Alex Stevens

Not hard to slow HIV spread among/from people who inject drugs. 1 start needle syringe programs early, expand rapidly to scale; 2 expand & liberalise drug treatment esp opioid substitution; 3 provide peer based information to PWIDs; 4 establish organisations run by & for PWIDs @aivl.bsky.social

On #WorldAIDSDay, remember that people are still catching HIV from sharing injecting equipment. And this can be prevented. #HarmReduction

Your Party conference thrown into chaos as Zarah Sultana boycotts first day Sultana skips Saturday’s proceeding in solidarity with delegates expelled over links to other parties

Comically self-destructive www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Great news for very many families.

Interventionitis in the Criminal Justice System: Three English Cases - Critical Criminology This article highlights the problem it names as ‘interventionitis’; the tendency of policymakers to treat enduring, systemically generated problems with limited interventions that are insufficient or ...

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Great news - The deadline for the 2026 Conference of the International Society for the Study of #DrugPolicy in Perth Australia has been extended to 15 December. 🦘

To submit you abstracts go to issdp.org

I'm afraid it's now standard for the leaders of British institutions (public services, universities) to act with craven risk aversion in response to legal advice.

Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt

New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.

w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social

I was at Nigel Farage's sister school in the 1980s, with several Jewish pupils. Taunting them about the holocaust was not part of our 'banter'.

Farage is, and always was, a racist.

The SSA is now accepting applications for full-time PhD studentships. Funding will include a stipend (living allowance), tuition fees, and research and training costs. Find out how to apply: tinyurl.com/y3n5dvk2

Isn't this part of the wider problem of treating what politicians say - rather than what they actually do - as newsworthy?

24-hour Conference on Global Organized Crime A Talk by Professor Laura Atuesta, Phillip Screen, Hamid Azizi, Rafaella Lipschitz & Dr Peter Reuter PhD

ISSDP is running a panel at the #OC24 Conference on Global Organized Crime on “Advancing global drug market analysis.” Chaired by Professor Peter Reuter and featuring leading #DrugMarket and #DrugPolicy scholars. Please join us: oc24.heysummit.com/talks/advanc...

If Trump is not a Russian agent, he might as well be.

Idea for the next King's Speech: a law that forces rail operators to accept each other's tickets in cases of delays.

I blame the people who voted for Johnson, especially the Tory MPs who elected him as their leader, despite knowing he was an incompetent liar.

Implications for the UK: provide safer crack pipes (which can also be used to inhale heroin), and open overdose prevention centres with inhalation rooms. #harmreduction

Fall in opioid deaths in BC is more likely down to a shift from injection to inhalation than policing.

Global State of Harm Reduction: 2025 Update to Key Data - Harm Reduction International % Global State of Harm Reduction 2025: key data updates on harm reduction services, funding and drug policy worldwide amid major 2025 US funding cuts.

NEW DATA: This briefing provides updates to key data from our flagship report, The Global State of Harm Reduction. The update also summarises funding and policy developments since the 2024 report.

Joined the running picked today with @ucu.org.uk @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Oldest (and slowest) there. It takes real #solidarity to run up Sheffield hills to the management school.

Whatever the charge, the death penalty is wrong. #Bangladesh

Solidarity on the @ucu.org.uk picked line @sheffielduni.bsky.social School of Law. No to compulsory redundancies!

Such generosity! It's almost as if they had no concern for maintaining their massive profit margins.

Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in Sociology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

📣 Trinity College Dublin is hiring 2 #tenuretrack Assistant Professors in Sociology.

👉 Environmental Sociology. Closing Dec 1
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👉 Gender and Sexuality. Closing Dec 2
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I am hiring a 2-year post-doc, starting Sep 1 2026
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If you are interested in culture, gender and masculinity, please apply and join me in Sydney!

My favorite conference is accepting abstracts!

The annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (@issdrugpolicy.bsky.social) will be in Perth 🦘 June 30-July 2, 2026

Abstracts due Nov 30. Submit here: www.issdp.org

Please spread the word. Thx!

They pitch rolled tax rises. There will be tax rises. People may end up being pleasantly surprised that their income tax rate is not going up.

They rolled the pitch for tax rises, which will happen. It was the press, not Reeves, who predicted it would be rises in income tax.

This is not a U-turn. Going through multiple, sometimes conflicting drafts is a perfectly normal part of government policymaking.

Will anyone miss PCCs?