Two of the Heroin in Transition Team, Dan Ciccarone and Sarah Mars, talking about fentanyl and what is driving the current poisoning epidemic, on KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny. kqed.org/forum/20101018…

UCSF Study: Fentanyl Suppliers Behind Spike in Opioid Deaths kqed.org/forum/20101018…

Continuing the conversation about what problems and possible solutions lie ahead with fentanyl in the drug supply...let me know if you want to read it and don't have access. Commentary in Addiction journal. "Fentanyl: the many challenges ahead".

Fentanyl still rising. sfgate.com/bayarea/articl…

#HIV+#COVID: UC San Francisco study finds people living w/HIV have "pandemic expertise." Skills+attitudes developed through experiences w/HIV helped them cope w/COVID-19 pandemic (strategies to deal w/anxiety+depression, appreciation for life, +changing behaviors to protect health). 1/2

Toots, tastes and tester shots: user accounts of drug sampling methods for gauging heroin potency harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… #hrjournal