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Simon Doherty

@simondoherty1.bsky.social
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I’m a journalist who covers drugs, clubs, and culture

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Is Talk to FRANK (the UK’s Government drug education campaign which has been running for over two decades) a useful resource? In the interest of journalism, I tried to find out by calling them and asking five basic questions. You can see the results here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbau...
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
(1/2) I wrote about the strange and secretive world of ecstasy pill design... READ: www.vice.com/en/article/dutch-candy-pill-designs-cultural-artifacts/
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The strange and secretive world of ec𝓈ta𝓈y branding is something that artists Adam Fierman and Peter Andrew Lusztyk are obsessed with. FULL PODCAST: rb.gy/77jqq6
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
"Did you pack your own bag, sir?"
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
That’s bonkers
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Nobody loves the sesh more than the Fuengirola police 😂
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
These are the most popular pill designs in Berlin atm. But never forget: the design/branding bears no relation to quality. Learn more on my YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zey... ✌️
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Putting the ‘HELL’ into CoacHELLa…
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Are more people taking drugs at work? If so, why?
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
[1/4] The story of how the police in the Netherlands busted 4kg 💊 disguised as a kitchen sink!
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
One way to promo your night…
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Mr Beast feels like the modern-day equivalent of Bum Fights, the early-00s show that paid homeless people to fight, pull out their own teeth, and tattoo the name of the show on their forehead. It's getting a bit distasteful, like monetising abuse.
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
It's k's world, baby, we're just living in it…
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Festival goes could get their 💊 tested at Yours and Owls festival (in New South Wales, Australia) last weekend. Isn't it funny that some people (like some politicians) want to stop this? You'd think that everyone would have the same aim, right? For everyone to get home safely if they go out.
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Source: An early economic analysis of medical 🍃 for the treatment of chronic pain (Marrinan et al, 2025).
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Harm reduction, in the 1960s…
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
According to research by Give Us The Night, Ireland has lost 25% of their clubs in five years. Only 83 remain. Campaigners say the industry there is on “the brink of collapse”.
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Harm reduction new year 🎉
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
This, people, is the correct ranking (best at the top and going down in deliciousness). I will fight you all!
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Watching Keith Haring work is mesmerising. He attracted onlookers but barely acknowledged them. In the years leading up to his tragic death at the age of thirty-one, the crowds kept getting bigger, but his process stayed the same: steady hand, monastic concentration, muscle memory his muse.
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The Dutch police recently busted someone with this 2kg gnome. It's solid MDMA! Even the gnome looks surprised.
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Daily Mail: "People who use weed are mentally ill killers." Also Daily Mail: "Do you want to buy some weed?" 🙃
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
a valid form of therapy?
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
For the first time, The Loop has received Home Office licences to test d;rugs at venues Drumsheds and The Warehouse Project. It will begin this autumn.
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Whatever way you slice it, if you make a cannabis policy debate about gender, you are a weirdo...
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Can we not have both?
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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
A dangerous drug warning has been put out in London…
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