The Hill SAMHSA Rahul Gupta DEA HQ Yngvild Olsen Washington Corrections AZ DEPT OF CORRECTIONS, REHABILITATION & REENTRY This is a pivotal moment to ensure that every incarcerated person with opioid use disorder has access to lifesaving treatment.

Thanks again to longstanding support from our partners ONDCP Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy JHU American Health Bloomberg Philanthropies BSPH / HPM

The Hill SAMHSA Rahul Gupta Matthew Strait from DEA HQ gave a clear position that the DEA is here to be a partner, and that the agency should not interfere in the practice of medicine:

'We are a public safety organization, we are not a public health organization.'

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Yesterday Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy had a really important conversation in partnership with ONDCP on #methadone in correctional facilities with leaders from SAMHSA DEA HQ Washington Corrections AZ DEPT OF CORRECTIONS, REHABILITATION & REENTRY

The video is now available here: vimeo.com/928572282

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Most U.S. medical schools and residency programs do not provide a full set of training for treating addiction, Dr. Patrice Harris, Josiah D. Rich and @DrJoshS write in a guest opinion.

“This needs to change.” wapo.st/42HCuLw

Josh Barocas, MD Joshua Sharfstein JAMA Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo Here's the full JAMA study for anyone who missed it. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

How are mental health, self-identity, and discrimination connected? Learn more on today’s episode of @publichealthpod with @DrJoshS and two of our recent graduates, Jaimie Shaff and B.D. Smith, PhD, MPH.

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What an honor to be a finalist for Signal Awards. Please put us over the top with your vote! Joshua Sharfstein Lindsay Smith Rogers

🧵NEW REPORT: Speaking the Language: The Right to Interpretation & Translation Services for Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Needs in Maryland, co-authored with Public Justice Center #jhcentrosol
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@DrSarahPolk Joshua Sharfstein Hopkins Med News Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

“Declining health in the United States is not inevitable,” said @DrJoshS, director of the Bloomberg JHU American Health Initiative.

“This report illustrates that there are opportunities to save lives and address inequity all around us.” #AmericanHealthSummit publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/new-repor…

Bloomberg Fellows, who now number 269 and come from 41 states, D.C., and one territory, are a network of scholars, educators & practitioners showing the value of using the tools of public health to help shape a healthier U.S. #AmericanHealthSummit

'Our city, like this initiative, always strives to help improve health outcomes and help save lives, especially of our most vulnerable citizens' says former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter. #AmericanHealthSummit

NEW TOOL: U.S. kids die from injury at drastically unequal rates, w/Black, American Indian, rural, or lower income kids at highest risk. Bloomberg Fellow
Sadiqa A. I. Kendi, MD, MPH, CPST is leading our effort to change those odds. #AmericanHealthSummit
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U.S. life expectancy is declining - but this trend is not inevitable & solutions are in our reach.

At the Bloomberg #AmericanHealthSummit we are charting the way to a healthier future for all Americans through equity, policy, & evidence.

From Joshua Sharfstein:
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Health crises from COVID-19 to gun violence to overdoses are shortening American life spans and harming millions. The 2022 Bloomberg JHU American Health Summit will convene leaders including Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, & @DrJoshS to outline a way forward. bit.ly/3gy3k6J

On today’s Public Health On Call, Rahul Gupta White House Director of National Drug Control Policy, leading ONDCP, talks to Joshua Sharfstein about a national strategy to address addiction and overdose that; emphasizes treatment and harm reduction, not criminalization.
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@johnshopkins is hosting a Nov. 16 expert briefing w/ live Q&A about #midterms2022 's implications for public policy featuring @drjoshs from Johns Hopkins UniversitySPH, @JHUEducation's Annette Anderson @impactGreater, Johns Hopkins SAIS' Hal Brands & Ben Zaitchik bit.ly/3LnMh2t

Just posted -- a proposal for a global equity model for CMS Innovation Ctr
with Anaeze Offodile II Donna Kinzer Jason Gibbons and Samantha Murrell
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Maryland school construction authority agrees to review analysis of ‘unfair’ funding for aging schools baltimoresun.com/education/bs-m…

Thanks to Lillian Reed The Baltimore Sun for covering this important issue affecting many thousands of schoolchildren in Maryland.
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