Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP
@stephen-murray.com
Husband & dad / Director of SafeSpot Overdose Hotline/ Paramedic from This American Life Ep809 The Call / Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor Boston University School of Public Health / VIEWS MINE! http://stephen-murray.com
This. So. Much. This. #AbolishTheDEA
Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP@stephen-murray.com · 5mo agoIf we want to actually do something about the cartels, we can start by ending the War on Drugs. We already ran this experiment with the mob during Prohibition. Turns out banning things just made organized crime richer. A regulated drug market is safer for everyone.
If we want to actually do something about the cartels, we can start by ending the War on Drugs. We already ran this experiment with the mob during Prohibition. Turns out banning things just made organized crime richer. A regulated drug market is safer for everyone.
The War on Drugs was never about… drugs. Drug use is not a poor problem, or a Black problem. It’s a mental health problem. And a policy problem. NEW: ‘Junkie to Judge’ @marybethoconnor.bsky.social on Drug Use, Addiction, Criminalization, Recovery, and Community 🔗 bit.ly/junkietojudge
FDA is approving a new form of nalmefene for “prophylaxis” for “opioid exposure,” specifically citing fentanyl. “Fentanyl exposure” is not a thing. Fent has to be intentionally ingested to cause OD. It’s being made by a “blockchain-focused digital finance company” whose “biotech arm” is only this…
Welp, nice to see the public opinion finally shifting on this. Some of us didn’t need to see 2 full years of children dying to say something…. I literally had friends/family unfriend me and write nasty notes over this. Wonder where they’re at on this now!
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Here we go again! Typical dangerous misinformation in this article. The symptoms experienced: “shaky hands, dizziness, and hot flashes.” None of these are symptoms of fentanyl overdose. This article also reinforces myths around Halloween candy fentanyl toward the end.
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@clairezagorski.bsky.social @ryanmarino.bsky.social @stephen-murray.com Now we are expected to believe than officer needed Narcan from a dope bag hitting the outside of his car at 90mph? This may be the all time BS “exposure”claim in history! www.masslive.com/news/2025/10...
Mass. man sentenced for high-speed chase that sent trooper to hospital
The trooper had to be revived with Narcan after his cruiser was hit by discarded narcotics, police said.
masslive.com
“Detectives say traffickers are intentionally making fentanyl in candy-like forms to attract children and young adults in an effort to drive addiction.” Drugs attract young adults because drugs are awesome, offer an escape from violent end stage capitalism, fill mental health treatment voids…
Stephen Murray’s journey to stability began with support, not punishment. Forcing people into treatment can worsen outcomes and increase overdose risk. With high costs and long waitlists, many struggle to get help. That’s why he calls for accessible care grounded in healing, dignity, and safety
Something to keep an eye on — product moving through FDA fast track for “treatment of acute methamphamine intoxication.” Research is funded by NIH/NIDA. Press release is here: www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
We seem to be getting a new flood of these stories... I searched all the available info — there is no discussion anywhere of the symptoms the officer allegedly experienced and no bodycam footage on any of the news stories. We can safely say that a wet soggy bag of dope is not going to go airborne.
No… they didn’t. Fentanyl misinformation is now an international phenomenon. Paging @ryanmarino.bsky.social
It’s absolute bullshit to say you can’t help people until they stop using. We can and do work on safety, housing, health, and dignity while people use.
If your solution to homelessness doesn’t center on providing housing… you are deeply unserious.
We have seen this strategy used before — I shared a while back a cop in Philadelphia doing this (I reported him and never got a response). Countless people on video giving naloxone to people who are awake. This takes it a step further and is absolutely disgusting. sfstandard.com/2025/09/11/s...
imagine spending your life in such a state of fear and paranoia that you consider it reasonable to believe people are poisoning door handles with fentanyl traps, that this is a thing that occurs and you have to watch out for
Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP@stephen-murray.com · 11mo agoFor the upteenth time — you are NOT having a fentanyl overdose if you feel hot, panicked, drive yourself to the hospital, receive naloxone while awake, get dizzy. If she really felt like she was going to pass out while driving, it’s incredibly irresponsible to continue driving.
If you're anxious & awake, it's not opioid OD. You're definitely not overdosing on an opioid if you are capable of driving.... [besides the fact you can't OD on fentanyl by touching it & this ER dr doesn't know what opioid overdose looks like & doesn't know that fentanyl is an opioid]
Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP@stephen-murray.com · 11mo agoFor the upteenth time — you are NOT having a fentanyl overdose if you feel hot, panicked, drive yourself to the hospital, receive naloxone while awake, get dizzy. If she really felt like she was going to pass out while driving, it’s incredibly irresponsible to continue driving.
I want to point out that this is not the first WTFentanyl incident in Chillicothe, Ohio. These episodes beget more episodes. www.wmur.com/article/repo...
Fentanyl likely sickened 24 people at Ohio prison, hospital official says
One inmate and 23 staffers at the Ross Correctional Institution, which is about 45 miles south of Columbus, were treated at a nearby hospital.
wmur.com