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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

The vessel was equipped with antennas and a Starlink modem and two surveillance cameras: one on the bow and another inside to monitor the engine and transmission. Officials believe the sub was on a trial run to transport cocaine to the US or to Europe. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Colombia identifies new threat in drug war: the autonomous narco drone sub

Country’s navy announced seizure of uncrewed narco sub, first capture of such a vessel in Colombian waters

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Tim Surmont @timsurmont.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Happy to be part of this publication on the potential of wastewater-based epidemiology to estimate the retail illicit drug market in Europe. Via this link it is free to access until 2 May 2025! authors.elsevier.com/c/1klZi3PEro...

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

This is interesting analysis of the events…

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Trifid Duane of Canada🍁🇨🇦 @trifidofcanada.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The EU gave 350B, but he likes to be a big shot and take credit for others efforts

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This. In Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 we say ‘whit’s fur ye, ‘ll no go by ye’.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Are the days of Statesmen over? We have attack dogs now?

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

It seems like there is some hope after all.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I expect there will be other sanctions…

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

What a weekend, and it’s only Saturday.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“A man who leads when no-one follows is simply going for a walk.”

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

New report shows US cannabis industry life cycle emissions are 44 Mt CO2e/year, equalling those of 6M homes or 10M cars, 90% of which is associated with factory-farmed products. Energy use is 4x that of beverage and tobacco or pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing. 😟 www.cell.com/one-earth/pd...

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

There is no plan that withstands an encounter with the enemy.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Anyone else feeling Opium wars vibes coming on?

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

It’s also disappointing that someone who wants to run HHS still uses obsolete stigmatizing language like “addict.” Here are some alternatives and why it matters.

Language Matters
Language is powerful - especially when talking about addictions.
Stigmatizing language perpetuates negative perceptions.
"Person first" language focuses on the person, not the disorder.
When Discussing Addictions...
SAY THIS
Person with a substance use disorder
Person living in recovery
Person living with an addiction Person arrested for drug violation
Chooses not to at this point
Medication is a treatment tool
Had a setback
Maintained recovery
Positive drug screen
NOT THAT
Addict, junkie, druggie
Ex-addict
Battling/suffering from an addiction
Drug offender
Non-compliant/bombed out
Medication is a crutch
Relapsed
Stayed clean
Dirty drug screen
NATIONAL COUNCIL
FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STATE ASSOGIATIONS OF ADDICTION SERVICES
Stronger Together.

Stigma decreases access to care
Meth-head User Dirty
Crack-head
Addict Clean
Abuser Junkie
Druggie
Alcoholic Abuse

ELIMINATE BIAS
LANGUAGE MATTERS
FOR PREGNANT WOMEN & BABIES
Pregnant women with substance use disorder are often stigmatized, preventing them from seeking medical care, engaging in services, and being open about substance use. Using the right language matters.
INSTEAD OF
Drug baby
TRY SAYING
Newborn exposed
to a substance
Why?
Newborns are not defined by substance exposure. Language labeling newborns as "drug babies" reinforces harmful stereotypes.
Person-first language should be used.
INSTEAD OF
Born addicted
TRY SAYING
Newborn with drug withdrawal
Why?
Addiction* occurs when people use substances despite negative consequences. Newborns cannot be addicted, but they can experience withdrawal after being exposed to opioids and other substances.
INSTEAD OF
Addict, user, abuser, or junkie
TRY SAYING
Person with a substance use disorder
Why?
Person-first language suggests that someone has a health condition, rather than defining them by that condition.
Visit nida.nih.gov for more information,

USE
Person who uses drugs
Person with non-problematic drug use
Person with drug dependence, person with problematic drug use, person with substance use disorder; person who uses drugs (when use is not problematic)
Substance use disorder; problematic drug use
Has a X use disorder
Abstinent;
person who has stopped using drugs
Actively uses drugs; positive for substance use
Respond, program, address, manage
Safe consumption facility
Person in recovery, person in long-term recovery
Person who injects drugs
Opioid substitution therapy
DON'T USE
Drug user
Recreational, casual, or experimental users
Addict; drug/substance abuser; junk-ie; dope head, pothead, smack head, crackhead etc.; druggie; stoner
Drug habit
Addicted to X
Clean
Dirty (as in "dirty screen")
right, counter, combat drugs ano other combatant lanquage
Fix rooms
Former addicts; reformed addict
Injecting drug user
Opioid replacement therapy

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

These are great graphics to use in presentations. Do you know if any permissions are needed???

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Sounds like it could be resolved if the price is right.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

If memory serves, I think they have been sending them the the Netherlands for years.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

EU agencies, member states, UK, US and UNODC colleagues in Lisbon yesterday to discuss ketamine trends during the #EMPACT meeting organised by Belgian Federal Police and @eudrugsagency.bsky.social with the support of the Portuguese Polícia Judiciária. #production #trafficking #distribution

Name badge and lanyard of showing logos of EMPACT (the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats), the Portuguese Polícia Judiciária, The European Union Drugs Agency and the Belgian Federal Police.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I should’ve said UK (North)! 😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This is an excellent thread summarizing the results from Scotland’s drug Early Warning System, RADAR. A must-read for drug researchers interested in current trends in the UK.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Belgium presents results of drug checks in traffic, 2024. 📊 Key figures: • 12,636 DUID offences, (36 +ve drivers/day). • Most Detected: o Cannabis: 58% o Cocaine: 33% o Amphetamine: 13% • 15% of +ve drivers combine cocaine and cannabis. • Poly-drug use and NPS such as ketamine and cathinones ↗️

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Why is anyone still on X/Twitter? 🤔

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I keep harking back to it this week, but it is more important now than ever that people heed Edmund Burke’s famous quote: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good people* to do nothing”. *he said ‘men’, but he meant people.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

“The president is said to protect him and share in his wealth.” The Netherlands most wanted cocaine trafficker is hiding out in Sierra Leone, according to reports. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

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'Bolle Jos' houdt zich schuil in Sierra Leone: drugsbaron samen met president gespot in Facebookvideo

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Non-US drug policy wonks everywhere…🫣

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

…and no doubt for alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Reminds me of all the diplomatic bag/pouch cases over the years. Seems like a perfect cover…until they get caught!

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Thanks for flagging this, the data on heroin is particularly useful. Seems unusual that there is no mention of nitazene opioids there. Were they not controlled substances in the period covered by the report?

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Linha de Cascais agora: perturbação. Acidente com peão.

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Excellent post by Erik de Jonge on LinkedIn that illustrates the costs of the dumping of drug production waste in the Netherlands. Some responses raise the idea that users must partly bear responsibility. @EUDrugsAgency need to work more on this topic. www.linkedin.com/posts/erik-d...

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Erik de Jonge on LinkedIn: #drugsafval | 10 comments

23 maart 2021 zal ik niet snel vergeten! Bijna 4 jaar geleden kwam ik bij een stuk bos van ons (Brabants Landschap) bij Halsteren. De politie had een cocaïne… | 10 comments on LinkedIn

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Some great exchanges today in Brussels with participants in the course designed by the Council of the EU to prepare for the forthcoming 11th round of mutual evaluations on the topic of cross-border trafficking of illicit drugs. #EUDrugsAgency

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Police in the Netherlands and Belgium have been finding procaine crystallization labs - as predicted, cocaine is being adulterated to a significant degree (so low wholesale prices may not be due to oversupply of cocaine after all).

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Correlation and TEDI report on trends in samples analysed by drug checking services (2018-2024). A nugget: "Cocaine purity increased until 2023, but in the 1st half of 2024 it started to decline, with an increase in detections of the local anaesthetic procaine." correlation-net.org/2025/01/08/e...

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European Drug Checking Trends 2018 – 2024 – European Harm Reduction Network

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Drug-related violence will be a main focus of the EU Drugs Agency's work in 2025. We need to mobilise, if we are to break the cycle... www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBFl...

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#BreakTheCycle - European Conference on Drug-Related Violence

YouTube video by European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA)

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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Who is correct??? Mexican President: no proof that fentanyl is produced here: www.barrons.com/news/no-proo... Mexican Army: 84 percent of the fentanyl drug laboratories seized are from Sinaloa (26 labs found between 2019 and 2024). www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/202...

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El 84 por ciento de los narcolaboratorios de fentanilo incautados son de Sinaloa

Sinaloa encabeza la lista de los estados donde se han llevado a cabo incautaciones de narcolaboratorios, dedicados a la producción de fentanilo.

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