Drug Science

@Drug_Science · London, England · joined 12 Aug 2013

Drug Science is the UK's leading independent scientific body on drugs - guiding evidence-based drug policy and drug research. Please donate to support our work.

23 795Followers

606Following

5 739Posts total

2.9KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Drug Science@Drug_Science1 Sep

We're going to the World Ayahuasca Forum. Want to join us? Now's your last chance to pick up a ticket. Get 10% off with the code DRUGSCIENCE26. https://t.co/WzuYJSTnB7 631 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Drug Science@Drug_Science8 Jul

New podcast! Dr Andy Barker is a psychiatrist and medical cannabis prescriber, who joined us on the pod to give us a deep-dive in to cannabis prescription and share his thoughts on the controversy on medical cannabis in the UK right now. Listen now @ https://t.co/zmXSjVwyaq ht 504 views · 2 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Drug Science@Drug_Science30 Jun

Since 2024, we've been working with UCL to change our understanding of psychotherapy in MDMA-assisted therapy. In the latest update, we propose a new approach: to qualitatively assess MDMA using therapists as the subjects. Read the full paper: https://t.co/gKt0RMyILc 557 views · 4 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Drug Science@Drug_Science29 Jun

In the 1980's, Britain had a radical harm reduction programme to prevent HIV in drug users. Since then, we've had an HIV outbreak in 2015, and now the most drug-related deaths in Europe. What happened, and how can we put this right? Read now 👇 https://t.co/nUKbcJOkZL https: 560 views · 7 likes · 8 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Drug Science@Drug_Science24 Jun

Could psychedelics help you heal your marriage? 💗 This week, Sarah Tilley discuss her groundbreaking psilocybin-assisted couples therapy programme, which focusses on 'un-merging' the couple and helping them self-actualise as individuals. Listen now @ https://t.co/zmXSjVwyaq ht 656 views · 5 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views560this account956median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.35%this account3.36%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.07%this account1.90%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	560	956	0.59×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.35%	3.36%	0.70×
Engagement rate	1.07%	1.90%	0.56×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

65624 Jun

56029 Jun

55730 Jun

5048 Jul

6311 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.07%24 Jun

3.04%29 Jun

1.44%30 Jun

0.79%8 Jul

0.63%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.90%.

What the audience does

Likes52.4%22 in total

Reposts38.1%16 in total

Replies4.8%2 in total

Bookmarks4.8%2 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.