August 31 is International #Overdose Awareness Day. Every year I reflect on all the people we’ve lost, but especially Arielle. Here we are at 18 - careless, happy assholes. She was brilliant, snarky, a talented musician, and she died at age 26 from a poisoned drug supply. Image
In the last 2 years of her life, Arielle went to jail, went to rehab, and “got clean.”

Jail didn’t save her.
Rehab didn’t save her.
Abstinence didn’t save her.

#SCS could’ve saved her. #safesupply could’ve saved her.
#MOUD could’ve saved her.
#Naloxone could’ve saved her.
There is no excuse for her death or for any of the 71,000 overdose deaths in 2019, not when evidence-based treatments for #OUD exist. Not one damn more person should die alone from a treatable condition in the year #2020.
#IOAD2020 must be about more than awareness. It must be about policy changes to incorporate #harmreduction into every level of drug policy and treatment. Anything less is a betrayal of those we’ve lost and a collective failure of those fighting to survive another day.

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So glad to be part of this video showcasing my incredible @MGH_SUDs addiction medicine fellowship program led by the #GOAT @DrSarahWakeman, in addition to many other fantastic faculty @drjessgray @drlaurakehoe @Dinahlew @DrBenBearnot @markeisenberg16 @ampeckham
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4 years ago tomorrow would have been my 1st #residency interview, at @mghmedres. I know this because 4 years ago today my dad died unexpectedly in Denver while I was in Boston. I cancelled the interview from the tarmac at 6am the day of, and flew home.

It’s a whole 🧵
2/ This will not be a memorial thread about how much I love and miss my dad, although I do and I do. Weirdly, this is a @mghmedres appreciation and #medstudenttwitter celebration thread. Bear with me.
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