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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks Janet. I emailed a few times without a reply earlier in the year. I've since got a response saying your team will investigate it, alongside the council & highways team - thank you. I also look forward to discussing it at the constituent meeting on 26th September.

Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Aug 24

@brendadacres.bsky.social @janetdaby.bsky.social

I live on Littlewood, London, SE13 6SD.

Please can you repave and start weeding the pavements on Littlewood and Fordyce Road? The pavements are so cracked and weeds have grown so big that the pavement is unusable for prams and wheelchairs.

Thanks!

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Jul 2

We have published our new review 'Recent Innovations to Detect and Intervene to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths' led by Basak Tas and John Strang.

kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Jul 1

Quitting weed, in teenagers and young adults, is associated with dramatic drops in psychotic-like symptoms and depression.

All LMM analyses adjusted for relevant. genetic and environmental factors.

Publication expected later this year.

Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Jul 1

Top-line findings: (1) cannabis use frequency predicts CUD, psychotic-like symptoms, and depression, (2) teenagers have persistently higher CUD severity, (3) additively, using cannabis frequently and being a teenager leads to highest psychotic-like symptom severity.

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Jul 1

See our 4-year longitudinal CannTeen findings in our pre-print here: osf.io/8hmy9/

Joint first authors: Ayse Doga Lamper and Layla Sadek.

Four-year trajectories of mental health symptoms in adolescents and adults who do and do not use cannabis

Hosted on the Open Science Framework

osf.io

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Jun 30

These ongoing collaborations with secondary schools are highly rewarding as I am able to deliver important, scientific, health-related information directly to adolescents and subsequently recruit teenage participants into research studies about substance use.

Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Jun 30

The London Drugs Commission 2025 report and the WHO 2024 report both called for improved cannabis and drugs education for adolescents. Hopefully my credible, cannabis-specific assemblies can be a very small part of this.
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

www.london.gov.uk

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Jun 30

The new RA will deliver many more assemblies across the South East and make assembly materials openly and freely available online for all other UK schools to use.

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Jun 30

Pleased to say that I've been awarded a small Impact Acceleration grant to scale up my cannabis education school assemblies and explore their acceptability and short-term impact on early-mid adolescents.

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Jun 27

We analysed data from the KARE trial (n=96) to examine ketamine’s (0.8mg/kg infusion) psychoactive effects in alcohol use disorder and whether they mediate treatment response.

Drug effects were strong and mainly onsistent across 3 infusions, but did not mediate reduced drinking.

osf.io/kbswd

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Jun 11

The London Drugs Commission report on cannabis makes several recommendations which I support. We must (1) deliver research-informed cannabis education to *early* adolescents, (2) offer evidence-based, specialist treatment for CUD to youth and adults. www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

www.london.gov.uk

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Apr 24

Enjoyed presenting at #SOBP2025 on a #cannabis symposium organised by @emesekroon.bsky.social & @jcousijn.bsky.social. I presented 4-year longitudinal CannTeen data: teens who quit cannabis have reduced psychotic-like symptoms, and over 4 yrs teens are > sensitive to impact of frequent C use on CUD.

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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · Feb 26

I've been asked why negative effects might happen in universal school MH interventions, so going to share thoughts here. Short answer is we don't know, but there are multiple (not mutually exclusive) possibilities:

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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · Feb 10

Important new evidence published today: large-scale DofE trial (N=12,166) found that two universal MH awareness interventions, in secondary schools, led to an *increase* in emotional symptoms at long term (9-12 month) follow up

tinyurl.com/4ffday8y

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Department for Education. Effectiveness of school mental health awareness interventions
Universal approaches in English secondary schools
February 2025

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Feb 25

And if Sentia did produce GABA-induced anxiolytic effects, might it not be a relapse-promoting risk for those who are trying to completely abstain from alcohol?

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Feb 25

Instead, they report EEG results from a small open label study. The levels of GABA altering chemicals, first pass metabolism, bioabsorption, and ED50s for real subjective effects don't check out. It's misleading branding and poor science.

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Feb 25

Better than some articles but still too generous! Sentia is very expensive. Noone I know who has tried it thinks it has made them more relaxed (inc me). The creators of Sentia could easily do a blinded experiment on subjective effects, but don't.

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Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Feb 25

We need to better understand ketamine use in YP. And we need to improve prevention of and treatment for problem ketamine use. But when you read stories like this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... you would think all YP are doing k. SDD in YP shows 0.4% 14-yos & 2.5% of 15-yos have used k in past yr.

Generation K: The disturbing rise of ketamine abuse among young people

Increasing numbers of young people are using the drug, experts say. The health impacts can be catastrophic.

www.bbc.co.uk

Will Lawn @willlawn.bsky.social · Feb 15

Credit to Dr Basak Tas and Sir John Strang for this important and challenging work which I had the privilege of being involved with. This study demonstrates the feasibility of the lab model of OD. More work needed to really explore impact of dose on respiratory depression @kingsioppn.bsky.social

Addiction journal @addictionjournal.bsky.social · Feb 15

The degree of respiratory depression caused by diamorphine does not appear to be dose dependent. Open access research by Basak Tas and colleagues @kingsioppn.bsky.social @willlawn.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4jXVDTw

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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