The Loop
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.
@ddnmagazine.bsky.social
Drink and Drugs News is the monthly magazine for the substance misuse field. All the latest news, features and jobs – https://www.drinkanddrugsnews.com
@suziesas.bsky.social
💊🍻 Drug Harm Reduction Lead at 🏴 🚑 Here for positivity nae dramas 🏴 Substance use related stigma will get 👊 Volunteer Independent Prison Monitor with HMIPS
@drorfh.bsky.social
Anti-prohibitionist. Drug researcher. Historian. Socialist. ADHD Abortion/Miscarriage. North of Ireland.
@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.
@wearebarod.bsky.social
#WeAreBarod Supporting people across South Wales affected by substance use. Got Naloxone? Free Naloxone Click & Deliver Service - https://barod.cymru/naloxone-click-deliver-service/
@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of people who use drugs and an end to the needless pain, suffering, and loss of life directly as a result of archaic, outdated, and inhumane drug laws.
@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
@vickibeere.bsky.social
PhD Candidate | Trainer & Facilitator | Trustee & Chair | Drug policy reform | Harm Reduction and Women | Trombonist | Camper Van owner | Swimmer | Scruffy dog rescuer.
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
NIHR School for Primary Care Research is a partnership between 9 leading academic centres for primary care research in England. A/C managed by Directorate Team
@ias.org.uk
An independent organisation that seeks to bridge the gap between science and public policies to reduce alcohol-related harm. Website: https://www.ias.org.uk/ Newsletter & Podcast: https://instalcstud.substack.com/
@sharoncox.bsky.social
Behavioural Scientist at @ucl-targ.bsky.social. Deputy Director @Behaviourresuk.bsky.social Health inequalities, social policy, nicotine, tobacco, some ontologies. AI explorer. Runner, runt, wannabe cyclist.
@lydiaplant.bsky.social
Interim Chief Exec at Bristol Drugs Project. Interests include harm reduction, drug use (particularly LGBT+ and women's use), Motivational Interviewing, and all things Bristol. Views my own. She/Her
@gwshorter.bsky.social
Reader in Clinical Psychology Queen's University Belfast Follow for: alcohol & other drugs #AddictionSci #BehSci #HarmReduction interventions, drug consumption rooms, OPCs etc Loves: dogs, dance, run, sea Views own (she/her) #BeMoreLyra
@tobyseddon.bsky.social
Professor of Social Science at University College London | Head of UCL Social Research Institute | Chair of Release | Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences | Interested in: drug policy, social science, critical theory, history | www.tobyseddon.com
@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
@judithaldridge.bsky.social
Drug use, drug markets, drug policy. Internet-facilitated drug supply. Criminology @University of Manchester
@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
@profjoneill.bsky.social
Prof of Psychopharmacology. Chair of DrugScience Psychedelics Working Group. Drug law reform & Psychedelic medicine.
@clairelongmuir0.bsky.social
Head of Policy and Practice - Harm Reduction, Simon Community Scotland Believe in social change for the better. Interested in drug policy, harm reduction, people and community.
@kirstentrayner.bsky.social
Research Fellow/Epidemiologist @ Glasgow Caledonian University/Public Health Scotland. Harm reduction & drug-related harms. Views my own.
@andyperkins.bsky.social
Director of a thriving social research company specialising in alcohol and other drug use research, evaluation and consultancy - across the UK and Europe. Proud Dad, keen golfer and massive Leicester City fan.
@soozaphone.bsky.social
Mental health and substance use researcher. Author, podcaster and blogger #SayWhyToDrugs
@sanho.bsky.social
Fellow, Inst. for Policy Studies. Ex-historian posting about drug policy, social justice, Ukraine, & such. Fighting culture wars since Pat Buchanan declared it in 1992. Professional border crosser. Interdisciplinary before it was cool. Personal account.
@jackhspicer.bsky.social
Criminologist at University of Bath. Interested in drug markets, policing, policy and harm reduction
@psychopharmres.bsky.social
Well defined ambiguity. Psychopharmacology researcher (well, substance use, really). Stats geek. Views my own.
@drugwise.bsky.social
Follow us for all the latest key reports and developments relating to drugs. www.drugwise.org.uk. You can also subscribe to our free daily newsletter - www.dsdaily.org.uk
@bdpbristol.bsky.social
Free confidential alcohol & drug support Health & Harm Reduction Centre, Needle Exchange & Naloxone Contact: [email protected] - 0117 987 6000 www.bdp.org.uk
@dougmcvay.bsky.social
He/him. Public policy researcher/analyst, journalist. Editor, DrugPolicyFacts.org and HealthSystemsFacts.org. Producer/Host, Free Culture Radio https://kboo.fm/program/free-culture-radio and Century of Lies https://drugtruth.net/century-of-lies
@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
@markmccormack.bsky.social
Sociologist. Professor. Deputy Dean Research. Author of 'Discovering Sociology' and 'The Declining Significance of Homophobia'. Posts are in a personal capacity. I volunteer with The Loop, read and play badminton. https://linktr.ee/markmccormack
@liamwignall.bsky.social
In no particular order: Academic, Psychologist, Kink/BDSM/Sex Researcher, Gay, ADHD, Weightlifter, Reader. Co-Editor: Psychology & Sexuality www.thekinkscale.com
@reducingharm.bsky.social
Andrew Preston, founder of Exchange Supplies a social enterprise working to reduce drug related harm, employ people who use drugs, and reform drug laws.
@niamhrelease.bsky.social
Drug policy reform, radical harm reduction (it’s a movement not an intervention) ❤️ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
@maxdaly.bsky.social
Drugs and crime journalist. Orwell Prize winner. Author, Narcomania. Former Global Drugs Editor, Vice.
@jamesnicholls.bsky.social
Alcohol and drug policy researcher: regulation, harm reduction, culture and politics. Might post about music and other things too…
@drayselsultan.bsky.social
Health & illness, harm reduction, social policy, childhood & youth Editor of @dhspolicy.bsky.social Lecturer @TUM STS Adjunct @Monash University
@bassbehaviour.bsky.social
Old enough to know better. Here for politics, drug policy and current affairs, a bit of daftness, and the occasional guinea pig. #NHS substance misuse trainer. On the left. Don't be a dick
@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social
@razzler.bsky.social
Chief at large at George House Trust, a charity working for a world where HIV holds no one back. Also often found eating pies 🥧
@ivolpe.bsky.social
💭 Critical drug studies 📖 PhD candidate (youth participation in drug policy) 👩💻 Drug checking research (she/her)
@carlybag.bsky.social
Night Time Economy Advisor, Bristol UK. Music, arts, culture geek. Progressive Policy. #HarmReduction #NTE
@adphuk.bsky.social
Supporting Directors of Public Health (DsPH) across the UK to promote and protect good health and wellbeing, prevent ill-health and reduce inequalities.
@tatjna.bsky.social
Sheep farmer, founder of KnowYourStuffNZ, fibre nerd, relentless poster of wholesome content. Will try anything once. I have a lot of opinions, and occasionally have a rant about drug policy and other social stuff if that's your cup of tea.
@timnewburn.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology & Social Policy, LSE. Living with cancer. Health means some reorientation of priorities. Still music (selections from the back catalogue - gigs whenever possible), criminology and Everton FC. MD ANT
@thesccjr.bsky.social
The Centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier, Stirling and Strathclyde. SCCJR aims to produce research that informs policy and practice and advances our understanding of justice. https://linktr.ee/sccjr