Release: Drugs, The Law & Your Rights
@releasedrugs.bsky.social
UK's centre of expertise on drugs and drug law. Global reports on decrim and racist policing. Campaigning for rights of people who use drugs.
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We are also fundraising to support our expansion in 395 - On November 22nd TPL will be hosting a fun night of drag and music at Piehouse Co-op (SE8 5HD).
On 6 December, come dance with us:
📅 10 PM til late
📍VFDalston (N16 7XB)
On 6 December, come dance with us:
📅 10 PM til late
📍VFDalston (N16 7XB)
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We are also fundraising to support our expansion in 395 - On November 22nd TPL will be hosting a fun night of drag and music at Piehouse Co-op (SE8 5HD).
On 6 December, come dance with us:
📅 10 PM til late
📍VFDalston (N16 7XB)
On 6 December, come dance with us:
📅 10 PM til late
📍VFDalston (N16 7XB)
You can come shop at TPL and see the space this week 11am-7pm.
From 3 November, the Hub will operate Mon-Thurs 2-5 pm and Saturday 4-7 pm.
From 3 November, the Hub will operate Mon-Thurs 2-5 pm and Saturday 4-7 pm.
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
You can come shop at TPL and see the space this week 11am-7pm.
From 3 November, the Hub will operate Mon-Thurs 2-5 pm and Saturday 4-7 pm.
From 3 November, the Hub will operate Mon-Thurs 2-5 pm and Saturday 4-7 pm.
Affordable space is scarce, but solidarity isn’t. This partnership grew from shared politics and community care.
Release will expand its Harm Reduction Hub: naloxone & safer supplies distribution, legal support and a welcoming community space.
Follow us on IG @release_rugs and @peoplesletters
Release will expand its Harm Reduction Hub: naloxone & safer supplies distribution, legal support and a welcoming community space.
Follow us on IG @release_rugs and @peoplesletters
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Affordable space is scarce, but solidarity isn’t. This partnership grew from shared politics and community care.
Release will expand its Harm Reduction Hub: naloxone & safer supplies distribution, legal support and a welcoming community space.
Follow us on IG @release_rugs and @peoplesletters
Release will expand its Harm Reduction Hub: naloxone & safer supplies distribution, legal support and a welcoming community space.
Follow us on IG @release_rugs and @peoplesletters
We're joining forces with @peoplesletters.bsky.social with a shared space for harm reduction, radical literature and collective care, run by and for communities pushed to the margins: sex workers, queer & trans people, migrants, and people who use drugs.
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We're joining forces with @peoplesletters.bsky.social with a shared space for harm reduction, radical literature and collective care, run by and for communities pushed to the margins: sex workers, queer & trans people, migrants, and people who use drugs.
The BBCs latest write-up on #TheThistle DCR in Glasgow is interesting and quite complete.
While starting off with much alarmism and focus on medical emergencies, it's got some great quotes from those using the DCR and Dr Priyardarshi who really hits it on the head 👇
www.bbc.com/news/article...
While starting off with much alarmism and focus on medical emergencies, it's got some great quotes from those using the DCR and Dr Priyardarshi who really hits it on the head 👇
www.bbc.com/news/article...
April 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The BBCs latest write-up on #TheThistle DCR in Glasgow is interesting and quite complete.
While starting off with much alarmism and focus on medical emergencies, it's got some great quotes from those using the DCR and Dr Priyardarshi who really hits it on the head 👇
www.bbc.com/news/article...
While starting off with much alarmism and focus on medical emergencies, it's got some great quotes from those using the DCR and Dr Priyardarshi who really hits it on the head 👇
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#ISSDP2025 is coming up in #Manchester, UK from June 11-13, 2025 with a focus on #DrugPolicy & #SocialJustice.
Submit your abstract today!
⏰ Due: Jan 31 2025 pretalx.com/internationa...
Submit your abstract today!
⏰ Due: Jan 31 2025 pretalx.com/internationa...
January 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#ISSDP2025 is coming up in #Manchester, UK from June 11-13, 2025 with a focus on #DrugPolicy & #SocialJustice.
Submit your abstract today!
⏰ Due: Jan 31 2025 pretalx.com/internationa...
Submit your abstract today!
⏰ Due: Jan 31 2025 pretalx.com/internationa...
UK cannabis seizure data is incredibly telling of the Gov's failure to control drug markets.
Seizures ⬆️53% from 2023.
Over half of all seizures are 5g or under, with 38% of plant seizures being just 1 - this is personal use.
Is there a better argument for decrim?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
January 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
UK cannabis seizure data is incredibly telling of the Gov's failure to control drug markets.
Seizures ⬆️53% from 2023.
Over half of all seizures are 5g or under, with 38% of plant seizures being just 1 - this is personal use.
Is there a better argument for decrim?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
News of ketamine's possible rescheduling as Class A needs to be tempered with evidence.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Since rescheduling from C to B in 2006, use has spiralled up from niche markets to common use. We need information on safer use and potential harms to make informed choices.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Since rescheduling from C to B in 2006, use has spiralled up from niche markets to common use. We need information on safer use and potential harms to make informed choices.
January 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
News of ketamine's possible rescheduling as Class A needs to be tempered with evidence.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Since rescheduling from C to B in 2006, use has spiralled up from niche markets to common use. We need information on safer use and potential harms to make informed choices.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Since rescheduling from C to B in 2006, use has spiralled up from niche markets to common use. We need information on safer use and potential harms to make informed choices.
Drug use levels were impacted differently.
While there was a sudden drop in youth use after criminalisation in the 70s, youth use has remained pretty consistent (graph👇)
Self-reported drug use in the past 12 months ⬆️ for middle-aged adults (aged 30–44) from 2004–2022.
More punishment ≠ less use
While there was a sudden drop in youth use after criminalisation in the 70s, youth use has remained pretty consistent (graph👇)
Self-reported drug use in the past 12 months ⬆️ for middle-aged adults (aged 30–44) from 2004–2022.
More punishment ≠ less use
November 28, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Drug use levels were impacted differently.
While there was a sudden drop in youth use after criminalisation in the 70s, youth use has remained pretty consistent (graph👇)
Self-reported drug use in the past 12 months ⬆️ for middle-aged adults (aged 30–44) from 2004–2022.
More punishment ≠ less use
While there was a sudden drop in youth use after criminalisation in the 70s, youth use has remained pretty consistent (graph👇)
Self-reported drug use in the past 12 months ⬆️ for middle-aged adults (aged 30–44) from 2004–2022.
More punishment ≠ less use
Drug criminalisation supposedly puts a premium on drug markets.
But evidence shows that while seizures ramped up, prices actually dropped. Trends in drug prices (in SEK per gram) show a steady decrease in the past few decades.
But evidence shows that while seizures ramped up, prices actually dropped. Trends in drug prices (in SEK per gram) show a steady decrease in the past few decades.
November 28, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Drug criminalisation supposedly puts a premium on drug markets.
But evidence shows that while seizures ramped up, prices actually dropped. Trends in drug prices (in SEK per gram) show a steady decrease in the past few decades.
But evidence shows that while seizures ramped up, prices actually dropped. Trends in drug prices (in SEK per gram) show a steady decrease in the past few decades.