st century!! Out 26 September from Granta Books, available to pre-order now: uk.bookshop.org/a/12271/978180…

👇 True for so many well-intentioned school-based activity, including for drugs, and in this example, violence prevention and exploitation of young people. It’s one of the reasons I always politely turn down invitations to deliver ‘drugs education’ in schools/colleges

They calculated that targeted spending on mental health and addiction services would not only help those affected, but also reduce the overall cost of health and welfare services while returning money to the exchequer as people returned to the workplace. theguardian.com/business/artic…

IIRC sales data suggests consumers in legal markets prefer high THC products. Does the legal cannabis industry rely on heavier consumers for the bulk of its profits in a similar way to the alcohol, tobacco, and gambling industries?

Our paper - Making sense of drug use and dependence – a scoping review of mass media interventions intended to reduce stigma towards people who use drugs – has just been published in International Journal of Drug Policy - doi.org/10.1016/j.drug… (1/25)

Disappointing that the press release announcing plans to control xylazine has resorted to dehumanising and stigmatising reference to a 'zombie drug' gov.uk/government/new…

I feel like there’s a covert study taking place in the Psychology staff kitchen this morning. Checking for two way mirrors

Interested in a PhD? Information sessions for prospective Postgraduate Researchers, on campus, 18th Sept ljmu.ac.uk/the-doctoral-a…

No one's going to convince me of the added value of insisting on a cover letter for a journal submission when I've just provided 10 pages of information on the portal