Treatment Not Criminalization: Why clinicians should care about drug policy. Join us as speakers from the National Harm Reduction Coalition and Drug Policy Alliance provide information and guidance on how each of us plays a role in policies on drugs and drug treatment. Register: edbridge.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

I remember reading this when it was published in 2016. I have just re-read it and the message bears repeating. Just say no to tough love and the concept of enabling, and yes to compassion, empathy, and love. #Harmreduction saves lives. womansday.com/health-fitness…

I have a small section in this story. Also, 80 % of overdoses occur in a home… Unhoused people aren’t the only people using drugs. End the stigma. kpbs.org/news/local/202…

I’ve spent 5 years (#WTFentanyl started 2017) talking about fentanyl myths, w/ “exposure” OD (touch or proximity/breathing) being the main one. I want that info to be available without having to reply to every tweet every day. So I’m trying something new: youtu.be/215hLEVD9ww

"Harm reduction is love that stands with awe at the hardships that people carry, rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it." -National Harm Reduction Coalition (Found in my iPhone notes from a webinar in 2019, speaker unknown)

Dr. Ayana Jordan explains during a CNN town hall about the fentanyl crisis how to use Narcan, a nasal spray that blocks the effects of fentanyl and other opioids.

BREAKING: The FDA has approved the first naloxone product available without a prescription. While this removes the final regulatory barrier to naloxone access, it does not on its own lower the cost. By Topical Depression Kastalia: filtermag.org/fda-otc-naloxo…

Drug overdoses are the top cause of death for individuals ages 15 to 49 in the United States. H/T: Jason Jones

Source: ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death

Study: Treatment for opioid addiction lags despite policies designed to increase it. Initiation rates and six-month retention rates for buprenorphine haven’t budged despite relaxed telehealth rules and prescriber training requirements. michmed.org/r8gqq

New NEJM out today!! After a high risk OUD event (OD or detox) - White patients get buprenorphine 80% more often than Black pts - This is not due to diffs in methadone or frequency of health care access - Rates of rx opioids/benzos are HIGHER than bupe nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

awesome coverage of our ⁦NEJM⁩ piece by ⁦Jan Hoffman⁩, featuring ⁦Ayana “Get out & Vote” Jordan⁩ ⁦Giselle Corbie⁩ nytimes.com/2023/05/10/hea…

"Naloxone is what I call an anti-funeral drug," says Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta. When he was a student, he was discouraged from passing it out. Now, as teen fentanyl deaths rise and colleges grapple with their role, he helps students pass it out. buff.ly/3tEfIIC

NEW RESOURCE by Bridge for Emergency Departments Initiating Patients onto Buprenorphine. Transitioning to buprenorphine in the era of fentanyl is not easy, check out some of their tips and share widely! ➡️bridgetotreatment.org/resource/bupre…

This time, tomorrow! Join us along with Arianna Sampson Campbell, PA-C for Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds: "National Bridge Building: The Role of Advanced Practice Clinician in Rapidly Expanding Access to SUD Treatment" Register: yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8d…

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Independent pharmacy owner in KY: “My wholesalers demand a list of physicians who write for buprenorphine [monoproduct]..." One wholesaler told her the pharmacy was dispensing too much buprenorphine without naloxone. “We...have since stopped carrying buprenorphine alone..."

Elon Musk One would think that having lead such a movement, we would put it behind us quickly. The question is who continues to propagate it as if we r the worst offender and why. We must ask ourselves who stands to gain by constantly making a situation seem so much worst than it truly

"The Spinach man" Frank 'Rocky' Fiegel was born in Poland in 1868. He emigrated with his family to America where in 1887 he joined the Navy. When Popeye's creator E. C. Segar met him, he was a retired sailor contracted by Wiebusch’s tavern in the city of Chester, Illinois.