Back in the #HR23 #dialoguespace learning about smoking #fentanyl in #SanFran from #qualitative data presented by
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Professor of Family & Community Medicine at UCSF. Public health researcher at intersection of HIV and drug use. P.I. of Heroin in Transition Study (NIH/NIDA).
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Thank you Jason & #HR23 but none of this would have been possible without the wonderful team. A shout out to the hard work of Marisha Wickremsinhe & , the team, Mike Brown, , , community members & more
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Amazing work by @pwidpride to introduce major policy changes for OAT prescribing in the hospital through the iHOST project presented at #HR23 @HRInews lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr
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NEWS: has declared fentanyl combined with xylazine an emerging threat to the United States. Read about what this means and what comes next:
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Leaving free #fentanyl test strips in convenient places where people gather, such as bars, may help reduce the risk of overdose. “Test strips are cheap, easy to use and easy to read,” UCSF’s Dr. says, calling them "the latest & greatest."
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"Cheers! To your health!"
Or maybe not...
Drinking alcohol, even in modest quantities, has no longevity benefits:
Moderate Drinking Has No Health Benefits, Analysis of Decades of Research Finds
“The FDA’s decision does not mean that naloxone is now fully accessible, because it doesn’t directly lower the cost—which has always been the bottom line for true naloxone liberation.”
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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 @kastaliamedrano:
filtermag.org/fda-otc-naloxo
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While we welcome #naloxone in any form being accessible over-the-counter, we’re echoing the need for naloxone to be free and accessible for all. Harm reductionists have been working hard to make this happen.
#narcan #naloxonesaveslives #narcansaveslives #harmreductionworks
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#Naloxone saves lives, & it should be free, over-the-counter, & accessible to all-including outside pharmacy walls. For many years now, people who use drugs, harm reductionists, & the programs they run have been distributing life-saving naloxone..(1/3)
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#Naloxone should be free and accessible to everyone.
#harmreductionworks #harmreductionsaveslives #endoverdose
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“The FDA’s decision does not mean that naloxone is now fully accessible, because it doesn’t directly lower the cost—which has always been the bottom line for true naloxone liberation” filtermag.org/fda-otc-naloxo
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Next up: @DanCiccarone of @UCSF "On Goofballs and Speedballs: polysubstance use in the age of Fentanyls"
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Join us for the session "On Goofballs and Speedballs: Polysubstance Use in the Age of Fentanyl’s" with , Justine Miner Professor in Addiction Medicine , at our annual conference March 17-18! nysam-asam.org/conferences/20
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For accurate, peer-reviewed info on narcotics and how their antidotes work, follow folks like and other public health heroes who work diligently to stop this sort of outright propaganda
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. joined representatives from the U.S., India, Indonesia and the Intl. Narcotics Control Board to discuss the importance of public health and safety partnerships, as well as the need for solid data to inform responses to the threat of illicit synthetic drugs. #CND66
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“Address root causes. People cannot heal from, or live stably with, substance-use disorders if they lack proper housing or suffer from untreated trauma or mental illness.”
nytimes.com/2023/02/22/opi
& others have been saying this for years:…
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Will ketamine tx follow a common path: "an initial overestimation of benefit, followed by more tempered results and recognition of previously undetected harm"?
Let science and reasonable regulation prevail.
A Fraught New Frontier in Telehealth: Ketamine
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A terrific collaboration and paper. Thanks for including me!
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(drug checking, etc) were more likely to also carry naloxone.
Thank you dream team: @DanCiccarone @drjthrul @MimiBelcher and others.
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(drug checking, etc) were more likely to also carry naloxone.
Thank you dream team: and others.
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I remember first discovering harm reduction spaces after getting sober from opioids 12+ years ago - my mind was blown there were people devoting their lives to treating folks who use drugs with love, respect, and dignity. It felt THE MOST radical.
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A supply side approach to reducing fentanyl problems certainly has political appeal. But will it work?
2 generations worth of data show the failure of the #warondrugs
#harmreduction and demand reduction have a good evidence base and are finally being supported. Its about time!
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Fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year.
Let’s launch a major surge to stop fentanyl production and sale, with drug detection machines to inspect cargo and stop pills and powder at the border — and impose strong penalties to crack down on trafficking.
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SPREAD THE WORD
The X-waiver for buprenorphine prescribing is gone. It’s time to spread the word statnews.com/2023/02/14/x-w via
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Fasinating article on evolving #artificalintelligence
Funniest and simultaneously most disturbing thing I have read in a while...
Do we really need hallucinating #chatbot?
#technology
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A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled
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Terrific story about Black leadership in a time of crisis.
She Helped Unlock the Science of the Covid Vaccine
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I was invited to join this celebration of passage of the MAT Act. This bill deregulated prescribing buprenorphine for treatment of OUD. I was deeply involved.
Thanks to the leadership of Rep. Tonko (NY), and Dr Gupta !
I missed the event due to major surgery!
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Today, our team members celebrated the passage of the #MATAct at the @WhiteHouse.
We're grateful for @ONDCP and @DrGupta46 for hosting and their hard work, the leadership of @RepPaulTonko and @SenatorHassan, and the fellow advocates who made this day possible.
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1/2 Today marks the start of #BlackHistoryMonth, a time to honor and commemorate all Black Americans, past and present, and celebrate their profound impact on history, society, and community in the face of injustice, racism, and oppression.
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2 years ago, Oregon became the first U.S. state to decriminalize drugs for personal use. We partnered with @ComagineHealth to evaluate how the law was implemented. Today we are sharing the evaluation findings in a new report you can access here: vitalstrat.org/3l0gNWM
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Yes expanding access to quality SUD as well as mental health treatment will make a difference in the still expanding overdose crisis.
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The 118th Congress has a chance to make a difference on fentanyl related overdoses. My latest in @thehill thehill.com/opinion/health
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TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) announced today medical use MDMA, Psilocybin moved from Schedule 9 (prohibited substances) to S8 (controlled medicines) of Poisons Standard. Enables authorised psychiatrists prescribe these for Rx-resistant depression & Rx resistant PTSD
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#BlackHistoryMonth is an annual observance originating in the United States, also known as African-American History Month. For more information about #BHM2023 check out blackhistorymonth.gov
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This year's Harm Reduction International Conference #HR23 in Melbourne, Australia will continue its history of providing a dynamic forum for the latest research and discussions on drug use, harm reduction & human rights.
Register now: hr23.hri.global
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Today's front page: reporters & confirm the findings in our preprint.medrxiv.org/content/10.110
Testing w/ immunoassay strips and FTIR spectrometer found counterfeit pills sold in pharmacies in Northern Mexico contain fentanyl, heroin & meth
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Excellent, thorough investigative reporting on the fentanyl exposure overdose misinformation plaguing police by reporter . Great to be on air with colleague .
Answer: Superstition.
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Congrats to Dr. Michelle Albert for Ringing the Opening Bell today . This is so AMAZING!!! Glad to be her PROUDEST mentee. #phenomenalwomen #thatsmypresident #servantleader #doctor #cardiologist #dean
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Excellent piece on "excess excess" deaths during the COVID 19 pandemic. Social isolation and delayed medical care may be causes but the data align best with simply undercounted COVID cases.
Why Are So Many Americans Dying Right Now?
Check out my contribution to this CNN article: Religion linked to better measures of heart health among Black Americans. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/08/31 #aha #religion #cvd
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On 2/9 12-1pm EDT, join , & for a #harmreduction state of the union. Speakers inc. , Mark Jenkins (), Jenna Bluestein (), Corey Davis (), & ().
🔗yale.zoom.us/webinar/regist
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We are proud to highlight our team’s work in a new multiagency study, published in . ⬇️
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