#HarmReduction

Drug Policy Alliance

https://twitter.com/DrugPolicyOrg/status/1244005110608510978?s=20 If you missed Episode 1 of First of All with @madeofmillions_, here's a recap! #ELearning [Thread] What is harm reduction? Harm reduction is a philosophy that seeks to reduce

Kaylynn P 🇨🇦

Stayed late to finish up a consult, biking home I came across a person lying face down beside the bike path. Wasn’t rousable, but had a pulse and was breathing.

Full access to our commentary on the need for #SafeSupply to tackle the overdose crisislink: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1b5oy3PEroSmmr1/2 A quick takeaway: Not everyone who uses drugs wants treatment, nor is conventional treatment

The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction

Fantastic #tobacco #harmreduction communications from @BBCOne's new #HealthCheckUKLive today. The programme followed Ace, a heavy #smoker, as he decided to #quit #smoking and #switch to #vaping. Watch from 6m30s to

Dr. Rob Tanguay

Did you know we have an evidence based and fully supported safe supply? Buprenorphine has been shown throughout the literature to improve outcomes including death and recovery. It has little

madi$on valencia

las vegas is having AT LEAST one fentanyl OD a day it’s really bad in xanax and percocets so please please do not be doing these things and please tell

Out in Oakland tonight for #BlackLivesMatter demonstrations (thread)Police in full riot gear, armed with entire swat teams started arresting people for no apparent reason. Two young black men started

Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH

I've been thinking about the widespread concern that masks will promote a "false sense of security." We've learned a few things from #HIV prevention and #harmreduction that I think should

Dr. Rob Tanguay

Long Thread: Amazing to see divisiveness continuing. Reductionist views from activists of both #harmreduction and #recovery. Both saying most recover on their own. Fair. What about the rest. More, people

Dr. Kristine Torres-Lockhart

A THREAD.Looking for guidance on caring for patients with #OUD on #bupe during #COVID19? Head to http://bit.ly/MontefioreBupe for resources!Together with @TiffanyLuMD & @DrChinazo, we hosted a webinar on Bupe Treatment

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

Someone asked me yesterday why schools aren't mainly open in San Francisco (despite 30 cases in city of 896K yesterday (& they test),

James Edmondston, Substance Misuse Officer

I've been all over #Leicester & #Leicestershire in recent weeks, and i'm frequently being asked 'What are the little metal canisters I keep seeing?'These are #NitrousOxide chargers, and here's a

Claire Zagorski, MSc, LP

My first ever academic publication is out! I'm very proud to share "Isotonitazene as a contaminant of concern in the illegal opioid supply: A practical synthesis and cost perspective".We discuss

1/ Improper face mask use can be harmful.How to wear a face mask properly, a thread 2/ Whether or not there is a consensus on the preventative effect of a

AlexStevensKent

The government’s response to @CommonsScotAffs report on problem drug use, led by Kit Maltouse, is mostly a shoddy piece of work. You can read it at https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmscotaf/698/69802.htm. Here are som

Joseph Friedman, MPH (He/Him)

JosephRFriedman

An astounding 1,100 people died of overdose in California in a SINGLE MONTH (Aug 2020). This is nearly *double* the rate from August 2019, one year earlier, and *triple* the