"Overdose prevention centers are worth funding," New York Daily News editorial board writes today 👀 nydailynews.com/2024/06/17/a-p…

In case you missed it...Liberate Methadone: A Roadmap for Change Conference Proceedings and Recommendations is published 💥💥💥 drive.google.com/file/d/1eRwpgf…

BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled today that cities can punish unhoused people for sleeping in public, even if they have nowhere else to go.  We cannot arrest our way out of homelessness.

First day of fellowship vibes with Scott Fabricant, MD PhD

Overdose prevention centers saves lives.

This tweet, and notably not an email from MOHELA or Federal Student Aid, is how I learned my loans were forced into an administrative forbearance that will delay my PSLF progress until the federal government figures out their shit. All I can say is contact your reps if this also affects you

"Families who are not among the prioritized groups will be eligible to stay for five days in state-run overflow shelter space" Five days. Followed by a 6+ month wait for actual shelter. Putting families on the street is so shameful

The solution to homelessness is not violent displacement. That’s what fascists do.

“and who is your primary care doctor” buddy it’s 2024. are you also gonna ask me who my butler is or where I’ve parked my lamborghini, be for real

Overdose prevention centers save lives (among many other good things for people and communities!) If you live in MA, let your reps know you support them! We're in the final days of advocacy before the legislative session ends on 7/31 It takes 2 minutes: actionnetwork.org/letters/substa…

One step closer in Massachusetts…

💜TAKE ACTION💜 Today MA Senate passed a substance use bill incl #OPC! Tomorrow's the last day of the legislative session. 14,874 people in MA died of PREVENTABLE #Overdose since first #SIFMANOW bill in 2016. Demand #mapoli say #YestoSCS to save lives! sifmanow.carrd.co

MA state law updated to allow for prescribing and dispensing of a 90 day supply of buprenorphine to treat OUD 👍🏻 it’s a great thing when we have the opportunity to treat substance use disorders the same way as any other medical condition budget.digital.mass.gov/summary/fy25/o…

If you've been looking for a meeting where you can advocate for better access to methadone, but also talk about your favorite movies and songs, join us for an 'icebreaker' meeting where we temporarily put business to side and get to know each other better. See U there!!

Hot off the press 📬 Check out AMERSA newest one-pager, policy recommendations on Overdose Prevention Centers for federal, state, and local partners! For the full position statement text, be sure to head to-> amersa.org/advocacy-state…

I’m not sure how to break it to you, but distribution of sterile equipment to use drugs and condoms have been WHO priority interventions to reduce HIV for over 30 years. Of course this should happen at a hospital - they are key pillars of the health system!

Breaking: Signed @drkararyan to a lifetime contract

Folks - please reach out to us if you’re using alone. Since August 1, I know 6 people from the harm reduction community who have died from drug-related stuff, mostly overdose. This is getting to be too much. 1-800-972-0590. Anonymous. 24/7.

🧵High-dose #naloxone—more than 4 milligrams—is unnecessary, & can cause excruciating pain from withdrawals for people who use drugs. Lower-dose naloxone has been the gold standard for reversing overdoses, along w/ rescue breathing. While it can be... bit.ly/NoHighDoseNalo…

Join us for 6th Annual Harm Reduction workshop w fab MA HR orgs! It's been 11 years since founding Homeless Health Immersion Experience; so grateful to keep teaching the next gen how to meaningfully advocate and become HR champions for their patients to humanize healthcare