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Check out #ChangingTheNarrative, a new toolkit promoting accurate, compassionate, and science-based coverage of addiction and drug use.
We go after these tired tropes & more:
"Fentanyl 'Contact' Overdose" ❎
"Addicted babies" ❎
"Hitting rock bottom" ❎
changingthenarrative.news
We go after these tired tropes & more:
"Fentanyl 'Contact' Overdose" ❎
"Addicted babies" ❎
"Hitting rock bottom" ❎
changingthenarrative.news
#ChangingTheNarrative identified over 20 oft-repeated errors, inaccuracies, and flawed narratives. Each one has its own page that outlines why it's wrong and how to do better. Take "Tough Love": Punitive & confrontational tactics simply do not help people with addiction. Period.
Many narratives we identified are deeply ingrained in American culture and must be challenged. For e.g. "Opioid Crisis as a White Issue": The data show that's simply not the case. POC are incredibly vulnerable to OD.
This one is constantly debunked and yet a new story surfaces every week: "First Responder 'Overdosed' on Fentanyl." There is no excuse for journalists to keep running these false claims. cc: @RyanMarino & @forensictoxguy #WTFentanyl
We can go on and on and on.... Come check out the site, which was a months long effort by the Action Lab collaborating with several PWUD, folks in recovery, as well as experts, researchers, and journalists. changingthenarrative.news
