Yes!!! Big difference

Thank you Marjorie Swartz, office of Mike McGuire, for a great meeting to discuss how we can End The Epidemics! #etedoa #endtheepidemicsca

A lot of legislation. Coming down the pipeline to force people into treatment. Treatment must be available on demand, humane, and voluntary.

Truth 💣 DARE has been counterproductive. Safe sane science driven conversations work and speak words of love and care. 💪 Filter | harm reduction journalism

Almost all ‘anti-fentanyl’/‘tough on fentanyl’ politics are actually just: (a) people who don’t have a single clue what they’re talking about at all & (b) a whole lot of unvarnished, old- fashioned ✨ R A C I S M ✨

The US isn't just home to the world's most incarcerated people. It’s also home to the world's most *formerly* incarcerated people—who are 10 times more likely to be homeless. We can't end the housing crisis until we repair the harms of mass incarceration. nextcity.org/urbanist-news/…

I took an opportunity to advocate against the continued criminalization of drug users to those who have the power to bring an end to the War on Drugs. It’s always hard to tell in political work whether you moved the needle at all - but we must keep this conversation at the front.

On this Overdose Awareness Day all I have to say is that “awareness” can’t bring back the people I care about, and it feels perverse to keep asking for “awareness” when epidemic overdose deaths have dominated news for years. Be aware of our failure to do anything decent or right.

I wish I had an inspirational comment to add on International Overdose Awareness Day but Ryan Marino is on BlueSky says it best We don’t have an overdose awareness problem We have an overdose inaction problem An overdose blame and stigma problem An overdose apathy problem

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Nails it! Tehya *support harm reduction* Johnson, NP We don’t know where to start with this

In case you need a reminder. Treatment must be voluntary and then some. Treatment needs to be life focused not merely abstinence focused. Stay present and available to people seeking support, connection and a shame free network of love and compassion

Truth. prop 36 does nothing to provide funding for treatment. It funds mass incarceration. A step backwards that will fund the drug war response to a public health issue.

A must watch. Not one dollar will be allocated for treatment under Prop 36. It’s a set back that will fund mass incarceration. That’s it. It’s an ignition switch to escalate the racist drug war.

📣 BIG NEWS! The LA Times Editorial Board recommends voting NO on #Prop36, warning that it will revive the war on drugs. Read more from L.A. Times Opinion on why voters should say #NoOnProp36 ⤵️ #StopProp36 #PrisonSpendingScam

Author Raymond Goins on the devastation Prop 36 will bring to Black and Brown communities - reflecting on how it draws from the same racist politics of #3strikes and the #WarOnDrugs #NoOnProp36 siliconvalleydebug.org/stories/prop-3…

The Los Angeles Times Ed Board urges a NO vote on Prop 36: “We do have a serious drug problem that requires a thoughtful response and enormous resources. Proposition 36 pretends the task can be accomplished on the cheap. It can’t. It’s more illusion than solution.” latimes.com/opinion/story/…

“We’re not going back!” More than a slogan for the Harris-Walz campaign.

CA friends:

GOOD SHORT VIDEO from a mom knows that Prop 36 is bad for California families. #Prop36