Tweet 1: " Many people ask me why someone on opioid against #treatment (OAT) to manage their #addiction would still use heroin at the same time. It comes down to what fuels on individuals addiction (a thread)"
Tweet 2: "2/ First, you have to understand why someone might start using #opioids or other drugs in the first place. For me, I started using heroin to deal with deep-rooted trauma that was causing me incredible emotional pain"
Tweet:3 "3/ Soon I had to keep using heroin regularly to stave off the debilitating withdrawal from not using. So I was using heroin for two reasons: to manage trauma and to manage withdrawal"
Tweet:4 "4/ For people with an #addiction OAT manages one part: the withdrawal. It helps stabilize you, and gets you out of the grind of chasing after the next fix to keep withdrawal away. But it doesn't treat trauma"
Tweet:5 "5/ For many people, heroin treats the trauma in a way that OAT doesn't or can't. So they use both. We can help keep those people alive and well by providing prescription heroin (called ioat or hat)
Tweet:6 "6/ As a society we must do a better job addressing the pain and trauma so many of us have. Until then we must ensure that people can access a #safesupply of heroin. Treating trauma shouldn't be a life or death proposition." # Harmreduction
