Six years sober, she was still reported for child abuse for taking addiction medication. Is it time to change the rules? via Matt Stout The Boston Globe buff.ly/3X8HlEh

Please support NC Survivors Union mtyc.co/0dj5ye via Mightycause

So, twitter is going to ban any ads around climate change not based in science. PLEASE twitnter do the same thing for substance use treatment!

Community Superstar: Louise Vincent ncchurches.org/2022/03/commun…

Xylazine is showing us the future of the overdose crisis.

Ten years ago, there was a missed opportunity to respond to fentanyl. Now we have another chance as xylazine and synthetics spread in its footsteps.

My latest in TIME with Philippe Bourgois:
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This is where we spent our money in NC. It is wrong and it is part of the problem. No wonder people are dying khn.org/news/article/t…

NC Health News:
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It's also the top story on the homepage of WUNC this morning: wunc.org

The best piece of #harmreduction reporting by Last Week Tonight made even better by the fact that I got to watch it with one the most amazing womyn in US #drugpolicy and activism Louise Beale -the shero of the show! youtu.be/RMpCGD7b_H4 kat

This is the starting point from which our collective solution is more coercive inroads to Tx, rather than looking at how a completely inadequate system through misallocation of an already coercive system, we are going to double down on treatment for ppl who are not choosing it?!

had to wear a hazmat suit to retweet this

Please support Meaningful Inclusion, Methadone Reform & MORE! mtyc.co/vgtz3g via Mightycause

We're so proud of the Manifesto & the collective achievement of National Survivors Union (NSU, formerly USU) it demonstrates, exemplified by AJPH version co-authors marginalutilite, Louise Beale, Abby, @zrsalazar, Nick Voyles, Lindsay Roberts, David Frank, PhD, & Sarah Brothers .

Harm Reduction: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) youtu.be/RMpCGD7b_H4 via YouTube
NC Survivors Union on John Oliver!

The arc of history-and getting a paper published-is long, but I can't wait for Abby's, Louise Beale's David Frank, PhD's, @zrsalazar's, Lindsay R's, ESP. Sarah Brothers 's, & my work to bear fruit in an upcoming AJPH editorial version of the Methadone Manifesto.

We've recently confirmed an increase of fentanyl contamination within the cocaine supply in Victoria, BC ( #yyj ) with a number of samples testing positive for fentanyl.

Fentanyl test strips are effective in detecting fentanyl in cocaine. Consider #drugchecking your coke!

Check this line up out! Don Jackson, Dinah Ortiz, Caty, and Abby on the scene! USU Rocks

Take a listen inside our drug checking project with Mary Figgatt Louise Beale NCSU - North Carolina Survivors Union on WUNC podcast today

wunc.org/podcast/tested…

An order from the N.C. Supreme Court is requiring lawmakers to submit remedial maps by 5 p.m. on Feb. 18, for judicial review by a three-judge trial court panel.
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In many ways, the market for illicit drugs behaves just like any other market. When COVID-19 caused a huge decline in international travel, it became harder to get drugs into the country. That's when xylazine and fentanyl flooded the market.

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