Institute of Alcohol Studies

ias.org.uk

25 June 2026 11:05

In our latest blog, researcher Lucy Burke finds that people who drink alcohol to "fit in" are more likely to try no and low alternatives - but those who drink to cope or for intoxication? Not so much. Drinking motives may shape who no/lo policies actually reach. www.ias.org.uk/2026/06/09/w...

Colin Angus

victimofmaths.bsky.social

25 June 2026 11:05

This is an important piece of work - looking at how alcohol prices in Australia's Northern Territory responded to the repeal of Minimum Unit Pricing last year. Unsurprisingly, they found an immediate increase in the availability of cheap alcohol.

saba-i.bsky.social

05 March 2026 10:38

Delighted to share our new paper in BMJ Mental Health: “Cannabis use, cognitive function and dementia risk in older adults: observational and genetic analyses” (2026) 🔗 mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/29/1... @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @addiction-ssa.org @ukbiobank.bsky.social

Suzi Gage

soozaphone.bsky.social

13 February 2026 11:44

Today is my last day at John Moore's I haven't been here long but this job really came at a perfect time for me. I was feeling very anxious, vulnerable, after maternity leave and feeling I was coming back to a job where the ground had moved under my feet while I was on leave (new leadership etc)

Jonathan Portes

jdportes.bsky.social

12 February 2026 17:07

Farage's claims here are straightforward lies (and it's about time the media/press said so) The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%) www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...