Josh Torrance
@Joshitea
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Researching drug diversion schemes. Harm reduction activism in fields. Consultancy bits & bobs. Views are mine.
Bristol, England
Joined February 2017
A reminder that if you search joshtorrance on the other one you can find the account where I now post text-based drug policy stuff...
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@marclanders @Legalisecanabo THC percentages are a farce. Generally anything saying over 25% isn't reflected in independent testing. The 22% ones might be accurate but may not be. True in the US and the UK. Nothing ever really tests over 30%.
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Quite a mad case of stigmatisation of people who use heroin here... vigilantes using violence to police their local community. So much ropey logic and drug exceptionalism I don't know where to start!
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The largest single seizure of cocaine ever by Spanish authorities - 13 tons found in Spain in one shipping container, sent from Ecuador. That's a lot of eggs in one basket. Insight Crime with good coverage as per usual.
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RT @nickikilleen: UN: Rise in Afghan opium cultivation reflects economic hardship, despite Taliban ban
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RT @TransformDrugs: Germany's first legal non-medical cannabis is dispensed from one of the newly licensed non-profit membership-based asso…
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Europol and others dismantle another encrypted phone network called Ghost. 51 suspects arrested: 38 in Australia, 11 in Ireland, one in Canada and one in Italy. Over €1m in cash seized plus lots of drugs and a drug lab. Weird how anyone still trusts encrypted phone networks!
🚨Europol has teamed up with law enforcement from 9 countries to take down a criminal encrypted communication platform. 👮♀️Law enforcement is committed to ensuring that crime cannot operate in the shadows. More details in our press release ⤵️
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@DrewIsSharing Controlling for tobacco use, smoking cannabis is associated with cardiovascular disease, with increased risk for heavier users.
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@DrewIsSharing People who smoke drugs on a regular basis should not be labelling people who use other drugs with stigma, or assuming they will inevitably suffer from a drug dependency, which happens to a minority of PWUD. In fact anyone who uses the terms nitty or junkie can get in the bin.
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...be glad they had such a long run with access to so many customers (because of low tech barriers to entry). Dialadealers will have a good October.
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