10/31, 1 PM EST: Join us for yet another revelatory session of our Confronting the Drug War series, this 1 on drug-induced homicide/global penalties for selling, w/Louise Beale of #ReframetheBlame fame, Kanna Hayashi, Saba Rouhani, & @RS_McNeil moderating. bit.ly/_CTDW_OCT

Our new article's out! (Danielle Russell, Dr. Beth (bethmeyerson.bsky.social) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, suzan walters, Paul Joudrey, A. Bennett, L. Elliott, C. Cleland): Main finding: Doing crazy shit to avoid dopesickness doesn't mean you’re irrational, sick, or that your brain has been hijacked. link.springer.com/article/10.118…

"Fewer than 20% of people with opioid use disorder in the country are accessing evidence-based treatment." Dr. @suenlw shares how removing unnecessary barriers to care can help more Californians get the treatment they need to recover from addiction. bit.ly/40u55UZ

I’m SO excited to share the 4-episode podcast I co-produced with Michele Goodwin & Ms Studios, based on my book Torn Apart, on abolishing family policing and reimagining child welfare—with the voices of impacted families, family defenders, activists & scholars.

Really excited to share my first invited commentary, in JAMA Internal Medicine, on the importance of shared decision-making in treating opioid use disorder in pregnancy (MOUD rules!). Thx to Davida Schiff, MD Kelly Knight for joining me on this perspective. 🙏🏾jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Really important blog post by Dr. Nora Volkow NIDAnews about some key issues where I feel some alignment: ✅we are past stigma and punishment ✅criminalization harms ✅people who use drugs have valuable expertise and are essential research partners nida.nih.gov/about-nida/nor…

Understanding how structurally vulnerable folks interact with #harmreduction can help create more responsive housing-focused interventions per Taylor Fleming, Jade Boyd, Koharu Loulou Chayama, Kelly Knight & @RS_McNeil. harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… #HousingFirst #PublicHealth

Honored that insights from our CASPEH study are cited in the Economic Report of the President this year! CASPEH authors: Dr. @MKushel & @DrTianaMoore with Jennafer Birkmeyer, @MyAnthroPOV, Dr. Michael Duke, Dr. @KellyRayKnight & Dr. @KaraYoungPonder. whitehouse.gov/cea/written-ma…

Did you miss our #methadone webinar earlier this week? A recording now available on our website! 🔊medicine.yale.edu/event/addictio…

Congratulations Dr. Bluthenthal! Ricky N. Bluthenthal

Congratulations Dr. Suen, for this well-deserved honor! We are grateful for all the incredible work you do! @suenlw

Racial inequalities in overdose have become extreme in recent years. In the latest year of data, overdoses declined for White individuals and rose for all other groups.

My great honor to "hood" these amazing PhD medical anthropologists today Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs graduation. Congratulations Dr. Kara Zamora and Dr. Sheyda Aboii The future is so bright, thanks to your brilliant scholarship! UCSF Department of Humanities & Social Sciences @KxraZamora

Excited to share a huge media analysis about police and fentanyl that I worked on for the past many months with The Center for Just Journalism. Check it out! justjournalism.org/page/fentanyl-…

Increasingly the response to racism in the US is to look away. In the commentary below, Hans Oh, Mojgan Sami, Jimi Huh and I Population and Public Health Sciences at USC argue for more and better measurement of discrimination for populations with substance use. DM for copies of this paper.

Still overwhelmed at being presented BC Centre on Substance Use's Bud Osborn Award for Knowledge Translation by guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 last Friday. Bud was a mentor to many. His poetry revealed deeper truths of the drug war. That's what we seek at Crackdown podcast & @vandupeople.

I'm excited to be a part of this important panel on research with RV residents and hope to see you at our FREE ONLINE Summit this June 22 and 23! For more information, please visit: vehicleresidency.org/panel-rv-resid…

(1/3) Today, SCOTUS ruled that cities may arrest and fine people for resting outside, even when they have nowhere else to go. This extreme decision goes against the data on how best to end homelessness. Read Dr. @Mkushel's statement: homelessness.ucsf.edu/resources/pres… #GrantsPass

So proud of my friend Ayesha Appa on her NIDAnews Avenir award. Look out for this amazing individual to change the world. UCSF School of Medicine nida.nih.gov/about-nida/org…

US overdose deaths are dropping. Is California following? laist.com/news/health/la… with remarks by Ricky N. Bluthenthal & Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH More effort to reach Black and Latinx people who are at risk for overdose are needed.