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@ForWomenScot @Annemarieward @scotgov @JohnSwinney @Sunday_Post hri.global/what-is-harm-r… Start with understanding complexity #WickedProblems Something different Asked of each + everyone of us

@ForWomenScot @Annemarieward @scotgov @JohnSwinney @Sunday_Post If it was that simple... Many routes into problematic/dependent drug use Many paths out #HarmReduction underpinning #Recovery Each journey unique Often messy steps forward + back Meanwhile #Shame #Blame cultures Serve no useful purpose

.@Annemarieward has been the most consistent campaigner. She called out @scotgov lies about drug deaths. In a functioning society, all her suggestions would be gospel & she'd be a MBE - at least! Time to engage @JohnSwinney sundaypost.com/fp/annemarie-w… via @Sunday_Post

We see you We hear you You matter Shame/blame cultures serve all poorly #Stigma #LivesLived Few can understand

@KathleenWinter ❤️🌈 ❤️

This piece explains how Addiction handles terminology that may be harmful to vulnerable groups. As a global journal, we find significant disagreement among our authors, readers, and reviewers, of what terms to avoid. Therefore, 1/3 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad….

'Any policymaker who thinks a woman would go through nine months of pregnancy, and a family 18 years of raising a child, for around £15 a week should potentially reconsider their career choice.'

If I could hand-pick #CountylinesCCE cops ... This is from a former cop👇

“Everything is possible.” After cancer took their voices, a choir in the UK is helping cancer survivors reclaim them | #AJLongReads ⤵️ aje.io/vuxtpk

@sonyajonesshrop While there is political denial of the failure of the #WarOnDrugs Outdated legislation #SubstanceMisuseAct meaningful improvements are constrained + performative bragging over success an insult to families + communities devastated by drug related harms

From harm to hope “Children young people’s treatment provision for 2023/24 shows a sustained increase in investment for children and young people’s treatment provision,which is crucial in our goals to prevent and reduce drug addiction.” Really where where gov.uk/government/pub…

🧵👇 This joint report from @MoJGovUK and @educationgovuk clearly shows that children caught up in the youth justice system are among the most vulnerable and marginalised in our society. (1/5) gov.uk/government/pub…

Why national #drugchecking is increasingly needed in the UK | Drugs: Fake opioid selling will get worse | BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

“How quickly a person can become dehumanised, a Halloween costume, a joke.” Superb piece by @EvaWiseman about Jack the Ripper and gleeful exploitation of historic crimes against women - crimes which yet persist. Much of this also applies to witches. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j…

@warren_larkin twitter.com/FerretScot/sta…

Were the ethics committee on holiday? “We’d like to pass electricity through patients brains to treat their traumatic memories & overactive stress response.” Chair of committee - “Seriously? & No.” “We already have safe, evidence based treatments, with no risk of brain damage.”

I’m a clinical psychologist. I’m not a teacher. I’m often told I have no right to views on learning as a result. ‘Sit down and be quiet’, I’m told. ‘You know nothing about this’. Here’s why I keep speaking up. 1/ (image @_MissingTheMark, A Different Way to Learn, @JKPBooks).

@annaddition @Familyinhope @DocDavidM Pause to understand if it's taken 5-10-15-20 to develop risk of problematic/addictive drug use With 5-10-15-20+ in that way of being 12 weeks is a start Of a much longer journey Few quick fixes #Hope #ThePowerOfRelationships

Between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2023, a total number of 1,352 statutory funded placements for residential rehabilitation were approved in Scotland - increasing year on year. publichealthscotland.scot/media/20502/20…

The Pathfinder Court pilots have had extremely positive feedback on their ability to engage with #DomesticAbuse in the #FamilyCourt My report released this week calls for them to be rolled out nationally Read more below - with thanks to @NuffieldFJO domesticabusecommissioner.uk/blogs/how-priv…

“A Rapid Review of the Literature on Whole Family Approach” Published this morning: gov.scot/publications/r… An in-depth read that reminds us there's still a road to travel implementing a Whole Family Approach. Touches on what works, and what needs to change. Summary p2/p3👍

The Commission on Young Lives and @mcys_mmu are today publishing a joint report on girls who are at risk of violence, exploitation, harm, and involvement with gangs. Thousands of vulnerable girls are being left without help - a short thread ⬇️ thecommissiononyounglives.co.uk/the-commission…

With the upcoming visit of @DrGaborMate to our @ACEAwareNation Conf in Sep in Glasgow, I thought I would produce a THREAD that highlights some of the most empirical research articles on ACEs. I'll choose 10.