Wore my national coalition to librate methadone shirt @methadonelib.bsky.social to the grocery store today and one of the ppl working stopped read it closely then told me that methadone saved her daughter’s life twice. 💕 Happy to be in addiction medicine + advocate for increased access to methadone

At the NYC AIDS Memorial with fellow advocates speaking out against Medicaid cuts and the continued threats to HIV funding and ours trans siblings. #healthisprimary #sevendaysofaction

Reminder: You can donate money here to the commissary funds of detainees at Delaney Hall so they can access necessities and call family. GiveButter.com/commissaryfund

Commissary and Communication Fund

Help someone detained afford basic food and necessities they are being denied

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NYC Healthcare workers come through for a training by Minneapolis health care workers on how to navigate ICE presence in healthcare settings! Sunday June 7, Queens #ICEoutofNYC

If you're someone who relies on Medicaid or you have family members/loved ones who rely on Medicaid, and you're interested in the most effective ways to talk about the vital program? This is also for you

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 3mo ago

Trump is using a "waste, fraud, and abuse" campaign to cut Medicaid: freezing federal payments, labeling home care and autism therapy as fraud, justifying cuts. Lew Blank and I polled voters on what works against it, free messaging briefing, 5/28 @ 1PM ET Register: live.zoho.com/hila-mwe-ufe

In case it isn’t obvious, evidence-based overdose prevention tools still save lives no matter how much this administration lies in order to increase drug harms and kill people who use drugs

Filter | harm reduction journalism@filtermag.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"The agency has reversed the position it held in July 2025, when it categorized drug-checking strips as life-saving overdose prevention tools."

Despite OR’s partial drug decrim law, PWUD under comm supervision were heavily policed (stops, searches, & jailed) & had higher ODs compared to peers @alexkral.bsky.social @barrotlambdin.bsky.social @estherchung.bsky.social @gillianleichtling.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Community supervision during Oregon’s partial decriminalization Measure 110: Criminal legal system involvement, overdose, and naloxone access

In 2020, the U.S. state of Oregon passed Measure 110 (M110), which aimed to address substance use disorder as a public health issue and reduce dispari…

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Excited to share the RFP for liberate methadone's 2nd conference if you want to host. The first was a smashing success of methadone activists, advocates, clinicians, policymakers and ppl who use drugs. www.liberatemethadone.org/conference @liberatemethadone.bsky.social @methadonelib.bsky.social

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Coming soon to a city near you ↙️ Over two years later, and we still hear about the impact from our inaugural event. NCLM is excited to announce that planning has begun to bring our Liberating Methad...

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We are collecting information on terminated SAMHSA grants at Grant Witness: grant-witness.us/submit-samhs... If you worked on one of these programs, please let us know at the link! And please share with your colleagues. We need a comprehensive record of these terminations to fight back!

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA. He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.

Absolutely shameful. Among peer nations, the US is an outlier. Calls for universal health care are characterized in this country as extremist vs what every human being deserves.

Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · 7mo ago

Over 20M Americans Set to Lose Healthcare Coverage Jan. 1 After Congress Goes on Recess

A terrible decision.

Edward Nirenberg@enirenberg.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It passes 8-3; ACIP has voted to delay the birth dose of HBV to 2 months if the mother tests negative for HBV in pregnancy (apparently ignoring that horizontal transmission risk is real and documented). Hibbeln, Pollak, and Meissner were the no votes. We will now discuss vote 2 (serologic tests).

The CDC has discontinued its surveillance program or food borne dz caused by As you friendly infectious disease physician, I regret to inform you that this decision is bad news for your food safety. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses

As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.

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Check out our new article on why people who use fentanyl may be intentionally seeking out xylazine. Thanks Katie Hill for this important work! @yaleadm.bsky.social “Everybody’s Liking It”—Intentional Use of Xylazine in Fentanyl Among People Who Use Drugs www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“Everybody’s Liking It”—Intentional Use of Xylazine in Fentanyl Among People Who Use Drugs

Background: Xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, is increasingly found in the unregulated fentanyl supply. Researchers and public health officials have generally characterized this substance as an ...

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I just.... can't express how disgusted and hopeless and exhausted I feel at the notion of my tax dollars going to criminalize and incarcerate my unhoused patients intead of - supporting affordable housing - services for people with mental illness and disabilities - or even opening shelters

Per a recent study from Ontario, "prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone both lead to better health outcomes among patients who use opioids." Says @drkimsue.bsky.social in conversation with @medscape.com, "this is a very promising finding." Read more: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Safer Opioid Supply, Methadone Effective Treatment Options

Patients who use opioids have better results but higher discontinuation rates with methadone than with safer opioid supply, according to a new study.

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I’ll be presenting with my @cocoalition.bsky.social colleagues at this year’s National Healthcare for the Homeless Conference in Baltimore! If you’re attending the conference, come learn about no barrier buprenorphine dispensing on street medicine. 🔥

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How overdose prevention centers can change the game in the fight against the opioid epidemic

The Public Health Committee of the state legislature is advancing a bill proposal that could establish opioid overdose prevention centers by 2026.

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A must-read. All of us in addiction medicine have seen the devastating consequences of staph aureus bacteremia. A reminder of the importance of educating our patients who use drugs on harm reduction (sterile equipment, not sharing works, cleaning skin every time w/alcohol swabs, washing hands).

BK. Titanji@boghuma.bsky.social · last yr.

New review on step aureus bacteremia in @jama.com Bookmarked for this weekend's read #IDSky #MedSky Staph aureus bacteremia is still among the most feared ID consults. You learn early in fellowship training to develop a healthy respect for this pathogen and diagnosis jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

New @science.org Hedonic eating (eating for pleasure, not need) is mediated by dopamine neurons (in the brain ventral segmental area, VTA) and they are antagonized by GLP-1 drugs, such as semaglutide, leading to weight loss www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hedonic eating is controlled by dopamine neurons that oppose GLP-1R satiety

Hedonic eating is defined as food consumption driven by palatability without physiological need. However, neural control of palatable food intake is poorly understood. We discovered that hedonic eatin...

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Exciting to see the overdose prevention center pilot bill move out of the Public Health Committee in Connecticut, much more work to be done (!) Read more about @amersa.org position statement on overdose prevention centers here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Medicaid is the largest source of insurance for addiction treatment. Easily the single greatest policy change to actually make a difference in our overdose crisis has been Medicaid/Medicare guaranteeing coverage for medical treatment of addiction. Any reduction in coverage will lead to more deaths.

Cutting Medicaid could worsen overdose deaths — and erase recent progress in treating addiction

Reducing funding to the largest payer for addiction services could pose major setbacks for those battling drug use

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Today! Pls join us @yaleadm.bsky.social. Especially relevant to hear Dr. Lasco's comments on the arrest of Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court for charges of murder as a crime against humanity.

Yale Program in Addiction Medicine@yaleadm.bsky.social · last yr.

(2/2) On 3/25, we'll be joined for Addiction Med Grand Rounds by Dr. Gideon Lasco (University of the Philippines Diliman), who will speak on cultural and political context of drug use and drug policies in the Philippines. Details + link to register below: medicine.yale.edu/internal-med...

A new study suggests xylazine is spreading to the U.S.-Mexico border area. Says @drkimsue.bsky.social, harm reduction strategies to address xylazine exposure are urgently needed + research on prevalence, effects, use patterns, & characteristics of dependence + withdrawal. www.upi.com/Health_News/...

Evidence of fentanyl cut with tranquilizer xylazine found near U.S.-Mexico border - UPI.com

The presence of xylazine, a horse tranquilizer that is increasingly found mixed with fentanyl in supplies of illegal drugs, is spreading to the U.S.-Mexico border area, according to a study released T...

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If anyone is able to help out a leader of the National Survivors Union/national drug users union, please consider donating to assist our friend and leader in the harm reduction movement Robert. And pls share 🙏 www.gofundme.com/f/assist-rob...

We’re hiring an experienced attorney to help further our work fighting pregnancy-related prosecutions! pregnancyjustice.bamboohr.com/careers/44?s...

I love this photo that @melissabender.bsky.social captured of me at the #standupforscience rally yesterday in NYC. I wonder if I could make this my official faculty photo lol @jackiantonovich.bsky.social @kimberlywheiman.bsky.social @archaeoscape.bsky.social @sarahruncie.bsky.social

A serious challenge to Grants Pass, a potential huge win for unhoused people, and a great example of leveraging ADA protections so I'm sure conservatives will get their knickers in a twist over it.

First-of-its kind court order halts sweep of California homeless camp

This appears to be the first such injunction since the U.S. Supreme Court let cities crack down on homeless camps in California and beyond.

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Texas is experiencing a measles outbreak. Here’s why measles is a disease you don’t want to mess with ⬇️ 🧵1/7

The community note 🤌😘

Follow @bronxmovil.bsky.social and check out their website at www.bronxmovil.org (en español). #harmreduction saves lives #drugsky #lareducciòndedaños salva vidas

Bronx Móvil

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Kim Sue, MD, PhD@drkimsue.bsky.social · last yr.

Harm reduction is love in action. Shower love 💕 on your local harm reduction and syringe 💉 service programs. They’re out every day saving lives 😍