Alcohol and Drug National Support Manager at the Scottish Government. All views are my own.
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House of pain - jump around reminds me of big nights out in Fury Murray’s Glasgow - Shona from Linlithgow . Enjoying educating the kids on what good music is! #getiton @BBCRadioScot
“Happy-Go-Lucky,” a New Essay by David Sedaris | The New Yorker newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
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This is definitely worth a read! 👇
This week @NatRecordsScot released new figures showing the extraordinary rise in drug-related deaths in Scotland has continued, with numbers doubling since 2013.
As a non-expert, here's a few things I found interesting in this data:
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Edinburgh festival fringe sets stage for summer of online shows theguardian.com/culture/2020…
We have been incubating 6 chicken eggs for the last 10 days. Tonight we “candled” them to find they all have developing chicks. I’m more excited than the kids.
How coronavirus is changing the market for illegal drugs theconversation.com/amp/how-…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to improve our society. Here’s how we can seize it. @RSAMatthew on why the conditions for change are ready. Are we? thersa.org/discover/publicat…
Albert Einstein said, “The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”
Great see such a strong focus on listening to people with lived experience at Scotland's drug deaths summit in Glasgow today.
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POLICE SCOTLAND DEVELOP PROPOSALS TO TRIAL NALOXONE
Assistant Chief Constable Gary Ritchie will chair a group with a range of partners to trial the use of a life-saving nasal spray which allows officers to treat victims of drug overdose.
Read more: ow.ly/9mMN30qhI9W
The most depressing time of the day for those at work is when you are with your boss. There’s a thought!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
Great podcast on social innovation and one of the opportunities for public health/ healthcare in changing for the present/future. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Hey all, I'm looking for Peer support workers for Housing First. Personal experience of homelessness/addiction/mental health and been well for 2 years. Salary £17,340 - £18, 624. If that's you then please go to Turning Point Scotland Web site and apply. Or call me on 01414180764
November: Benzodiazepines and overdose deaths | News | University of Bristol bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/nove…
Pioneering Glasgow clinic offers addicts pharmaceutical grade heroin theguardian.com/society/2019…
'Meth. We're on it' – South Dakota's new public health ads raise eyebrows. It seems the way we talk about drugs is important. theguardian.com/us-news/2019…
I may have tweeted this before, but a conversations with 2 trusted colleagues today made me think its worth tweeting again. Brené Brown on Blame - YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?v=RZWf2_…
What are priorities we can't deliver alone? Here you go - in terms of alcohol and drug prevention in W Dun #phrscot
Dave Eggers: why we should listen to teenagers speak about climate crisis. “I am growing up in a world whose life systems are unraveling,” theguardian.com/environment/…