Last week I successfully defended my PhD thesis. No words can describe how grateful I am! 🙏🏾 #phdchat #phdvoice #gradchat #research #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter Psych & Neuro Dalhousie Dalhousie Science OpenAcademics Black In Mental Health BlackWomenPhDs®️ Black Women in STEM Black in Psych #BLACKandSTEM

There have been more then 4.5 million visits to SCS in this country, there is a need whether you ideologically agree or not. Shutting them down while In an emergency would be catastrophic. Here’s data on them health-infobase.canada.ca/datalab/superv…

Given that the Supreme Court has already weighed in on this, I can’t imagine a bigger waste of taxpayer money or valuable time in the middle of a devastating public overdose crisis caused by unregulated fentanyl in the street supply than trying to close these sites

this is actually not about addiction. and since decriminalization didn't cause fentanyl to enter the drug market (doye), what did? why did fentanyl and other synthetic opioids enter the drug market in the downtown eastside and quickly saturate the entire province in late 2015?

it was because of the poverty. THE POVERTY.

The CPC are constantly rage farming with their political theatrics while people die. These are vital services for people. They have reversed over 50,000 overdoses since 2017. More people would be dead without them. A bar is more of a “drug den” then this health care service.

After five years, we handed over our treatment facilities in Kiambu, Kenya, which provides sustainable care for people who use drugs. The Department of Health & Kenya Prison Services will continue the service which has assisted over 1,600 people so far. msf.org/msf-hands-over…

the federal government does not fund Supervised Consumption Sites

Many successful harm reduction interventions (syringe exchange, naloxone, supervised consumption) started out as illegal efforts to save the lives of people who use drugs. macleans.ca/society/the-wa…

📢 New report recommends BC Government explore implementing access to non-prescribed alternatives alongside prescribed ones, engage people with lived and living experience, and pursue co-governance with Indigenous organizations and governing bodies in BC. www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/hea…

Harm reduction is an approach and a movement.  👀 hri.global/flagship-resea…

Today! Join us for Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds this afternoon (12pm Eastern) with Dr. Melissa Weimer. We hope to see you there! 🔗yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cH…

It’s publication day! ✨ I find myself reflecting on the 337 physicians, pharmacists, and enforcement agents who invited me into their clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, and offices to tell me about their work. They were all struggling to make a dent in the overdose/pain crisis 1/2

Compassionate opioid overdose response isn't about slamming people with the most powerful antagonist possible. It is about restoring and maintaining oxygenation through rescue breathing and judicious use of naloxone. International Journal of Drug Policy sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

this, by Bethany Lindsay, is a searing indictment of the provincial government's response to the unregulated drug toxicity deaths emergency its a comms strategy a facade #bcpoli theijf.org/bc-publicly-fu…

“Our communities are not fodder for political theatrics”- Latest piece written by myself and Dr Alexander McClellend for positive living magazine.

Congrats Spencer Dunleavy on this important paper showing that despite the clear role that #racism plays in addiction policy, in the past 30 years, major #addictionmedicine journals only mentioned “racism” in 1.5% of articles Grayken Center for Addiction Boston Medical Center Penn Family Medicine & Community Health Soc Sci & Medicine Ricky N. Bluthenthal

the real scandal is that the governing BCNDP have not seriously tried to implement any of these policies. they were never funded anywhere close to adequately, never planned, never mentioned, never happened oh except treatment: funded but not real. where's the money

'Whether medicalised or not, we know OPCs work. They prevent overdose deaths, mitigate risks & support people — the question is how to maximise engagement / satisfaction.' ~Useful insights on safer use sites by Ben Scher at Cranstoun's 2024 #SocialJustice Conference

⏰CALL FOR PAPERS Dec 1st⏰ “Advances in understanding and addressing health-related harms among people who use drugs” This will highlight the state of the science on the epidemiology of drug use, drug-related harms, strategies to intervene & more. sciencedirect.com/journal/intern…