An overlooked aspects of the drug toxicity overdose crisis has been the emotional impacts of overdose on front-line harm reduction workers. Our new paper in International Journal of Drug Policy explores the devastating toll from overdose on the wellbeing of workers, and strategies to support them 🧵

This is very good news in the 'play stupid games, win stupid prizes' genre:
'[Overstory Media] has been ordered to pay $270,819.02 in unpaid wages.'
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#RutgersSSW Assistant Professor Grant Victor's research, 'Cannabis donation as a harm reduction strategy: a case study', was recently referenced in Forbes' article on 'Free Weed Could Help Relieve the Opioid Crisis, Study Reveals'. Check it out here: forbes.com/sites/ajherrin…

I have left VICE!

It was a wild ride; blessed to have worked with so many incredible colleagues & forever grateful that so many ppl trusted us to tell their stories.

We achieved so much together 🙏🏽

The end of VICE News leaves a huge gap in the industry: someone step in asap!

UPDATE: The CDC will not be renewing the contract for H2 PCI, the military contractor that took over — and effectively gutted — a groundbreaking program that offered a lifeline of guidance and resources to frontline harm reduction groups battling the overdose crisis

“West of Manhattan” is the New Yorkiest possible way to refer to New Jersey

a mere 40 minutes late. respect

Eric Adams about to send 500,000 cops to the earth’s core.

gonna be worse than the day someone insulted media parties

lmao at my myrtle broadway ass thinking the subway was just extra spicy this morning #earthquake

sorry did we just have an EARTHQUAKE

“These are the heroes of WCK. These 7 beautiful souls were killed by the IDF in a strike as they were returning from a full day's mission. Their smiles, laughter, and voices are forever embedded in our memories.” - Erin Gore, CEO. Read more: wck.org/news/honoring-…

(I rarely say this, but) BREAKING: The 6 incarcerated men who sued the NY Dept of Corrections will now be allowed to watch Monday's solar eclipse. But for now, the rest of the incarcerated population is out of luck. I followed up for Hell Gate *subscribe today!* hellgatenyc.com/incarcerated-n…

I mean they kinda earned it at that point

I’m excited to share my first for Salon, written with the amazing Ryan Marino, MD. Thanks to ⬡:: troy/farah for the support and edits!

Three states are pursuing legislation that will codify passive fentanyl overdose into law as aggravated assault. 👇
salon.com/2024/04/04/tou…

this is lame cause it implies that bill maher still thinks weed is cool

The Israeli army 'gave sweeping approval for officers to adopt Lavender’s kill lists, with no requirement to thoroughly check why the machine made those choices...human personnel often served only as a 'rubber stamp' for the machine’s decisions.' 972mag.com/lavender-ai-is…

Nearly 300 current and former Apple employees have published an open letter alleging that several retail and corporate employees of the company have been disciplined or “wrongfully terminated” for expressing support for Palestinian people. WIRED
wired.com/story/apple-st…