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Gonna highlight some of this article in a thread. Thank you @headdock et al. This is a must read for those interested in drug death crisis. #polypharmacy and #polydrug is the problem #notjustopioids
dovepress.com/the-polysubsta… @apadivision50 @division_55 @APADiv28
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“It is time to take the blinders off. It is time for everyone – clinicians, legislators, insurers, media, family members, and all others, including the general public – to recognize the complexities of the issues surrounding the crisis of polysubstance overdose deaths.” 2/5
“The terms “opioid-induced respiratory depression” and “opioid-overdose death” are outdated, as they fail to reflect current realities and only further continue the errant notion of simplicity. They should be abandoned for the more accurate and clinically-helpful terms” like..3/5
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So the safe consumption discussion got me thinking: what has the DOJ, and especially the DEA, done to address the crisis they claimed will be "worsened" by the introduction of a proven public health measure? Stand by for some news
So in thinking about what has the DEA done to address the overdose crisis, the tally is...not very positive. It does appear that the agency has done far more harm than good. Here's my take, in tomorrow's @nytopinion nytimes.com/2018/09/17/opi… … w @JeremiahGoulka. Thread to follow
To be fair, the DEA never got a fighting chance. A brainchild of Nixon’s War on Drugs, it was mostly a bigger, badder version of its fed predecessors whose mission was to dismantle drug trafficking at home and abroad. See @mattpembleton's excellent history umass.edu/umpress/title/…
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