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Social Media Influencer Chunkz Teams Up with Instagram and With You to Raise Awareness of Drug Issues for Young People
Social media influencer Chunkz is collaborating with With You, the drug, alcohol and mental health charity, and with Instagram, to support young people who may be struggling with drugs. Young people can feel pressure to take drugs from many different places, from films, to parties, to social media, and they often don’t know how to say no, or how to ask for help if they’re already struggling with the effects of drugs. Through partnering with Chunkz on a range of video materials, With You and Instagram are hoping to reach young audiences to raise awareness of safety measures available to protect them when using social media, such as Instagram’s anonymous reporting and blocking tools | With You, UK
Changing attitudes sees millions choosing to drink more mindfully, study reveals
A new poll has found many adults who previously consumed alcohol are now choosing to be aware of why and how much they are drinking | Independent, UK
Smokefree 2030 Target
Parliamentary debate on the UK's Smokefree 2030 target | They work for you, UK
Isle of Man vaping laws too late for under 18s, retailer warns
Plans to ban those under the age of 18 from buying vaping products on the Isle of Man have been brought forward too late, a local retailer has said. The Vaping Products Bill 2023, which would also stop the display of the products, started its journey through the House of Keys last week | BBC, UK
Alcohol Awareness Week
3rd-9th July. This year's Alcohol Awareness Weekis on the theme of 'Alcohol and cost'. Sign up to the Alcohol Change newsletter to find out more about what they have planned | Alcohol Change UK, UK
Cannabis for Epilepsy with Dr Evan Lewis - podcast
In this week's episode of the Drug Science Podcast, Prof Nutt and Dr Thurgur are joined by Dr Evan Lewis of Numinus. Dr. Evan Lewis is a Paediatric Neurologist and Clinical Neurophysiologist with expertise in epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, electroencephalography (EEG), tele-neurology and medical cannabis for the treatment of neurologic disorders | Drug Science, UK
Recovery Games 2023 – save the date!
16th September 2023. This year is the 10th anniversary of The Recovery Games in Doncaster, a free event brought you by Aspire Recovery. It will see up to 40 teams compete in gladiator style events with last year 1000 people attending . Registrations formally open at the beginning of July and teams can be made up of all ages of people in recovery , treatment or working in the field. The event has loads of stalls and activities for family and friends of People in Recovery and we have something very special for the 10th Year. See a short clip throughout the years - hope to see you – Neil & Stuart for more info please contact stuart.green4@nhs.net | Aspire, UK
Behind bars: how rap lyrics are being used to convict Black British men
Crown Prosecution Service claims no one is convicted solely via lyrics, but shocking new research finds juries being shown music and dance as evidence of guilt | Guardian, UK
Police seize drugs and cash worth over £1m
A man arrested after police seized drugs with a street value of almost £1m has pleaded guilty to a series of charges. The seizure of cocaine and cannabis, as well as more than £100,000 in cash, was made in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex | BBC, UK
International news
Man arrested after €1.2m of cocaine found
A 40-year-old man has been arrested after cash and cocaine with an estimated street value of €1.2m (£1m) was seized on Monday | BBC, UK
Ireland’s alcohol warning label plan triggers US concern at WTO meeting
Mexico and Dominican Republic among those fearing State’s health warning requirements signed into law in May could pose barrier to trade | Irish Times, Ireland
HSE Safer Nighlife Programme - podcast [Spotify]
In this episode we talk to Nicki Killeen, Project Manager working on HSE Emerging Drugs Trends, we hear all about the HSE Safer Nightlife Programme which was set up to reduce the harm of drugs used in “nightlife” settings and at music festivals in particular. Nicki shares her insights on the pilot work done at the Electric Picnic Music Festival last year and the work underway at this year’s summer music festivals to support people around their risk taking behaviours and to gather samples of drugs for checking | HSE, Ireland
Parliament to vote on legalisation of home-grown cannabis this month
Bill would allow adults to grow up to four plants and use cannabis products inside home | Luxembourg Times, Luxembourg
New Drug for Cannabis Use Disorder Shows Promise in Early Trials in Humans
A new pill could be the first to help the more than 14 million people in the U.S. who struggle to control their marijuana use | Scientific American, USA
Cannabis use found to be lower among Illinois teens living in ZIP codes with medical dispensaries
In a statewide survey, about 18.3% of the youths living in Illinois ZIP codes with medical dispensaries reported they used cannabis during the prior year compared with 22.4% of those who lived in ZIP codes without these businesses, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found. They reported the findings in the journal Cannabis | Medical Xpress, USA
Watch: A Documentary About Schizophrenia and Vaping
Does anyone care that people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders have devastatingly high rates of smoking? Research has found the prevalence to be “at least two to three times that in the general population,” with rates in some study cohorts exceeding 80 percent. Estimates are even higher than for people with other mental health diagnoses and other vulnerable populations | Filter Magazine, USA
Colombia senate votes down recreational marijuana bill
Colombia's Senate voted down a measure to approve the sale of recreational cannabis to adults late on Tuesday, although supporters including the government of leftist President Gustavo Petro said they would continue to pursue legalization | Reuters, USA
Blogs, comment and opinion
We Already Know How To Solve Ireland’s “Drugs Crisis”
The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use is a noble endeavour. Its biggest test will be whether the government accepts and implements its recommendations.
There’s little doubt it will propose sensible, evidence-based ideas because what needs to be done is not difficult to work out. We already know how to solve most, if not all, of the problems around drugs | Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use, Ireland