jamesnicholls.bsky.social
Alcohol and drug policy researcher: regulation, harm reduction, culture and politics. Might post about music and other things too…
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Nick was always very supportive of our ECR activities at ARUK. He was a real champion of that work, would come to all the events, chat with participants, ask questions. He was really generous with his time and effort.
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My bad! 😅
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At the risk of ... interrupting, this version should be accessible to all :-) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Amazing!! That's very cool 😎
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I still remember one of my older cousins rocking up to our house with a copy of Strange Town on orange vinyl. That was me hooked.
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That works! Thanks - I look forward to reading.
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Interesting - thanks! Have you got a link?
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Yes - I was just wondering if this might be a bit of a Boomer / Gen X thing!
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Yes, I agree with that. I'd be very wary of concluding parental provision is definitely risky, but would you say reasonable to conclude there is no evidence it is beneficial?
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Has it ever been formally advised though? I'm also interested in it as a cultural meme that doesn't seem to be particularly driven by 'guidance' as such. It's just ... there.
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Yes - it definitely fits into the default 'educational outcomes usually match the intended ones ... right?' mindset.
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Possibly - though I suspect (with zero evidence to support, should say!) that it's as commonly held a belief among parents who don't see their drinking as unhealthy as among those who do.
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Especially when they have furry dice hanging from the rear view mirror, and are blaring something by Stock, Aitken and Waterman out of the cassette player.
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Did you step into 1986??
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Likewise 😁
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Lists are the secret sauce of social media!
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Well ... my other view on Macbeth is that 9 times out of 10 is is done terribly! There's something in the combo of madness, magic and melodrama that makes directors completely lose the plot. The Joel Coen version is awesome, though.
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Absolutely. I think that scene in particular is one of the most moving things Shakespeare wrote, and such a complex reflection on masculinity.
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This doesn't address the principle (!!), but on a practical level, it looks like the current and previous issues can still be accessed via the Wayback Machine web.archive.org/web/20250123...
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(Happy to email a copy if you don't have access)
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And, secondly, what is the role of policy in all this? Does it lead cultural change, amplify existing trends, or neither? E.g. in the UK there was restrictive reform in the 1910s, but liberalisation in the mid 60s and (even moreso) 00s. What to make of it, in relation to consumption trends ...? 👇
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However, it raises the problem of how to determine a 'wave', as distinct from a ripple or a tidal shift. Drinking prevalence and behaviours undoubtedly vary (often considerably) over time, but at what point can we say a given change is /was fundamental?
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And findings from the first #DCR albeit unsanctioned by @peterkrykant.bsky.social would echo this too doi.org/10.1016/j.dr... Lovely to hear that they are busy, well done to Saket, Lynn and the team #TheThistle #Glasgow
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Yes - was thinking about that too. It really struck me at the time.
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Obviously concerns over increasing ease of delivery - but some interesting points about gait analysis, age confirmation etc. Maybe a robot could be better at that than an overworked Just Eat driver! Either way, more evidence our bricks-and-mortar licensing system is creaking at the edges...
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Is the assumption that people would maintain use of the app over a fixed period of time, with a consistent effect? Presumably not a one-shot effect, so I'm interested in the temporal aspect. Apols if that's clear in the paper, and I've missed it!
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In the paper we emphasise that 'SDCF design should not, therefore be based on assumptions that the majority of use will be opioids ... [but] address changing trends in terms of substances consumed and modes of administration.'
harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Just been looking at this. Interesting that legalisation v decrim is slightly more popular with public than MPs; but also that the public are more likely to think drugs should be viewed as a criminal v health issue than MPs.