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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · 11d

It's amazing to see articles like this still being written after so many years of our drug death crisis in Scotland. www.sundaypost.com/fp/scotland-....

Experts say harm reduction drugs strategy in Scotland is all wrong

Our TRANSFORM SCOTLAND series starts with drugs, an area in which the country has recorded Europe's worst death rate for seven years running.

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · 11d

Interesting read... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Why have overdose deaths decreased? Widespread fentanyl saturation and decreased drug use among key drivers

While overdose deaths remain high in the United States (U.S.), national data show a 25.0% decline in overdose deaths from the year ending in March 2025 compared to the previous year. Reductions since ...

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Glasgow Caledonian University @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social · 17d

Professor Andrew McAuley (@arjmcauley.bsky.social ) discusses Scotland's drug deaths ⬇️

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Scotland 'still UK's drug deaths capital' despite miscount in England and Wales

Speaking to the Sunday Mail, Professor Andrew McAuley of Glasgow Caledonian University said the UK-wide picture hadn’t changed.

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Aug 29

Really important study highlighting the limitations of nitazene testing strips as a harm reduction tool - very topical for Scotland at the moment. harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Evaluation of nitazene immunoassay test strips for rapid in-situ detection of nitazene and nitazene analogs in illicit drug samples - Harm Reduction Journal

Background The detection of nitazene compounds in the United Kingdom has raised concerns among healthcare professionals, public health authorities, and law enforcement due to the increased risk of fat...

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our latest [open access] paper evaluated what happened to drug-related mortality risk among people with opioid dependence in Scotland during the Covid-19 pandemic. In short, they stabilised (at a very high level), and OAT remained highly protective. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in delivery of opioid-agonist treatment (OAT) and risk of drug-related harm in Scotland. This study aimed to (i) …

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Jun 11

In a sea of misleading articles and headlines today it falls to the Daily Record to provide some much needed perspective: www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...

Scotland’s safe consumption room is just the start of the fight

Record View says the opening of one safe consumption room in one city was never going to solve in 12 weeks what remains a nationwide public health emergency.

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · May 13

Interesting article on the evolving issue of achieving optimal naloxone dosing. I also learned what the 'goldilocks principle' is - every day is a school day! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Naloxone dosing in the era of synthetic opioids: Applying the Goldilocks principle

The opioid overdose epidemic remains a critical public health crisis. In recent years, synthetic opioids like fentanyl and nitazenes, have driven a sharp rise in deaths. Naloxone, an opioid receptor ...

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Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · Apr 30

BTW. If you’re a scientist and are feeling hollowed out, depressed, fried, frustrated, confused, and simply exhausted by everything, I understand you. You are perfectly sane and you are not alone.

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Apr 1

This is a useful and thought provoking piece on so-called 'deaths of despair' by Shane Darke and colleagues onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

‘Deaths of despair’: A term that needs to be retired

Click on the article title to read more.

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Mar 27

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Mar 27

Sad to hear of this. We had a lot of positive engagement with Christina last year in our work on stimulant use and building the case for provision of inhalation devices. Condolences to her family.

Kirsteen Paterson @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social · Mar 27

She was "fiesty and determined", "a force of nature", "the best of us" - Tributes paid to Christina McKelvie after MSP dies aged 57 www.holyrood.com/news/view,tr...

Tributes paid to Christina McKelvie after MSP dies aged 57

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Mar 21

Proud to be have been awarded Fellowship status by @fphuk.bsky.social www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/uni...

Professor awarded Faculty of Public Health Fellowship through Distinction

Glasgow Caledonian University Professor in Public Health Andrew McAuley has been elected as a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health through Distinction in recognition of his outstanding contribution ...

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Mar 18

Latest opioid dependence prevalence estimates for Scotland published today.
publichealthscotland.scot/media/32049/...

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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · Mar 18

Grateful to the staff and volunteers at Glasgow’s Thistle who told Today in Focus about their first few weeks in operation

Inside the UK’s first drug consumption room – podcast www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Inside the UK’s first drug consumption room – podcast

Libby Brooks reports from a new Glasgow clinic that offers somewhere for people to use drugs in a safer, hygienic environment

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Scottish Drugs Forum @scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social · Mar 5

The recording of our webinar 'Polysubstance Use and Cocaine: Engaging and Supporting People' is now available to watch on our YouTube💻

You can also access the presentation slides in the video description.

Thanks again to our speakers & everyone who attended on Wednesday.

Watch now buff.ly/GTcaMLC

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Feb 28

I only found out he had passed yesterday when I found Matt's great thread. I had the same experience when I first met Nick about 15 years ago - he was equally kind and generous to me and always had time for a chat. Rest in peace.

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Feb 17

One of the more bizarre takes since the Glasgow Safer Consumption Facility opened is the number of outsiders pitching up and claiming the drug-related litter in Morrisons car park has accumulated since the facility opened - it's been accumulating for years and justifies the location of the service!

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Feb 17

Ha! It was my pleasure. Definitely out my comfort zone training the training experts, but you all were great fun and your enthusiasm made for a great session.

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Alex Stevens @profalexstevens.bsky.social · Feb 13

The long-awaited evaluation of Project ADDER is now out, and makes fascinating reading for all with a concern for illicit drug problems in England and Wales. A thread: 1/? ttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/project-adder-impact-evaluation/project-adder-impact-evaluation#key-findings

Project ADDER: Impact evaluation

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Feb 10

Looking forward to giving evidence this week (Wed 0930) at UK Parliament Scottish Affairs Committee Inquiry into Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility. In good company with @catrionamath.bsky.social @gwshorter.bsky.social and @vkatikireddi.bsky.social

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Committee examines the case for Glasgow’s pilot Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Committees - UK Parliament

The Scottish Affairs Commitee will begin its inquiry into Glasgow’s pilot Safer Drug Consumption Facility (SDCF) by hearing from public health and substance abuse specialists. 

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Feb 3

Surprised to see the Scottish Affairs Committee written evidence portal closing so early on deadline day - hopefully nobody been caught out!
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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Jan 30

we used to exclude heroin from this as it was so dominant and you couldn't see other drugs - this is the first year we've added it back in

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Jan 30

A reminder that the Thistle service was originally proposed on the back of an HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs in Glasgow in 2015 (!), and the strongest predictor of infection was Cocaine injecting. We still have limited treatment options for this group.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cocaine is most used drug in Glasgow consumption room

New figures also show that the vast majority of people who have used The Thistle are men.

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Andrew McAuley @arjmcauley.bsky.social · Jan 30

NESI surveys have been highlighting this shift for quite some time...

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