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Life Is Art Carrie🐦‍⬛🔥 Profile picture
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Mar 17, 2022 • 15 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X
Any #HarmReduction group that co-opts with #MichaelBotticelli has completely sold out for money. Bet that. You all wouldn’t believe how much this one individual has screwed over the entire nation of ppl who use drugs for the past 20 yrs. That includes pain pts/rec/and addx pts.🤬
High-grade opioids? These are not high-doses. These are doses that are appropriate for those with a tolerance.
Why let a 12-step ex-alcoholic run drug policy? theguardian.com/us-news/2017/a… Image
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And while #Botticelli is no longer with ONDCP, he’s still advising on #DrugPolicy, along side his prohibitionist buddy, #KeithHumphreys. recoveryanswers.org/team/michael-b… ImageImage
And you know it’s been bothering me for MONTHS that I couldn’t figure out why the Harm Reduction Coalition had been invited to the 2016 CDC guideline meeting that they only (mainly) asked anti-pain med groups to. Well here it is: judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
So tell me how someone wanting to ban all drugs falls into the #HarmReduction category? ImageImageImageImage
I get it now. This is why so far in the US, harm-reduction has been limited to naloxone, a few needle exchanges, and Good Samaritan law. JFC

medium.com/@danielraymond…
Let me get this straight: A perceived social justice movement was the Trojan-horse for old white power being allowed to dilute the true meaning of “harm-reduction”. Imagine a prohibitionist being nominated by a harm-reduction group to lead ONDCP.
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And Harm Reduction Coalitions policy director Daniel Raymond, on C-Span in 2016 endorsing the 2016 CDC guidelines. “We’ve been too generous with opioids painkillers.” ImageImageImage
Also Daniel Raymond from Harm Reduction Coalition : “We can’t keep writing prescriptions for opioids when there are better ways to manage pain”. I guess attending that cdc meeting made him an expert on pain.🤔

But by all means, in the same interview advocate for unlimited MAT…
Screenshots to follow. 2014:

psmag.com/social-justice…
This speaks for itself. Considering Botticelli had joined the rx war group Rummler Hope/FedUP 3 yrs earlier, it’s safe to say some of the MD blaming moms (apparently with a lot of money/power) were also infiltrating and influencing this space. ImageImageImageImage
The last 2 screenshots show there WAS concern within the group about how these ppl were influencing/changing harm-reduction. This is so hard b/c these ppl like MB are so powerful, and if they come in endorsing certain aspects of harm reduction, I can see how ppl could compromise.
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Life Is Art Carrie🐦‍⬛🔥 Profile picture
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Prediction 8/24-Scheme: Calley Means, the Andrew Kolodny of wellness healthcare venture capital is the PR lead. Trump will appoint RFKjr to lead the White House Chronic Disease Commission. Dr.Casey Means, Dr Drew, Jillian Michaels, Ron Johnson, Peter McCullough👈🏻the panel. 🧵
⬆️ modeled after the White House Opioid Commission, led by Chris Christie (who sits on the board of a non-op!oid pharma co that was also invited), the committee will invite companies to be involved in the solutions/report, & they’ll make millions.
At the same time, mass tort firms will sue the deep pocket processed food industry, which will create more funds to go into state coffers & public health offices, while creating liability for companies that make processed foods.
Calley will win as whistleblower & as consultant.
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What only a handful of ppl have caught on to, is that MDL litigation where govt is lead lead plaintiff, is being done to get around the lawful rule-making process, installing backdoor regs & causing bankruptcies, that limit free-market choice, thru settlement injunctions.
The big 3 opioid settlement injunctions have caused massive problems with pts not being able to get their essential medications at pharmacies, due to the settlement agreement saying companies must put strict thresholds on what pharmacies can order. It’s TYRANNICAL RATIONING.
This well-oiled litigation machine is churning out for-profit litigation at record rates, securing wealth transfers based on frivolous lawsuits. Why does that matter? B/c the plaintiffs bar IS LYING, so settlements will CAUSE harm b/c the problems weren’t there to begin with.
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I’ve wondered why Natl Harm Redux coalition & DPA w/partnered with a film & outreach program that promotes re-installing the 2016 cdc gls (according to leader Jamie Boyle) & publicizing a stigmatizing film aimed at demonizing rx opioids, while advocating for safe injection sites.

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I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact these two sit on the board of directors for Natl HR Coalition. Also, DPA NY has long supported Alexis Pleus from TruthPharm, who helped Nan with her Sackler litigation publicity stunts. These groups are harming ppl who use drugs.
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I was told that DPA is normally an “ally” to the pain/disability community. I was also told they have ppl that have joined their group that have been harmed by Purdue. I wonder why there’s a distinction b/t street initiation bs rx initiation and why they have a double standard.
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“Winning the War on Opioids: A Behind the Scenes Look at The Largest and Most Complex Deal In The History of Jurisprudence”
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“How US DOJ & Trial Lawyers circumvented public consent to create a work-around ban on rx opioids thru mass tort litigation.”levinlaw.com/2021/07/21/win…
“A nationwide solution. If you impose serious restrictions in one community, but not the next, offenders simply move their operations. By getting all states & all communities on board, it created a truly nationwide solution to a public health crisis.”

-mass rx restrictions 🤔
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Aug 14, 2023
So I figured out why Barry was so intent on obfuscating the pain pts’ complaints about his reporting: he’s a niche investigative journalist that covers big class-action litigation, seemingly erring on the side of plaintiffs, which includes billion $ firms. #LitigationNarrative
Also really interesting afa #BarryMeier and his relationship with the prosecutor in the 2007 Purdue case. https://t.co/SlfSdCjSXEstatnews.com/2018/06/06/oxy…


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Roughly a year before Meier was tipped off about Oxycontin’s marketing issues, Barry wrote this strange little bit about Ron Motley Esq, who won big with the tobacco litigation, & went on to hire PROP member(s) as expert witnesses for opioid litigation. https://t.co/c7Z78XZXvNnytimes.com/1999/11/14/bus…


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Jul 28, 2023
The real cause of the opioid related death explosion isn’t initial exposure to opioids. It’s separating ppl from their safer supply, be it from a MD or from a street source. Going after pharma/supply only made this worse b/c then the solution was to cut everyone off and stop RXs.
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@US_Muckraker So IOW, when cops and public health depts (cause they’re partnered now in this endeavor) take out ppl supplying the drugs they deem “highly addictive”, they’re not just trying to ruin the lives of the “dealer” figure, they’re openly aiming to hurt the end recipient of the drug.
@US_Muckraker I find it shocking that so many supposed liberal ppl in medicine (that will be all about BLM, etc) are actually fostering a framework that was used for slavery as far as medical paternalism. The harm principle honors individuals own bodily autonomy, as long as others aren’t hurt.
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