Coalition of harm reduction orgs from across the US that are here to chew bubble gum & end stigma against people who use drugs. And we're all out of bubble gum.
Nov 16, 2022 • 17 tweets • 9 min read
(1/16) 🧵 on the understanding the opioid settlement landscape & how #HarmReduction orgs can access desperately needed funding.
The opioid settlement process is a big ole mess, but the Coalition for Syringe Access & @AIDS_United created a slide deck to try & clear things up.
(2/16) To be clear, this is a very incomplete overview of the opioid settlement landscape.
This is just the preface of a book that we as a community still need to write & there is so much that I need to learn about the opioid settlement infrastructure.
Oct 14, 2022 • 19 tweets • 5 min read
🧵(1/19) Yesterday, we hosted a panel at the National Harm Reduction Conference to try and answer a direct, but complicated as hell question:
“How do we get money in the hands of drug user health organizations that actually care about people who use drugs?”
#HarmRed2022
(2/19) To try and answer this question we got myself, @ChristineRdrgz of @AIDS_United, Rafi Torruella of Intercambios Puerto Rico, Philomena Kebec of the Bad River Tribe, & Maya Doe-Simkins of @RemedyAlliance together to talk about federal & private harm reduction funding.
Dec 27, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
(1/9) Mini 🧵on the amicus brief filed by @national_pain around physician liability for dispensing Rx drugs under the Controlled Substances Act.
Encourage y'all to read their thread & amicus if you have time, but wanted to talk about the chilling effect of federal opioid policy.
(2/9) In their amicus brief. @national_pain talks about the "chilling effect" of the CDC's harmful, albeit most likely well intentioned, 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain & the sharp decline in opioid prescribing we have seen since: cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6…
Sep 29, 2021 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
(1/21) 🧵So, it’s time we had a conversation about the war on drugs, capitalism, & xylazine.
Now, if you’re coming across this tweet, odds are good you have some familiarity with the 1st 2 things but might be wondering, "what’s xylazine?"
Well, it's complicated. #HarmReduction
(2/21) Xylazine was originally designed as a veterinary tranquilizer. It was never meant to be ingested by humans but, 20 years ago, some Puerto Rican folks who use drugs started using it as a heroin additive & the drug found its way to Puerto Rican neighborhoods in Philadelphia.
