Alison Sutter

Health. Human Rights. Harm Reduction. Housing.

[Vu Le (with one E) @NonprofitAF]

“Funders, if you don’t think that this pandemic warrants an increase in your payout beyond 5%, to 10% or 20% or more, then you live in a bubble of privilege wrapped in another bubble of delusions” https://t.co/QOLn81I1It

[Filter | harm reduction journalism @Filtermag_org]

Mental Health America says: “We do not have a formal position on [e-cigarettes/vaping].” But MHA does promote “Quitters Circle”—a program created by the American Lung Association+Pfizer, which makes Chantix, a smoking cessation med w/ a black box warning. https://t.co/N6mwUOL0br

[Jag Davies @jagdavies]

Prediction: drug decriminalization will be a major issue in the 2024 U.S. Presidential election cycle.
https://t.co/wcKpWJ7558
my latest in @TheHill: Momentum for drug decriminalization surges in countries around the world — could the U.S. be next?

[Leo Beletsky @LeoBeletsky]

Calls for "more treatment" to address the OD crisis are meaningless, until we separate "treatment" that works from treatment that harms https://t.co/GCBSB0uMK4

[Alison Sutter @AlisonSutter]

"Mitigating the effects of poverty, trauma, and racism in schools might require a shift in focus toward intangibles—namely, the teachers’ perspective on trauma and their relationships with children" by @KatherineLewis via @TheAtlantic https://t.co/owOpKBjilr

[Jonathan Giftos, MD🗽🚵🏼‍♂️ @JonGiftosMD]

We need to play that game where we require politicians to finish every sentence denouncing supervised injection facilities with the phrase, “and that is why I think injecting alone in a McDonald’s bathroom is better.”

[Alison Sutter @AlisonSutter]

“It is an absolute lie that drug users don’t care about themselves and don’t care about their health” -Louise Vincent of @nc_usu at the White Earth Harm Reduction Summit

[Alison Sutter @AlisonSutter]

Thanks to Nikki of the Native American Community Clinic https://t.co/8zTD8PoIrU at the White Earth Summit for approaching #harmreduction nursing from a collaborative approach, recognizing that PWUD provide healthcare services (overdose response, wound care, phlebotomy, dosing)

[Ari Edelman McHenry @ocelette]

"Cultural humility, not cultural competency." - William Greer, White Earth Harm Reduction Conference

[Alison Sutter @AlisonSutter]

“Harm reduction is simple. Step 1: don’t be an asshole.” -@Boston_Mackin at the White Earth Harm Reduction Summit

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

The racial wealth gap is not simply a byproduct of racism. It is the *goal* of racism. Racism has always served to maintain a permanent black underclass of unpaid or underpaid labor while wealth/resources are concentrated among a "white" elite

[National Harm Reduction Coalition @HarmReduction]

#NYC please join us 6:30pm Saturday at award-winning @TheStairsDoc & support work of @THEPOWEROFUS2. $10 donation on door (nobody will be turned away due to $). Free refreshments & #naloxone trainings by @HarmReduction's @BethanyMedley & @womanofmanysins https://t.co/QYbfcQhSBg

[Alison Sutter @AlisonSutter]

@Kassandra_Fred, @terrellPNNY, and @MidLampFilms reminding us that harm reduction is about radical collective care, not public health outcomes. https://t.co/beotiOl2SW

[Alison Sutter @AlisonSutter]

The United States is one of only 13 countries in the world where the rate of maternal mortality is now worse than it was 25 years ago. via @nytimes https://t.co/lDB1E4XZlc

[OSF Harm Reduction @OSF_IHRD]

.@drugpolicyorg Report → An Overdose Death Is Not Murder: Why Drug-Induced Homicide Laws Are Counterproductive and Inhumane: https://t.co/t99TGQO9jy

[Daniel Wolfe @wolfenyc]

Not sure why @asymmetricinfo & @washingtonpost has featured this before peer review. Unclear how or if authors accounted for confounder that is fentanyl. Attributing deaths to naloxone seems like blaming umbrella distribution for flooding during a rainstorm. @LeoBeletsky https://t.co/HtHro8WTFA

[Daniel Wolfe @wolfenyc]

Reduces overdoses. Provides a bridge to treatment. Takes needles out of circulation. Builds community safety. @nytopinion steps out for health and common sense. https://t.co/xAkLKOtcKV

[Alison Sutter @AlisonSutter]

“States and other cities should follow the lead of Seattle and Philadelphia to open safe injection sites. One of the most meaningful things the Trump administration could do to help drug users and their families is to stay out of the way.” https://t.co/9zmrjmmLh2