Zachary Siegel   

@ZachWritesStuff

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    Mar 13

    Please read & share! People really must be careful out there, and much more aware about how dangerous the illicit drug supply is right now.

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  2. 3 hours ago

    This frustrating piece of non-journalism that dutifully repeats what police say about drugs makes a mockery of drug checking. The drug supply is contaminated, killing thousands of people, and this is the story you ran with? C’mon.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    “Writers of news analysis have often been glibly, insouciantly, and bafflingly wrong, even as they adopt a voice of benign self-assurance.” … good take on how David Leonhardt’s “I’m just following the data” is actually very clearly ideological.

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    4 hours ago

    Leonhardt has been assigned to write the Times’ flagship newsletter, and his words carry the institutional authority of the paper of record. And they follow a strong ideological line. reviews The Morning:

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    6 hours ago

    So many replies that poor health and high spending due to decadent lifestyle, obesity etc. This is simply false (explains <5%). We spend more and get less in health because providers charge exorbitant prices and the system is built to deliver expensive care, not public health.

    The shame of America is that our health outcomes are so bad despite material abundance — I think normal people would trade a good deal of money for extra years of life if offered a straightforward swap.
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  6. 6 hours ago

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    too many writers asking themselves what they're allowed to write; not enough asking themselves what they're capable of writing.
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    19 hours ago

    There is an incredibly outsized fear of discarded syringes versus their relative risk, and to the person who freaked out at me for picking one up on the sidewalk today: chill out. It's not unsafe to pick up needles. My PSA: /1

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  9. 18 hours ago

    Also really highlights the politics of overdose. Heroin overdoses is endemic in *certain* Chicago neighborhoods. Did police investigate their ODs as homicides? No...

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  10. 18 hours ago

    Would 's prosecutors really go forward and bring a drug-induced homicide case to trial?

    Terrible, Terrible idea. Chicago police detectives begin training to investigate drug deaths as possible homicides
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    22 hours ago

    Things we provided at our syringe exchange program today -Needles -Antibiotic Ointment/band aids -sharps Containers - Food and drink -Clothing -Mental health counseling -testing for hepatitis and HIV -referral for treatment services Dont let anyone tell you this is enabling

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    20 hours ago

    ? The day some doctors are told there aren't enough residency slots for them to finish their training as fully qualified physicians who can care for patients. Since Congress artificially capped the number of residency slots in 1997, we turn away doctors. Unconscionable.

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    Mar 14

    Ashton Kutcher, worth $200M, wants you to send him money to help house Ukrainian refugees in Airbnb’s, in which he is also an investor. How about GFY?

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  14. 20 hours ago

    Israel has a “two-tiered system” for letting in Ukrainian refugees. Non-Jewish Ukrainians are being sent away.

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    Mar 14

    Still left out of virtually all reporting fr : what gratefully details in op-ed: irreparable harm to of one-side of . Hear us. See us. Treat us.

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    Mar 14

    Meanwhile, the # of people *released* from prisons also went down. 10% fewer people were released from prison during 2020 than in 2019, and preliminary data suggests that fewer still were released in 2021.

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  17. Mar 14

    Me, a journalist, even co-authored a peer-reviewed paper about how misinformation about fentanyl spreads online:

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  18. Mar 14

    Academics even joke: "Can Touch This" (cue MC Hammer)

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  19. Mar 14

    There's even more:

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  20. Mar 14

    So many times:

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  21. Mar 14

    This has been debunked so many times:

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