“It’s all about enforcement.” Philly PD to begin second phase of Kensington cleanup. It will fail. Why? Because it has before. Operation Sunrise 1998 demonstrated that round the clock enforcement drains city resources & displaces crime temporarily nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/pol…

Once again reminded that Philly could be the best US city (even better than NYC) if it wasn’t universally ruled by carbrains.

My 1st JAMA paper is an invited commentary on cost-sharing causing people to abandon naloxone prescriptions, and more broadly, how the political economy of pharmaceuticals impacts the US opioid overdose epidemic & response. Thx Leo Beletsky for sharing this opportunity🙏🏾

It's always a gift to get to work with Max M. Marin! Here's our story about Kensington's Beacon House, one of the lowest-barrier homeless shelters in the country: inquirer.com/news/kensingto…

Group shot from our retreat this week - I love our CHJ team ☺️🥹💗

Lol the question is should health insurance be the primary mechanism through which we create a social safety net or should we just create a social safety net

“The data is clear. Overdose prevention centers save lives, connect people to treatment, reduce pressure on emergency rooms & reduce public drug consumption and discarded supplies.” Proud of Decriminalize Vermont & @drugpolicyorg and glad to support this work! apnews.com/article/vetoes…

Over the last several months, we uncovered that jail staff stripped men of all their belongings and left them without power for 2 weeks last year, admin sought out the names of people who spoke with PA Prison Society, admin listened & monitored comms with reporters and now this

With the ruling of Grants Pass v. Johnson coming any day now, Vinh Dang and I wrote about the mayor's latest campaign to criminalize homelessness in Philly. Based on our experiences in the hospital and street outreach, we need care not "clean-ups." inquirer.com/opinion/commen…

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Elinore J. Kaufman and I asked some questions about the patients receiving care at new trauma centers! This controversial graph was created in the process. So thankful for unbelievable mentorship Penn Trauma Center

It should be virtually impossible for drivers to go fast enough on Spruce to do this. Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, despite saying that she wants a Safer Philadelphia, has shown little to no interest in fixing this problem. In fact, her most recent budget cut funding for Vision Zero.

After a week of deaths and injuries Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's office has received "several" calls so the office stopped counting Philadelphians calling in to ask for safer streets. Philly deserves so much better.

New paper by the incredible Elinore J. Kaufman fills a gap on national statistics on firearm injury by combining national data on emergency department injury encounters with death certificate data. See thread below

Exciting to see our paper about patient perspectives on ED behavioral flags, led by Rachel Gonzales, highlighted as AEM Journal Editor's Pick of the Month! Anish Agarwal Ari B. Friedman @aribfriedman.bsky.social magnetmail.net/actions/email_…

1. Anyone who cares about criminal justice reform should be excited about Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Tim Walz to be her running mate. Over the past couple of years he has signed into law a ton of significant criminal justice reforms. For example:

The changing state of Philadelphia's dope supply since PA's xylazine scheduling (last set of sample results)

🚨🚨We (UPenn Medical Ethics & Health Policy) are hiring up to two new faculty members (Assistant Professors) in #HealthPolicy! We are specifically looking for researchers interested in #populationhealth (highlighted below) -- a key growth area for us. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/152931

Can’t wait for this conference!!!