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Proud of Paul Christine and Sarah Bagley (she/her) for testifying this afternoon for the US Senate Finance Committee on how medicare & medicaid can improve SUD care.

BMC Addiction Medicine Fellowship Grayken Center for Addiction Denver Health

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Most of our loved ones were home when they died.
Homes big and small, rural, urban, on reserves and off. Some unhoused but home.

We don't have to “bring” people. We have to keep them - alive.

#cdnpoli #DrugPoisoningCrisis

'Is it time to abandon the ‘tough love’ approach to addiction?'
This is the message we give to families in our Holding Hope peer support groups. What are your thoughts?
Highly recommend this podcast with #MSTH ally Alicia Ventura of the Boston Medical Center.

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'And yet this #discrimination against people who use #drugs ... leads to these harmful myths in society, such as ... #codependency , enabling ... at the core, we still haven't accepted that addiction is in fact not a moral failing.'

The brilliant Alicia Ventura on On Point.

The same state of Alabama which just executed Kenneth Smith via nitrogen gas asphyxiation would like you to know that frozen embryos are “children” because as per the Bible, human life cannot be destroyed without incurring the wrath of a Holy God.

Imagine taking a few Bible verses on human sexuality and demanding they be legislated over our entire country, yet reducing the +3,000 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor, the vulnerable, and the refugee to a private, personal choice.

When I tweeted this almost 5 years ago a lot of conservatives said it was “absurd” and “silly.” However, you cannot change the legal status of embryos and fetuses without impacting every aspect of the law that applies to a legal “person.” See Alabama, Georgia, and even Virginia.

Alicia Ventura Grayken Center for Addiction Boston Medical Center Perfect group for anyone walking on eggshells around a loved one's substance use.

Learn:

✅science of addiction
✅available treatment options
✅the challenges your loved one may face

Take action:

➡️Shift from confrontation to connection
➡️Provide informed support that really…

Accessible & adaptive education for those caring for PWUD is essential with the rapidly changing drug supply. We describe our experience & lessons learned conducting xylazine trainings with Grayken Center for Addiction TTA journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29…

Our new paper out now in SAj_AMERSA - Xylazine and Adulterants in the Evolving Drug Supply: Urgent Call for Responsive Education Models - our team trained >2,000 people about rapidly changing drug supply journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29… Raagini Jawa MD, MPH, FASAM

If you are a family member/loved one of a person using drugs or alcohol in an unhealthy way and looking for an educational group delivered by addiction professionals/family members, contact us at [email protected] to register for our virtual group- geography not an issue

Smoking is now the leading route of administration associated with #overdose deaths. This reflects changes in the way people are using - a direct response to the harm associated w/ toxic drug supply. Supports, services & FUNDING need to adapt accordingly! cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…

Blocking a safe consumption site in Richmond guarantees the whole city will remain an unsafe consumption site.

The idea that possession of any drug for personal use should be a crime is so obviously absurd.

It's not a crime for me to snort rat poison or drink bleach, so why would it be a crime for me to snort cocaine or drink opium tea?

How did we ever let these laws become acceptable?