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Delighted that Ireland is represented in this review for the first time through sample collection from UCD School of Bimolecular and Biomedical Science with support from The SCORE network. This approach will help us better understand new and emerging trends in Ireland over time.

“The agencies said that harm reduction measures, such as drug-checking services, are “crucial” to reduce the harm from taking MDMA, the chemical name for ecstasy” ⁦Cormac O'Keeffe⁩ irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4160…

Excellent Club Health Ghent 2025, including Nicki Killeen describing the #harmreduction benefits of 3 years of ‘Back of House’ onsite drug testing, based on The Loop model. 58% of survey respondents report being willing to surrender drugs to a Back of House testing service.

The ‘doing gender-doing drugs’ team! Had a great time Club Health Ghent 2025 hanging out with academic & #TEDI #DrugChecking colleagues, with this bunch reminded me just how long ago that paper was written. (They proposed I write a 2nd edition. Hmm... 🧐)

Excellent Interagency engagement supporting people who are homeless. Thanks to all attendees & speakers ⁦Cork Drug & Alcohol Task Force⁩ Joe Kirby ⁦Mercy University Hospital Cork⁩ Dr Rachel Cole ⁦Nicki Killeen⁩ Emerging drug trends ⁦Yvonne Cashman⁩ Sinead lawless CCMT ⁦HSESouthWest⁩ ⁦

We were delighted to recently attend the 13th Club Health Ghent 2025 in Ghent to engage in discussions on creating safer and move inclusive settings. We presented on drug trends and developments in this area since the conference was held in Dublin in 2017. #ClubHealth #SaferNightlife

People in disadvantaged areas face worse health outcomes than before, ESRI report finds irishtimes.com/ireland/social…

‘The road to safer and inclusive nightlife environments’ Results and recommendations from the Crisscross project crisscrossproject.org

HSE MDMA update, May 2025 drugs.ie/hse_mdma_updat…

HSE issues drug trend update ahead of festival season drugs.ie/news/article/h…

📣♾️📣 2 deaths last weekend in London were from pills confirmed as #nitazenes & similar to pills tested by The Loop. They looked like oxys BUT it is not known what they were bought as. Take care whatever pills you take. Carry #naloxone, check in on friends & test if you can.

We don’t know what the pills were bought as, implicated in 2 deaths & 1 hospitalisation last weekend, but we do know they came home from clubbing & we do know they took nitazene pills very similar to ones tested by The Loop 2 months ago. Test & take care, whatever pills you take.

Quoted in The Times and The Sunday Times by David Woode on the recent nitazene deaths & why we need universal access to #drugchecking now more than ever. Nitazenes don’t follow the neat binaries of ‘recreational’ & ‘dependent’ drugs, as last month’s tragic deaths illustrate. thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

We spent some time this week alongside An Garda Síochána colleagues with Warren Lysaght from NSW police force on his visit to learn about #Nitazenes and collaborative responses. Warren visited a number of services in Dublin and had a day of discussion with a range of stakeholders

The Loop is onsite at Parklife 🪩 conducting back of house testing! We will post about substances of particular concern - make sure to follow us for more info. Also, our lovely researchers are circulating the event conducting confidential surveys informing our services. ♾💜

♾️💜♾️ Ecstasy pills containing 90-340mg MDMA (equivalent to 1-3 adult doses) were tested Parklife 🪩 last weekend. Take care, test if you can, & look after each other. #TakeQuarterSipWater #GoSlowStayLow ♾️💜♾️ metro.co.uk/2025/06/16/dru…