I've just got a lovely new drug and crime journalism website – maxdaly.com – which has all my stories and more, built by the amazing Jess Lucas of Melbourne. If you fancy a dive into the world of pink cocaine, dead drops and crap hitmen, why not step inside

I will be on www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... tommorrow discussing shopping addiction with #winifredrobinson

How did a 31k-population city deep in Canada’a Yukon territory and Middlesbrough come top of the EUDA drugs wastewater charts for cocaine? @ellajglover.bsky.social and I tried to find out. (With thanks to @profianhamilton.bsky.social for the quotes.)

 whatareyouon.substack.com/p/the-worlds...

How to communicate with the media, free event via @ssa

I'll be on @timesradio at 12.50 today www.thetimes.com/radio?gclsrc...

💊 Study of 3 million adults prescribed opioids found 84% of self-harm events and 81% of suicides didn't involve opioids. Challenges belief that prescribing opioids increases self-harm risk. Higher doses/longer exposure did show association. buff.ly/rDfzB4m #Opioids #SelfHarm #SuicidePrevention

Lambing has started 😃 Beltex tup onto a pure Charolais ewes if you wanted to know

This service saves many more lives www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spoke to @bbclooknorth.bsky.social about children vaping starts at 12:15 - www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Cannabis dependence is rising in England and Wales – but treatment is lagging theconversation.com/cannabis-dep...

Includes some of my comments... www.dailymail.co.uk/health/fb-15...

Interesting development but expect opposition www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Speaking to @iaindale.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk at 9pm about the new mens health strategy www.gov.uk/government/p...

Todays piece for @thementalelf.bsky.social looks at #alcohol www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-healt...

Chatted to @davidhillier about latests drug related deaths open.substack.com/pub/whatarey...

Chatting to @niabbot.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the Greens policy to regulate drugs

I’ve got two articles in this week’s Observer. One is a big piece of reporting on lone asylum seeking kids arriving in Britain - a group is often missed out of the conversation observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Interviewed about cocaine www.menshealth.com/uk/health/a6...

Expecting the kind of grown up, logical and inherently truthful conversation that politicians have been unable to provide in more than 100 years…

Looking forward to chatting to @matthew-wright.bsky.social about #cannabis tomorrow morning on @lbc.co.uk 7am

@profhrs.bsky.social & I sopke to @marthagill.bsky.social for this piece observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

We still don’t talk enough about the pleasure of drugs theconversation.com/drugs-resear...

Interesting that Pakistan has overtaken Afghanistan on opium production www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/f45ec1c...

Booked to discuss this on @lbc.co.uk shortly www.lbc.co.uk/article/lulu...

‘Scottish drug deaths fall but remain worst in Europe’ We need to do so much more. If we’re serious about saving lives then we need drastic changes to policies and attitudes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some of my thoughts about Ketamine..https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/ian-hamilton-sinking-into-the-k-hole/

Spoke to @kpi - why some people become addicted and others don't - www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_8_...

Spoke to @bbc about drugs - www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This is what people notice when you are on the telly talking about addiction www.facebook.com/groups/12164... You are trending on Facebook! Xx

Spoke to @bbc for this piece.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My blog for @thementalelf.bsky.social www.nationalelfservice.net?p=222264&pre...

Most of the media regurgitated the scare story about needle attacks at a Paris festival. At Vice we found no evidence to back up a similar scare story that went viral in the UK in 2022. Looks like Le Monde have done the leg work and come to a similar conclusion www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar...

Two young women speak to the BBC about why ketamine has become such a popular drug. ‘This government is driving down the use of Ketamine’ I’d like to know how?

As young people's use of ketamine soars a review is due to take place into whether it should be upgraded. Would making Ketamine a class A drug save lives

Farewell to disposable vapes (and hello to my stockpile) | Emma Gritt www.independent.co.uk/voices/dispo...

Discussing disposable vapes with @matthew-wright.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk at 9am www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/disp....

Psychological distress over 30 years in Great Britain: the times they are a changin’ (or are they?) buff.ly/qpu4p0f 🧵 THREAD #MentalHealth #PsychologicalDistress #Surveys #GB #30years

Spoke to @nytimes.com about laughing gas www.nytimes.com/athletic/630...

Drugs and climate change talk at #pintofscience #york

Spoke to @itvnews.bsky.social for this story www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...

observer.co.uk/news/opinion... includes some of my thoughts and those of @profhrs.bsky.social

We’re delighted to announce that @saakshikakar.bsky.social will be donning her elf hat and reporting live from the 2025 #IoPPNfestival at @kingsioppn.bsky.social on Wed 14th May Check out the programme and get your FREE ticket now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ioppn-rese... THREAD

Today is World Health Day - why not reflect on how corporations that produce and sell unhealthy products do what they can to protect profits. Watch our Big Alcohol film and learn how the alcohol industry is an obstacle to better health across the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfij...

Good to see my colleague @paulgaldas.bsky.social quoted in this piece www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trouble comes in threes!

diet related disease really is a thing obesity will likely overtake tobacco soon (may already have done so) despite this food policy remains spectacularly unambitious wonder why? read: foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/defaul...

Some thoughts for @ddnmagazine.bsky.social www.drinkanddrugsnews.com/one-part-of-...

Wow over 3 million reads via @uk.theconversation.com TY to the team

Lambing has started, spring has sprung !

Excellent thread from Sarah Hughes @drsarahhughesceo.bsky.social CEO of @mindcharity.bsky.social 👏🏽❤️👏🏽❤️👏🏽 Please read and share! Thanks Sarah! x