We have launched Test & Know, our fundraising campaign to help us expand our testing across the UK. We are asking for a donation of £12 - the cost of testing one substance in our mobile labs.
wearetheloop.org/test-and-know
@cranstoun.org .
I was part of the similar “BuddyUp” scheme which grew out of the Canadian model and ran in the U.K. until April this year. I agree it was used by very different people from those who might go to a drug consumption space. Often very private rather techy people who had WiFi and private space to use.
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It was organised by Cranstoun but had to close for the time being as not enough calls to justify it. Might need to re-open later in 2025 if Afghan heroin supply gets even more scanty and the harms from its replacement by unpredictable synthetic opioids ( “nitazenes” in the UK) increase.
clearingtheair.eu/en/post/nico... “Nicotine is NOT carcinogenic & does not cause heart disease” states leading cardiologist
Prof. Reuven Zimlichman, Director of the Institute for Quality in Medicine at the Israeli Medical Association. Tabloid fear-mongering articles. In the UK causes more harm.
"San Francisco will no longer allow the distribution of safe drug use supplies, including sterile syringes and smoking kits, unless the outfits distributing the supplies offer counseling services or connect recipients to services, the Mayor’s Office announced on Wed"
missionlocal.org/2025/04/san-...
@clivebates.bsky.social wrote open letter to Dr Maxime Boidin, Manchester Metropolitan University, highlighting flagrant dishonesty of many tobacco harm reduction opponents ignoring basic principles of scientific decency. Highly recommend reading this
clivebates.com/papers-and-l...
Exciting news that the Victoria (Australia not Canada) Pill Testing Service has opened! www.vicpilltesting.org.au Have done festivals and now a fixed-site. Fantastic to see a Melbourne service opening. Along with the amazing @cantestcbr.bsky.social hopefully more Aus sites to come.
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Coverage of our #PDDevaluation in @theguardian.com. Find out more at the National Symposium on Police-led Drug Diversion @sheffielduni.bsky.social this coming Thursday. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Exclusive: Research in England shows people a third less likely to reoffend under decriminalisation-style schemes
The Victorian Pill Testing Service is a free, legal and confidential health service that aims to reduce drug-related harm through substance analysis and personalised harm reduction advice.
