This month marks 5 yrs that I've been in remission from opioid dependence & since the last time I used heroin. Thank you Buperenorphine, CBT & harm reduction. I would not be here today w/o & I won't stop fighting until everyone has universal access to MAT!!

FREE #opioid misuse training at UNC Social Work on Friday, March 27. Hear from Scott Luetgenau, MSW, LCAS @HollemanChase Jesse Bennett & Virgil Hayes, MSW. CEU's offered + live streaming available! #opioidcrisis #NCRecoveryVillage #treatment #education

Addiction service providers tell us that COVID-19 impacts their ability to offer help. This issue is being discussed in possible relief bills. You can contact your legislator to make your voice heard. #AskAGStein

Newly published in @DrugAlcoholDep, Yale School of Public Health, Yale Program in Addiction Medicine, and APT Foundation researchers find that #HCV treatment within an OTP is associated with improved #opioid treatment retention. Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

So incredibly excited to share a peak at our upcoming Addiction Professionals of North Carolina (APNC) Fall Conference from 10/13 - 10/16. We have decreased pricing for the virtual event that will offer an unprecedented selection of 80 credit hours. Att…lnkd.in/dcp-649

Join us for (virtual) Addiction Medicine Rounds on Thursday, October 8th, featuring guest speaker, Mark Jenkins, founder of fg ghhrc! Register for free: yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0O…

I once overheard someone talking poorly about a patient who passed out in a parking garage after an opioid overdose. I felt it was a good time to tell them I blacked out in the woods behind my house once. And like, don’t fucking judge people by only their worst moments

Some Drug War Facts: ✅Illicit drug use occurs in every zip code but drug arrests don't. ✅A drug arrest record (even without a conviction or incarceration) can mess up your life. ✅The drug war has made social workers, doctors, teachers, etc. into frontline enforcers like cops.

REVISED Narcotic Treatment Program Manual: A Guide to DEA Narcotic Treatment Program Regulations ➡️ bit.ly/3uWOGtQ. We have encouraged the DEA to revise the original guidance and the manual provides a number of policy updates, which includes mobile van regulations.

I had hoped to live tweet this week at #HarmRed22 but I was so enthralled in the content, I am glad I had a day to reflect. A thread below of some of the best quotes, interesting facts and general musings from this really insightful week:

My kid just learned “uh oh spaghettios” but he keeps forgetting and is yelling “oh no noodles” instead

If anyone needs a little motivation today, call (707) 873-7862. It’s a school project where kindergarteners give you a pep talk. It’s so cute 🥹😅. And it’s automated!

Members of our team took a look at over 200 incidents in which police were dispatched to respond to an overdose in a city in Rhode Island. We found that police administered naloxone in only 10% of incidents (1/5) brown.edu/news/2022-11-0…

🌟MY LATEST CO-AUTHORED PUBLICATION🌟 "Social Workers as Potential Agents for Drug Policy Reform" Social workers must reflect on their role in social control and get involved in efforts to end the war on drugs. *Bonus: It's free!!* journals.iupui.edu/index.php/adva…

5/when Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta published the weak foundations behind morphine milligram equivalents they enlisted paragraphs from patients whose lives were affected “Far too often we are victims of the good intentions of people who want to do something about the opioid crisis”

Want to add a real tool to your Rage Toolbox when people are denied treatment for OUD? The DOJ position paper on non-discrimination based on the ADA came out in April 2022. You should wield this like a sword at jails, nursing homes, and "treatment centers".

I gonna need extra strength mashed potatoes this year

New devastating data from the CDC about drug overdose rates among people aged 25-44 years by race. 🚨 Rates dramatically increased for white, Black, and Latinx ppl over 20 years, with steepest increases starting in 2013. 🚨 Source: cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…