Grateful for docs like Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc and Chad D. Kollas, MD (he/him/his) who continue to speak up for pain patients!!

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

Prohibitionist language kills.

Remember when everyone cared?

Is Trump coercing Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський into giving up what Putin was after in the first place?

Overdose deaths are finally declining. Solutions like methadone & buprenorphine, naloxone access, drug checking & overdose prevention centers have kept people alive. RFK Jr must focus on what works, not forced “healing farms” or failed drug war approaches. salon.com/2025/02/28/the…

Live hearing on vaping Philly City Council phlcouncil.com/watch-city-cou…

Fearing death is not the same as fearing aging, and one can fear either, neither or both. But I think society sets it up so that women fear aging more than they fear death.

Using drug addiction science which is itself undergoing a paradigm shift is as unwise as it is unsound. "Mixing Food Noise, Addiction, and Ultra-Processed Foods" - ConscienHealth conscienhealth.org/2025/03/mixing…

I just took action with : Let's flip the script about older workers!. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/lets-fli…

The next crisis for PWUD is RFKJR

We are Humpty Dumpty…and I worry no one will be able to put us back together again

Can we just not? govexec.com/workforce/2025…

Join Us for a Critical Discussion on Actively Centering the Experiences of People Who Use Drugs apha.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

TFW you're reminded of the wisdom of Martin Dockrell from the 2017 ecigsummit #ECigSummit. "The task of harm reduction is to help people be as safe as they choose to be." FYI Deirdre Dingman 🌻

"While smoking cigarettes continues to be the primary cause of tobacco-related disease and death, growing evidence supports the harm reduction potential of smoke-free alternatives. Yet, misperceptions persist." — The Hill Events tomorrow with Guy Bentley. thehill.com/events/5299774…

In their new Forefront article, Deirdre Dingman 🌻 and Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti from Temple University and University of Illinois Chicago discuss how as, members of the harm reduction working group of the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs Section of the American Public Health Association, they have concerns about

When writing, I recommend the 20-20 rule: 20 minutes of writing followed by 20 weeks doing new, unrelated projects you won't finish

Remind me again, how many fires have been started by ppl who fell asleep while vaping? #THR #harmreduction

Check out Episode 13 of the Trying 2 Learn Podcast! Our lab director Dr. Sarah Bauerle Bass was invited on to talk about public health messaging and what we do to help people make informed health decisions. Podcast Episode Here: buzzsprout.com/2179863/episod…