addmarksweeney

Pharmacist Prescriber.
Interests: addiction, anxiety, depression, psychedelics; harm reduction & evidence-based drug policy.

PhD student @Imperial_PRG

[Pharmacist Support @PharmaSupport]

Meet our Student Wellbeing Champion of the Year! 🎉

We're proud to celebrate Niamh Reilly, a University of Huddersfield pharmacy student, who has been awarded the Student Wellbeing Champion of the Year Award by Pharmacist Support! 🏆

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/bHh8gNNUi8

[David Nutt @ProfDavidNutt]

chance to do a phd with me on GABA alcohol alternatives un humans? https://t.co/veEVbrZq4v

[addmarksweeney @addmarksweeney]

@AvantiWestCoast @DavidBagnall15 That being said on the 1341 Eus > Liv, Sylvia in the shop and her colleauge are doing a great job of keeping us fed and watered with a smile, despite the delay!

[David Nutt @ProfDavidNutt]

Sad to hear that the pioneering harm-reduction advocate and visionary Peter Krykant has died earlier this week. here his legacy https://t.co/kJlkDUVwRv

[Tony Goldstone @TonyGoldstone]

Join us at British Library in London on-line or in person Fri 9th May at 7pm to hear me, @zoesqwilliams @foodandpsych @christinaavogel, discuss GLP-1 based therapies for obesity 🥗🍰. Buy tickets via:
https://t.co/mudTpwnJGz @imperialbrains @imperialmed @imperialnhs @imperialmdr

[Drug Science @Drug_Science]

(1/5) The Home Affairs Committee’s recommendation to urgently reschedule certain psychedelic substances is a step in the right direction, but the government’s inaction is concerning. 🧵👇

https://t.co/Mox2DzK0GY

[Peter Krykant @PeteKrykant_OPC]

This was a classic example of fear media tried to install. "What if someone dies in the back of your van?"

Guess what no-one died, no HIV was transmitted despite multiple people with HIV using the service & rather than death, 9 overdoses were non-fatal.

[Dr Rayyan Zafar @RayyanZafar6]

We are hosting a Patient Involvement online workshop next Monday 1800-2000 to provide feedback on our upcoming study investing the brain and clinical mechanisms of psilocybin therapy in Gambling Disorder.

@Imperial_PRG @ProfDavidNutt @m_wall @HBowdenJonesOBE @Drug_Science

[addmarksweeney @addmarksweeney]

Super proud! ❤️

[Educate Awards @EducateAwards]

Our Teacher of the Year for 2024, Kath Sweeney from @AshKnotty 🤩

[Pharmacist Support @PharmaSupport]

And the winner is ... Pharmacist Support! 🥳🎉🏆 We're over the moon that our efforts to foster a people-led, positive workplace wellbeing culture within our charity team was recognised yesterday at the #CulturePioneerAwards 💚

[David Nutt @ProfDavidNutt]

Pleased to be speaking to GPs interested in addiction - at their next @RCGP conference next January https://t.co/iKBBdTF28L @Drug_Science

[Peter Krykant @PeteKrykant_OPC]

I was abused at home & at school, my teenage years were filled with trauma & I ended up sleeping rough injecting drugs in filthy conditions, in & out hospitals & police cells.

The truth is punishment never, ever helped, when will we realise punishment needs replaced by support?

[addmarksweeney @addmarksweeney]

@profhrs Congrats on announcement @profhrs !

[Fiona Measham @FMeasham]

The @ukhomeoffice *is* licensing ‘front of house’ public drug checking & ‘back of house’ non public drug testing.
The bigger obstacle is local govt not national govt. Public health needs to support rapid rollout of #drugchecking to prevent overdose & DRD.
https://t.co/ccgC9wiY0A

[addmarksweeney @addmarksweeney]

@ProfAlexStevens @SteveTransform There were a lot of nods to his work - particularly in the results from the HAT talks from Oslo and Glasgow - goes to show how timeless his work is.

[addmarksweeney @addmarksweeney]

Powerful and inspiring words from @FemkeHalsemaa to close #LxAddictions24 leading the way with implementing honest, rational and evidence based drug policy to reduce harm and improve outcomes for everyone.

[addmarksweeney @addmarksweeney]

@PeteKrykant_OPC Hi Peter - would you be able to follow back - would be good to DM if possible. Mark

[addmarksweeney @addmarksweeney]

@CatrionaMath Great presentation today Catriona. Would be good to catch up at one of the breaks over the next few days?

[addmarksweeney @addmarksweeney]

@profhrs @Imperial_PRG Agree that smoking cessation is probably not the largest area of unmet need / innovation - but promising outcomes from earlier studies in these areas which could translate over to OUD / AUD and hopefully have massive impact - but lets see how the study goes!

[addmarksweeney @addmarksweeney]

@profhrs Super exciting project and hopefully show promise as it has done in alcohol use disorder and smoking cessation @profhrs @Imperial_PRG