#Reform19 begins tomorrow! Catch me on the 'ACTIVATING PEOPLE WHO SELL DRUGS AS HARM REDUCTIONISTS' panel on Saturday, November 9 from 3pm 4:30pm. See you soon, St. Louis. 😉

We are excited to be at #Reform19 this year! An opening plenary that gives airtime to saving lives via naloxone can only be followed by amazing program for the next two days.

“Making something illegal for young people does not make them safe.” – Rebecca Haines-Saah re: Marijuana/cannabis legalization and public health concerns #Reform19 She also has her son, who is 10, with her at the conference. 👩‍👦

This panel is titled ‘The Overdose Crisis in Our Backyards: Can We Stop Calling It a White Overdose Crisis?’ + the panel is drilling down on the role of racism plays in how policy has left Black people out of so many healthcare discussions re: drugs and substances. #Reform19

“Harm reduction is not just about substance abuse. It is about resisting oppression.” – tmarieg.bsky.social #Reform19 re: Black people dealing with substance abuse largely due a lack of resources

“We’re all being duped by a system that’s telling us to point fingers at each other, but it’s the system we should be blaming.” -Steven “Flow” Pacheco

Drug selling is a job. But it's also a shitty job. No union, bad hours, you could go to jail. A thread of notes from the #Reform19 panel on drug sellers ⬇️

There's a cultural competency that's needed before you engage someone who sells drugs. There's shame associated with selling drugs. It's not like pop culture glorification. You don't sleep. You a servant. Someone calls your phone, you're out the door. Steven “Flow” Pacheco #Reform19

Steven “Flow” Pacheco For the most part, sellers want to know if their drugs are bad. They want customers to test them. A lot of people are ostracized from their family & community because of selling. Some people distance themselves because they know it can bring risk. Steven “Flow” Pacheco #Reform19

Steven “Flow” Pacheco We have to build legalization around racial and social justice, or all we're doing is just legalizing only the toys we want to play with. Support the people who've been providing you with drugs for years! - Mitchell Gomez at #Reform19

@ScottBeaumont95 Rebecca Haines-Saah Absolutely. That’s why i am proud to work with Punishment to Public Health (P2PH) because we are aware and willing to take this on. Keep an eye on our work for more on this. i’m at a public hearing in NY’s State Capitol speaking about this as it relates to ATI and pretrail services.

If you are near Lehman College in The Bronx this afternoon, stop by the @bxconsortium convening and catch our ED Jeff Coots moderating a panel that is our namesake ‘From Punishment to Public Health’. #BronxConsortium #TheBronx #P2PH #PublicHealth #Health #Housing

.@livey_lu kicking off this morning’s Punishment to Public Health (P2PH) conference on public health challenges inherent to NY’s #bailreform legislation, speaking about some work @DCJ_jjay has done evaluating the new law. A #JJCResearch collaboration! John Jay College

Right now we are learning about the ‘Health Needs of Current Rikers Population and Key Health Intercepts’ with experts from Correctional Health Services. Join us in the East End Dining Hall at John Jay College! eventbrite.com/e/addressing-t…

Thank you Punishment to Public Health (P2PH) for the opportunity! Awesome to engage with the public health perspective on bail reform

“Out of every 10 people you meet, four of them have a behavioral health disorder.” – Dr. Sasidhar Gunturu of Bronx Care Health System That’s the national average in the US. It’s closer to 6/10 in The Bronx. 😧

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New York is John Jay College's home, so we were proud to feature the work four JJC centers are doing with policymakers to keep NY communities safe & strong in the 2019 #JJCResearch mag IMPACT. With @JohnJayPRI, @JohnJayREC, Punishment to Public Health (P2PH) & @DCJ_jjay 👉🏾 bit.ly/36wKyT4