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Associate Deans (@ass_deans) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You will have to decide, in drafting your “Research Impact Statement” whether or not your research is merely irrelevant or un-American.

Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW (@myharmreduction) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Proud to have supported the efforts of amazing faculty advocates. We got 325 US-based faculty to sign onto this letter against cuts to Medicaid, SAMHSA, CDC, and HRSA. npr.org/2025/05/13/nx-…

Invisible People ➤ Imagine Everyone With a Home (@invisiblepeople) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Homelessness doesn’t start with tents on sidewalks — it starts with broken systems, erased communities, and generational trauma. Social worker Candice Turner explains how housing instability and racism are still deeply connected: invisiblepeople.tv/how-generation…

OnPoint NYC (@_onpointnyc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hepatitis C is curable - and we're raising awareness all week at OnPoint NYC! In honor of #HCVCureDay, join us tomorrow Wed 5/14 in Washington Heights or Thu 5/15 in East Harlem from 1-3 for testing, education food & drinks, raffles, and more. bit.ly/43npmxI

Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW (@myharmreduction) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our sign-on letter with 325 US-based faculty against federal funding cuts also got featured in the New York Times - nytimes.com/2025/05/13/hea…

Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW (@myharmreduction) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ICYMI- Our 3rd panel in our "New Drugs and New Markets" series is now available online- it was a great discussion on understanding drug markets and their complexity youtube.com/watch?v=CR-VFb…

Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW (@myharmreduction) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our letter signed by 325 academics was featured in a CNN story today about overdose death reductions, but how those gains could be reversed with more federal funding cuts cnn.com/2025/05/14/hea…

Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW (@myharmreduction) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Absolutely infuriating. These cuts are putting our most vulnerable at risk while enriching those who need it the least. There's a reason why it happened in the middle of the night. nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/…

Drug Policy Alliance (@drugpolicyorg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The message from parents to Congress is clear: invest in health, treatment, and overdose prevention NOW, don’t gut funding. We joined a group of parents - who’ve lost children to overdose or have children living with addiction - to advocate for the services they know save lives.

The message from parents to Congress is clear: invest in health, treatment, and overdose prevention NOW, don’t gut funding. We joined a group of parents - who’ve lost children to overdose or have children living with addiction - to advocate for the services they know save lives.
John Harwood (@johnjharwood) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"The administration has terminated more than 80% of USAID grants. "A BU global health professor estimated these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children. "That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished." nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opi…

UNAIDS Global (@unaids) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UNAIDS projected that by 2030, without an urgent scale-up in prevention and treatment, 21.8 million people could be living with HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa. Now, with funding drying up, this number will only grow —placing communities, health systems, and progress at risk.

International Journal of Drug Policy (@ijdrugpolicy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Heroin injection to fentanyl smoking: Examining temporal trends in substance type and route of administration among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO, USA between 2021–2022” by Jesse Goldshear and all (2025) via International Journal of Drug Policy. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

“Heroin injection to fentanyl smoking: Examining temporal trends in substance type and route of administration among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO, USA between 2021–2022” by Jesse Goldshear and all (2025) via <a href="/ijdrugpolicy/">International Journal of Drug Policy</a>. 

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) (@hracollective) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣REGISTER NOW📣 ❤️‍🔥Support. Don’t Punish – Care Not Criminalization 🗓June 26, 2025 ⏰1pm PT · 2pm MT · 3pm CT · 4pm ET · 5pm AT · 5:30pm NT 🎟Register for a special virtual event marking Support.Don't Punish 2025, co-hosted by Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) + HIV Legal Network. 🔗 supportdontpunish2025.eventbrite.ca

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<a href="/SDPcampaign/">Support.Don't Punish</a> 2025, co-hosted by <a href="/HRACollective/">Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC)</a> + <a href="/HIVlegal/">HIV Legal Network</a>.

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Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW (@myharmreduction) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you know (or are) an Early Career Researcher heading to #CPDD2025 on Saturday, be sure to swing by our panel to learn about different career paths! I'll talk about my journey to policy advocacy. Swing by Bayside Ballroom A at 2:45pm!

If you know (or are) an Early Career Researcher heading to #CPDD2025 on Saturday, be sure to swing by our panel to learn about different career paths! I'll talk about my journey to policy advocacy. Swing by Bayside Ballroom A  at 2:45pm!
Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityalec) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I was excited to do a deep dive on Copaganda for NPR's Code Switch. The episode is now out, and more relevant than ever. npr.org/2025/06/11/125…

Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW (@myharmreduction) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our harm reduction family continues to experience tremendous loss. I am deeply saddened by the loss of Naomi Burke-Shyne and Peter Krykant. Both made a tremendous impact in the short time they were with us. I wish we had more time with both. May we be their continuation.

The Nation (@thenation) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many of the world's most famous economists say that Zohran Mamdani's economic policies are cost responsible and form a coherent agenda that rejects austerity and embraces the city’s power to make life more affordable for New Yorkers. thenation.com/article/econom…

Prison Policy Initiative (@prisonpolicy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This week, millions across the US are under a sweltering heat dome. Heat waves are especially deadly for incarcerated people, as prisons are not equipped to handle these environmental emergencies – which will only get worse because of climate change.

This week, millions across the US are under a sweltering heat dome.

Heat waves are especially deadly for incarcerated people, as prisons are not equipped to handle these environmental emergencies – which will only get worse because of climate change.