Steve Rolles

Senior Policy Analyst for Transform Drug Policy Foundation (@transformdrugs), mostly tweeting on drug policy/law reform. Own views etc.

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

great to see the debate on cannabis regulation moving forward in Nigeria. Politician and human rights advocate Omoyele Sowore here highlighting the economic waste of enforcement efforts.

[Omoyele Sowore @sowore]

It is idiotic @ndlea_nigeria wake up, put on uniforms, march into farms, and set economically viable crops worth millions of dollars ablaze while your country is drowning in multidimensional poverty.

Stop destroying cannabis farms. Stop wasting enormous economic opportunities in the name of a failed and outdated policy.

Legalize and properly regulate cannabis. Invest in research, harness its legitimate medicinal and industrial potential, create jobs, generate revenue, and build an industry Nigerians can benefit from.

You cannot burn your way out of poverty, foolish people!

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@GeoffreyCh49032 @learnaboutsam Oh how delightful. A racist twitter bot.

[The Loop @WeAreTheLoopUK]

Ten years ago today, The Loop introduced drug checking in the UK, at Secret Garden Party and Kendal Calling festivals.
@KendalCalling

[The Loop @WeAreTheLoopUK]

Ten years after The Loop delivered the UK’s first drug checking service, David Hillier looks back at the people, negotiations and years of work behind that moment and the journey that followed.

Read Checkmate: https://t.co/ah2H7iThEM

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@Inevitablewest Congratulations. This is one of the most ridiculous posts in twitter history. Nuclear grade idiocy.

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@Rambsyy @Inevitablewest Hahah. What? That's AI you clown.

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@PoppotNewYork @WSJ Who is saying it's harmless?

[Tom Blickman @tblickman]

Despite the legalization of #cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes in Morocco, roughly 60,000 families in the Rif are still dependent on illicit cultivation: fewer than one grower in ten has crossed into the legal channel. 1/2
https://t.co/oRTqDGUQK2

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@learnaboutsam @LukeNiforatos It also said non commercial legalisation models were not associated with negative outcomes (but maintained benefits). Look forward to your position endorsing such reform.

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@OglesbyPat @NiskanenCenter @BeauKilmer @UBoesen @GLawNV @anandastrategy A fixed tax can be the same as or very similar in effect to MUP - but govt derives excess revenue rather than vendor

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@bettersoma It's not.

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@Twolfrecovery @HUDgov @ONDCP @samhsagov Prisons?

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@Twolfrecovery @SecKennedy @ONDCP @samhsagov @HUDgov They are not mutually incompatible - suggesting they are divisive and counterproductive.

Harm reduction focuses on a hierarchy of goals, including - but not limited to - abstinence based recovery.

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@AdamZivo Who has said that?

What definition of harm reduction do you use?

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

39° in Euston, but at least all the trains are running....oh wait...

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@spectator attacking binface is pretty desperate distraction.

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

Will Count Bin-face be allowed to wear his face bin in the commons if he wins the Clapton by-election?

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@KeithNHumphreys Think you'd enjoy Spiderman Noir

[Steve Rolles @SteveTransform]

@cenkuygur Er, games have rules.

[IAS @InstAlcStud]

New pub menu, just one tweak: putting alcohol-free drinks at the top of the list cut alcohol ordered by 15% in the UK.

➡️ Public health win
➡️ No drop in spend for pubs

Our latest blog by @B_I_Team digs into the behavioural science behind it. @nesta_uk

https://t.co/6A98tOZ5xh