PHL Drug Users Union

Current and former drug users advocating for the rights and fair treatment of people who use drugs

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

@HRCzarPHL PhillyDUU makes space for people like @HRCzarPHL because she tirelessly makes space for us. We will continue to push for a climate where everyone in Harm Reduction understands the importance of drug users taking the lead and being supported by non-drug users. WE 2 DARE2DREAM

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

@jwbussmann @JMPerroneMD @Philly @HarmReduction @HRCzarPHL @Penn_CORE @PHLPublicHealth @SafehousePhilly Those that are always in front of the camera and named and quoted in the articles, but are never with or near people who use drugs. Profiteers! Legacies off oppression and hardship

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

1200 doses of IM NALOXONE placed directly in the hands of drug users with training in the past two months. Race is a social/economic construct. Drug use is a behavior. We work for the deconstruction of bullshit and the revival of JUSTICE.

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

@Lb_Sterling we know Capitalism is a success when marginalized people oppress other marginalized people.

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

@Lb_Sterling The most dangerous syringes are distributed, the most dangerous injection practices condoned, the least amount of education for drug users. This is not Harm Reduction. It is Harm Inflation. It’s happens slowly over time so not many can see it. Once you look it’s there!

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

@Lb_Sterling There are so many examples of structural and systemic acts of violence against the marginalized, we can no longer sit back silent and pretend the injustice is what it is.

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

Resources going to DAs and Police Departments will not solve the overdose crisis!!!

We've never heard a stupider idea....

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

Nothing about us, without us...

We need to be a majority of drug users on every board in the city of Philadelphia...for programs that are about people who use drugs!!!

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

You know what solves homelessness?

People looking for any excuse not to do the right thing.

Housing!!!!!!

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

We need to be running our spaces...

For us, by us... Where are drug user voices in the fight for safe consumption spaces???

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

Addiction is not disease. We don't need more doctors. Give us the resources.

We need housing and jobs. We need to be treated like humans.

[QUIP @EQUIPTO]

I mean, if Angela is riding for @chesaboudin to be the new DA of SF, I guess I do too.. Haha.
I’m skeptical about getting involved w/ politicians & everything that comes with it. But it’s not the answer, it’s simply a tactic for change.

If you live in SF, please vote for CHESA.

[Ernest Owens @MrErnestOwens]

THIS MUST BE SAID: Backing efforts to end America’s opioid epidemic is noble, but white people really need to think through why people of color who have endured similar atrocities aren’t automatically standing with you.

My latest for @phillymag.

https://t.co/RZmFu5O2Mv

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

@MrErnestOwens @phillymag Important points here, specifically in the Philadelphia context.

[SOL Collective @SOL__Collective]

“We maintain our consistent disagreement over whether it’s a lawful activity, and the fact that they have responded doesn’t change our respectful disagreement,” @aubreyjwhelan https://t.co/NseWyzH5Mp

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

@JohnFetterman @PennsylvaniaPPC @GovernorTomWolf @sarahanne_news @JanMurphy @KateGiammarise @timelywriter @Will_Bunch @ydrcom @RCpress @katieemeyer4 Less than ten weeks after the election you come out with a ridiculous plan to take away General Assistance and give to housing that won't even benefit low income people for years. What will we do with the dead bodies... while we're waiting for this housing???

[PHL Drug Users Union @DrugPhl]

@JohnFetterman @PennsylvaniaPPC @GovernorTomWolf @sarahanne_news @JanMurphy @KateGiammarise @timelywriter @Will_Bunch @ydrcom @RCpress @katieemeyer4 We did not elect you so that you could lecture on how things work!!! We know how things work. Fight for GA... you all are pathetic.

[The Legal Aid Society @LegalAidNYC]

#BREAKING: @NYCMayor, @NYCCouncil announce budget commitment to fund full pay parity for public defenders and civil legal services staff with Corporation Counsel by 2024. Our statement below. #PayParityYes #NoJusticeWithoutUs