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Drug Policy Alliance@drugpolicy.org · 3mo ago

Takeaway from #CPA2026: Maybe money can’t buy happiness but resource depravity sure as hell contributes a lot to human struggle and suffering.

Come see our ASPIRE Lab presentation tomorrow/Sat. 9:30-10:45am in Liberty for our "Attitudes and Capacity as Barriers to MOUD in Recovery Housing: Findings from the MO I-STARR Project"! #CPA2026 @apadivision50.bsky.social

Schyler@schylernewman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hi! Catch Dr. Rachel Winograd, @rayraywino.bsky.social Brandon Park, MA @bparketal.bsky.social and I at the 9:30 session on Saturday! We’ll have a riveting discussion about attitudes and capacity as barriers to medications for opioid use disorder in recovery housing! #CPA #CPA2026 #ApaDivision50

$8 million in annual naloxone funds could be cut in Missouri. That could mean 400 extra deaths by 2030. Spending on naloxone is not only an investment for our future, WE CAN'T GO BACKWARDS!!

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

COVID vaccines are now available to anyone—no prescription needed! Swipe for resources on where to find one near you.

The "nice and pretty" published version of our Perspective discussing the ACTUAL evidence of naloxone's "enabling" consequences (which there is very little) and the research examining the PERCEPTION that naloxone is "enabling" is out now, if you haven't read it yet! doi.org/10.15288/jsa...

If It Were Enabling, Where's the Evidence? Applying Moral Hazard and Risk Compensation Theories to Community Naloxone Distribution and Other “Safety Net” Public Health Interventions: Journal of Studie...

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Brandon Park@bparketal.bsky.social · last yr.

Authored by @rayraywino.bsky.social & myself, this piece challenges how we frame harm reduction. A must-read for anyone working in addiction science, policy, or public health. Read the pre-proof here: bsky.app/profile/jsad...

Just 7 days until the panel discussing lived perspectives on the opioid vaccine! 💉 Hope to see you there in-person or on Zoom!

Brandon Park@bparketal.bsky.social · last yr.

Have you heard about the novel opioid vaccine / fentanyl vaccine? If not (or even if you have!), our next SURG Brunch 'n Learn meeting will feature our first-ever Translational Panel - composed of four people with lived experience in drug use - discussing the novel opioid vaccine in development.

The Drug war was built for control, not care. Now history is repeating itself. 🧵

What do naloxone, PrEP, helmets & seatbelts share? They’re tools that reduce harm, as a safety net that only “activates” when risk is present. Yet naloxone gets uniquely branded as “enabling.” WHY? And why does it MATTER?

What an insult to our harm reduction movement and elders who fought so hard for naloxone and fentanyl test strip access. Check out the atrocious language in the latest letter from SAMHSA claiming these tools are "not harm reduction." www.samhsa.gov/sites/defaul...

IMPORTANT UPDATE IMPORTANT UPDATE Regarding APHU/ACLU et al. vs. NIH Lawsuit

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Have you heard about the novel opioid vaccine / fentanyl vaccine? If not (or even if you have!), our next SURG Brunch 'n Learn meeting will feature our first-ever Translational Panel - composed of four people with lived experience in drug use - discussing the novel opioid vaccine in development.

If I hear one more reporter say these attacks on universities and science are about "antisemitism," I am going to lose it. This is about destroying higher education full stop and it doesn't help to parrot the White House's talking points. www.science.org/content/arti...

‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels

“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says

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The truth? Medicaid (largest payer of addiction treatment) faces $800B in cuts. SAMSHA's been cut by $1B and lost 1/3 of its staff. This all threatens access to treatment, fentanyl withdrawal meds & naloxone. In NC, Project Lazarus lost DOJ grants for jail-to-treatment diversion.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

VEASEY: You've credited the 12 steps in your recovery. What's step 4? RFK JR: Making a fearless inventory VEASEY: Of ourselves. Do you remember step 12? RFK JR: We try to help other addicts VEASEY: Does cutting off treatment from people still suffering align with step 4 or step 12?

I'm still in awe after attending and presenting at #CPDD2025, which marks a big personal and professional milestone to see all my mentors and senior scholars in action! Alongside them, I'm proud to have garnered plenty foot traffic at my poster on MOUD stigma among residents in recovery housing!

While the Trump administration was having a birthday party, we were marching across the nation for our rights. And we’re not slowing down.

Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it. If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle.... Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.

Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science

The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...

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Applying the Dualistic Model of Passion to opioid use with a treatment-seeking clinical sample? Interestingly, observed higher 'obsessive passion' mean than 'harmonious passion' mean, which contrasts past DMP + substance use studies but aligns with one DMP + gambling study! doi.org/10.1080/1606...

Exploring passion for opioid use with a treatment-seeking sample: results from a canonical correlation analysis

Novel and personalized intervention strategies are necessary to address the wide treatment gap for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) who are not prescribed medications for OUD (MOUD). The ...

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Addiction Research & Theory@addictrestheory.bsky.social · last yr.

“Exploring Passion for Opioid Use with a Treatment-Seeking Sample: Results from a Canonical Correlation Analysis” by Brandon Park, Alan Davis, Cecilia Bergeria, & Yitong Xin #accepted

Please excuse my bedhead 😴 - feeling proud to have presented at my first #CPA2025, examining differential stigma toward MOUD among recovery housing residents based on their own lived experience with these meds! Thank you to mentors, co-authors, and friends for their support with this project!

Come check me out Saturday morning at 8:30 am #62!!! I’ll be discussing Missouri’s first federally funded CM program for stimulant use disorder #CPA2025

What a great presentation, and a bonus to see a familiar face, @juststrickland.bsky.social !!

Cassie Boness, PhD@cassie-boness.bsky.social · last yr.

Had a great time presenting some emerging cannabis use research at #CPA2025 this morning with @samuelacuff.bsky.social @ninachristie.bsky.social @juststrickland.bsky.social and Rachel Tomko! @apadivision50.bsky.social

NEW: Researchers have sued the NIH and HHS, alleging that they have engaged in a "reckless and illegal purge to stamp out NIH-funded research that addresses topics and populations that they disfavor" by terminating hundreds of grants, violating the APA, Fifth Amendment and the Separation of Powers.

finally joined bluesky thanks to #CPA2025 this week 💅🏻

Colleagues, please see the Op-Ed below. Both #depression and #OUD had medical breakthroughs in 1965, so why do we now have >90 options for antidepressants & only 4 for #opioid use disorder? Let's use the depression field as an actionable road map for solving #addiction!

Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine@kahlertumsom.bsky.social · 2y ago

Six decades ago, hope surged for depression & opioid addiction treatments. Today, depression management has advanced significantly, but progress in #OUD has been more gradual. @drkellydunn.bsky.social explores this in a @medpagetoday.bsky.social #opinion piece: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco....

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The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2y ago

The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects

🚨 CALLING ALL UNDERGRADUATE, POST-BACC, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS! The ABCT Student SIG is excited to announce that we are now ACCEPTING PROPOSALS for our third annual Student Research Symposium! Check out the thread below for more info on this FREE & VIRTUAL event! #ABCTStudentSymposium2025

Today @cpddorg.bsky.social members met with congressional representatives to advocate for NIH funding, maintaining our negotiated indirect rates, and streamlining our science. You can advocate too- call your congresspeople and advocate for science! -> www.congress.gov/members/find...

Before panic sets it. The New NIH Director and Congress will want research to continue, so the machine will start up at some point. Keep writing papers and preparing proposals. AND educate the public about the key role peer review plays in science and the time and infrastructure investment needed