Josh Torrance

A reminder that if you search joshtorrance on the other one you can find the account where I now post text-based drug policy stuff...

@marclanders @Legalisecanabo THC percentages are a farce. Generally anything saying over 25% isn't reflected in independent testing. The 22% ones might be accurate but may not be. True in the US and the UK. Nothing ever really tests over 30%.

Snapshot of some medical cannabis available in the UK Looks like the highest thc is 28%. The blue one on the top right.

@gmhales Also just recently there has been a lot of thai grown cannabis on the market, going for a fraction of the price of UK grown.

@gmhales Lots of demand for US and Canadian grown cannabis thanks to perceived higher quality. Production cost in North America is much cheaper and is worth more than UK grown cannabis. Plenty still being grown here but UK based growers often struggling to compete.

I'm surprised to see people trying to bring cannabis in this way, and wonder if it tells us anything about what is happening to domestic production? I feel like there are fewer stories of grows being busted, but that is very anecdotal.

Quite a mad case of stigmatisation of people who use heroin here... vigilantes using violence to police their local community. So much ropey logic and drug exceptionalism I don't know where to start! youtu.be/t4UowXTw7Lg

Add me on here...

The largest single seizure of cocaine ever by Spanish authorities - 13 tons found in Spain in one shipping container, sent from Ecuador. That's a lot of eggs in one basket. Insight Crime with good coverage as per usual. bit.ly/4e7V3y7

UN: Rise in Afghan opium cultivation reflects economic hardship, despite Taliban ban news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

Germany's first legal non-medical cannabis is dispensed from one of the newly licensed non-profit membership-based associations. 1/ HT @tblickman weser-kurier.de/landkreis-olde…

Kamala Harris seems to back federal cannabis regulation... thehill.com/policy/healthc…

Europol and others dismantle another encrypted phone network called Ghost. 51 suspects arrested: 38 in Australia, 11 in Ireland, one in Canada and one in Italy. Over €1m in cash seized plus lots of drugs and a drug lab. Weird how anyone still trusts encrypted phone networks!

@DrewIsSharing Controlling for tobacco use, smoking cannabis is associated with cardiovascular disease, with increased risk for heavier users. ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA…

@Joshitea Cannabis does not kill people you fucking idiot. You can do 1 NOS balloon and die.

You can see the exact moment he loses brain cells that’s actually crazy You ain’t cool doing this you a nit bag. Gonna be asking for change at the bus stop in 10 years

@DrewIsSharing People who smoke drugs on a regular basis should not be labelling people who use other drugs with stigma, or assuming they will inevitably suffer from a drug dependency, which happens to a minority of PWUD. In fact anyone who uses the terms nitty or junkie can get in the bin.

@Joshitea Ah yes because I smoke cannabis that must mean I love all drugs! No. My old videos discuss my past drug use yes. Thus I actually have experience in the things I speak about. Back then I was a complete junkie and almost completely fucked my life up over my own self distructuon.

...be glad they had such a long run with access to so many customers (because of low tech barriers to entry). Dialadealers will have a good October.

Big collectives of vendors will likely end up splintered. No real reason to think that vendors will start getting their doors kicked in (yet), as long as they have decent opsec. Veteran vendors will have lived through many iterations of online markets, so may well just....

@poppykoronka Hi @poppykoronka , any chance of catching up on this? Thanks

@poppykoronka Hi @poppykoronka, X won't let me DM you but I have a question about the statistic in this article that ketamine addiction has 'more than quadrupled since 2016'. Could you drop me a follow and a message to discuss? Thanks.

Addiction to ketamine has soared among young brits. I spoke to experts to find out why -- and interviewed to Deb Casserly, whose son Barney tragically died after becoming addicted to the drug as a teen. Read the full story here 👇

Goodbye to stupid names for medical cannabis...