#Naloxone

khalsaaidca

khalsaaidca

The majority of international students are hard working and looking to build a new life for themselves in Canada. Often, their positive contributions are overlooked and the few bad apples

Niamh Eastwood

niamhrelease

Thread on this unbalanced and dangerous piece from @Independent on OST in prisons. There is so much wrong with this article, it reverts to the old methadone bashing trope failing

Volteface

VoltefaceHub

Here is some great practical advice from Gail Robinson, a Regional Lead Nurse from @changegrowliveIf you are taking opiates:Make sure you have naloxoneStagger useIf alone, reduce risk of overdose by

Dr. Kristine Torres-Lockhart

DrKristineTL

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

Bill Kinkle, RN, EMT-P, CRS

billkinkle

Thread:I received an email from PNAP’s executive director today regarding my decision to begin bupe. This is her reasoning behind why PNAP will not advocate for me to have my

Jennifer J. Carroll, PhD MPH (she/her)

veruka2

8/ A student emailed me with profuse apologies for late classwork, explaining that both of their grandparents had just died. 9/ Another student emailed me with profuse apologies for late

appalachianscum

appalachianscum

Anyway, if you care about people in WV now would definitely be the time to support WV- local movements, efforts, and community aid instead of looking down your nose at

Leo Beletsky

LeoBeletsky

This is a popular narrative: the overdose crisis took a humanistic, "public health" approachThis narrative is almost completely false, if you define "public health" as being driven by evidence, compassion

Volteface

VoltefaceHub

1/4. Volteface and @GBMC73 (aka Naloxone Man) are delighted to have received a 3 part video from @OliverStanding, director of @collect_voice, the national alliance of drug and alcohol treatment charities.In

Elaine Hyshka

ehyshka

Various policy responses can be debated, but it is misleading to claim that Alberta's illegal drug market has not become *significantly more dangerous* since illegal fentanyl started replacing diverted pharmaceuticals

Jennifer J. Carroll, PhD MPH (she/her)

veruka2

5/ ...put warehouse and delivery staff at risk. She had been doing all the homework. Her friend from class, in a different state, had been calling her daily to explain

Michael L. Barnett

ml_barnett

New in @JAMA_current "Secret shopper" survey of 368 residential addiction programs for opioid useTL;DR:Fewer than 1/3rd offered maintenance treatment with buprenorphine while over 1 in 5 actively discouraged buprenorphine useMore

Ana Goñi-Lessan

goni_lessan

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day. I've reported on the opioid overdose crisis, but this summer it set my world on fire when a family member died from an overdose

Kathleen S

Kathleen_Back

A thread in which I bury the lede down in tweet 15 (spoiler alert: news stories like this literally endanger peoples' lives).https://twitter.com/TinaYazdani/status/1262863844696784897 1) The story argues that homeless encampments in

Peter Krykant

PeterKrykant

Thread.1.Today I am devastated, on Thursday I spoke abt a person who is still out begging, he sat from 8am to 6pm a couple of days ago and made a

Jennifer J. Carroll, PhD MPH (she/her)

veruka2

1/ I am a university professor. I teach undergraduates who have been isolated at home and taking classes "remotely" for 3 weeks. Here are some things that have happened during