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Ju Park, PhD

@drjupark.bsky.social

Assist. Professor. Overdose and drug policy researcher at Brown University. www.harmreductionlab.com

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Ju Park, PhD@drjupark.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Couldn’t agree more. Deeply concerning times To Address Overdose, The U.S. Should Ramp Up Proven Interventions at Home, Not Performative Attacks Abroad. www.networkforphl.org/news-insight...

To Address Overdose, The U.S. Should Ramp Up Proven Interventions at Home, Not Performative Attacks Abroad. - Network for Public Health Law

President Trump and members of his administration have justified recent deadly assaults on civilians abroad by claiming that the boats they were in were carrying illicit drugs and that the alleged dru...

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last yr.

President Trump signed into law bipartisan legislation permanently classifying fentanyl-like substances among the most dangerous drugs — an effort to increase punishments for drug traffickers and curb the opioid epidemic.

Trump signs bill with harsher penalties for dealers of fentanyl variants

The legislation does not extend to addiction treatment, which the Trump administration has cut in its broader quest to curb federal spending.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last yr.

With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨🚨 NEW: House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick). Senate passed it 51-50. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS@bethlinas.bsky.social · last yr.

“While Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America’s health secretary, makes a spectacle of his plans to make America healthier (a laudable goal), in actuality, the administration is kneecapping the very infrastructure that would make that feasible and is instead enacting policies that will compromise health.”

Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers

The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.

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Drug Policy Alliance@drugpolicy.org · last yr.

Medicaid’s the largest payer of addiction and mental health services in the U.S. and used at higher rates in red states. Trump's budget bill put these communities at greater risk of losing these lifesaving services at a time when they’re needed most. www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/m...

Medicaid cuts would devastate mental health, substance use treatment services in red states

Though behavioral health conditions do not discriminate between Democrats and Republicans, the Medicaid cuts may be particularly damaging for residents of red states.

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Michael Baym@baym.lol · last yr.

Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab

A screenshot of the termination notice showing "Outstanding Investigator Grants"A screenshot of the termination notice with "This award is terminated effective the date of this award, due to unsafe antisemitic actions that suggest the institution lacks concern for the safety and wellbeing of Jewish students." highlighted
Ju Park, PhD@drjupark.bsky.social · last yr.

This Open Letter from addiction and mental health experts was sent late Monday evening to congress! Major to SAMHSA, CDC and HRSA are unacceptable #fentanyl @jencarroll.bsky.social @chadsabora.bsky.social @brownpublichealth.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/05/13/n...

Experts warn Congress cuts to addiction funding will mean more overdose deaths

A broad coalition of addiction experts wants Congress to maintain healthcare funding for the nation's response to fentanyl and other street drugs.

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Filter | harm reduction journalism@filtermag.bsky.social · last yr.

"All 7 test strips reliably detected the presence of xylazine, even at very small doses and under extreme conditions," reports Sydney Sauer of a new study. "However, they also frequently produced false positives when exposed to a range of common drugs."

Test Strips Do Tell You If Xylazine Is Present, But Prone to False Positives

Researchers find that xylazine test strips are powerful harm reduction tools, but have some significant limitations to be aware of.

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