Very proud to be part of the Harm Reduction team at the University of Bath and have our work recognised by the Royal Society of Chemistry www.rsc.org/standards-an...

We @libdems.org.uk have long called for the government to tackle the alarming rise in vaping among young people. While this is a positive step, far more must be done to tackle harmful spice spiked vapes, which are almost all refillable, as research by @uniofbath.bsky.social has revealed.

Difficult to give timely harm reduction advice if you don't know what you are dealing with. This will help: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Cold, damp but rather beautiful day on the banks of the Loire. At La Taudiere

Visited the wonderful Chateau de Serrant (Loire) today. They even let the dog inside 🙂 Not sure exactly why, but this horse made me laugh

Some wildlife photography in Saint Florent le Vieil, under a bridge over the Loire

Found some sun (and wind) on La Côte Sauvage Comite

Wind and rain due, so probably time to move on from Normandy

Nice spot for the night, overlooking Mont St Michel

Through the tunnel and heading west. Parked up in Saint-James for the night

Lovely clear air over Bath after the storm.

www.ft.com/content/6b19... Good to see opioid deaths in the US falling, even if it's not clear why,....

Enjoyed the walk up to the University of Bath today.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... They do say gnomes possess magical powers,.....

www.bath.ac.uk/announcement... We've become really interested in vapes/vaping after finding such a high percentage of vapes confiscated in English schools had synthetic cannabinoids in them. Really easy to pick up with the right technology.

It's the weekend, so a non work post of the dog, Dakin

open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/... Excellent. Harm reduction for social media.

With lots of vapes from schools being found to contain synthetic cannabinoids and with some ketamine and MDMA turning up, how are vapes viewed in terms of #harmreduction ? Might attract more to using drugs, but perhaps safer with less chance of overdose??

Bit surprised we haven't seen more 'pure' nitazenes in the UK www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Better quality centres would help reduce drug use, but in the meantime better drug testing/checking www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Bath was looking dramatic the other night