“If we want to make an impact and we want to save lives, these are the sort of decisions we actually have to be prepared to make.” #NHPolitics

Half of people in prison have a substance use disorder, but only 10% get access to clinical treatment. The rest? They're on their own. Remember this the next time a politician tries to tell you that incarceration is the solution to addiction. prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/01/3…

Unfortunately all the anti-harm reduction advocates only support people who want recovery treatment, and if you don't they just don't want to see it so people go use drugs alone. 💔 #toxicdrugcrisis

Alarming that @NHsenate just had 2 bills pass through committee with recommendation of ought to pass for mandatory minimums of 42 mos in prison for possession of >5 gr of fentanyl and 10 yrs for death resulting. We are back to archaic drug laws of the 80s that failed miserably.

Data collected by Vera Institute of Justice from 50 states and 800 counties shows that even as incarceration numbers inch down nationally, the number of people on electronic monitoring has increased by more than 350,000 in the last 10 years: prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/02/0…

NH Is Weighing Harsher Fentanyl Punishments “We’re consistently seeing ppl arrested who are low-level users that shared small quantities," NH harm reductionist John Burns tells 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 三河手押し 安城手押し 刈谷手押し 豊田手押し. "Why would it be different when we pile on a mandatory minimum?” filtermag.org/new-hampshire-…

Watch as what was left of Chris Sununu’s soul leaves his body on live tv.

Terrific news

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The Office of Professional Licensure and Certification and the Board of licensing for alcohol and other drugs demonstrated today their process promotes stigma and shame and then orchestrated a concerted effort to silent public comment on it. Lived experience is being shamed, not supported, for CRSW’s in NH.

As long as the construct of “addiction” remains in-tact, we’ll never have lasting harm reduction programs. We can’t argue for basic human rights using a discourse that positions us as fundamentally different from other people.

📢 We are excited to announce that SOS 5th Annual Recovery, Inclusion, Community & Harm Reduction (RICH) Conference 2025’s is now open! 🎉 📅 Submission deadline: Dec 31, 2024 Visit tinyurl.com/28saqpvk – via #Whova Abstract Management System whova.com/call_for_speak…

David Smith Since the DEA began coercing MDs to stop prescribing safe & effective opiate medications OD deaths have skyrocketed. Cancer & hospice patients are denied pain relief, trauma, chronic pain patients resort to street drugs. DEA seizing doctor’s assets is a new profit center

It’s a shame City of ManchesterNH public health failed to speak to fact public kiosks and collection is a best practice and evidence-based. City ordinance should prioritize people and public health over politics and discomfort. Mayor Jay Ruais wunc.org/2024-10-28/har…

Miss you @DavidTheKick. 💙

GOP side of NH House Crim Justice majority report: according to New Hampshire Representative Terry Roy mandatory minimums worked because crack is non-existent (ludicrously out of touch) and peer-reviewed studies are biased. Repeat broken deadly policy. Public health, science, facts: irrelevant 🤡