Experts warn of influx of deadly nitazines amid calls for second Melbourne injecting room theguardian.com/australia-news…

Has your research influenced policy? Use this free tool to check nature.com/articles/d4158…

Revealed: the ten research papers that policy documents cite most. And mentions site where you can check your own policy impact! nature.com/articles/d4158…

Daniel Dennett, atheist philosopher guided by science, dies at 82. I love Dennets description of free will@as “ a necessary illusion”⁦MatthewBroome💙⁩ washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

We are delighted to announce the availability of bursaries for #LxAddictions24 . The bursaries are being offered through our EU-funded international cooperation projects. Find out more👇📢🌎
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How to deal with Majorie Taylor Greene misinformation about Nazis in Ukraine - a masterclass from Prof Tim Snyder

Great to host Ray Dolan NeuRA UNSW Medicine & Health Michael Farrell | Tour de force #neural replay | The ability to build structured mental maps of the world underpins our capacity to imagine relationships between objects that extend beyond experience
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Depressing to see how little progress despite the best efforts of many truly committed people in the prisons

A text book chapter on Stimulants that I think is open access. Written by Kevin Sevarino and myself, A useful and comprehensive overview of policy and treatment a etc link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

Remember Yvonne Fletcher in A&E department of Westminster Hospital trying unsuccessfully to keep her alive. Recent book by Hisham MATAR Our Friends is well worth reading. Brings the day back. RIP

From boom to burst, the AI bubble is only heading in one direction theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Great to have this key reference consensus paper available. An International, Multidisciplinary Consensus Set of Patient-Centered Outcome Measures for Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders mdpi.com/2744256 #mdpijcm via JCM MDPI

Very sorry to hear of the passing of Harm Reduction champion Russell Newcombe

Richard Billingham’s photographs of his family caused controversy when they were first published three decades ago. What do they say now? via Financial Times
A good essay on families and alcohol on.ft.com/3TYxuB4

Good on Sam

Thanks everyone. Here are the two sam Harvey references I quoted

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The importance of manager support for the
mental health and well-being of ambulance
personnel
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‘No longer useful’: the dark history of Australia’s post-war Asian deportations theguardian.com/culture/2024/m…

More than one alcoholic drink a day raises heart disease risk for women washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/…

ALSO JUST PUBLISHED: #ACMD advice on uncontrolled #novel #benzodiazepines SSA RCPsych Addictions Faculty NHS Addictions Provider Alliance Addiction Professionals EU drugs agency UN Office on Drugs & Crime gov.uk/government/pub…

Controlled experiment finds no detectable citation bump from Twitter promotion | PLOS ONE journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…