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[i2i Peer Support @I2iPeer]

DrugFacts: Prescription Opioids | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
"Opioids are a class of drugs naturally found in the opium poppy plant. Some prescription opioids are made from the plant directly, others made by scientists in labs..."
https://t.co/8b0IpUFlBc
#SafeSupply

[NIDAnews @NIDAnews]

#DYK that #heroin is one of the world’s most dangerous #opioids? It’s never used as a prescription medicine in the United States. https://t.co/shZqFUERuH

[Russell Maynard @rusmaynard]

It’s great to see BCCSU physicians and HA’s coming onside to the necessity of a Public Health approach to the crisis. It’s taken far too long - but better late than never. But there is still zero funding for the MySafe model so any evaluation of Safer is incomplete!

[BC Centre on Substance Use @BCCSU]

“Every expert now says we have to get past some of those worries that we have because the crisis is not going to get better unless we address the underlying contaminated drug supply.” https://t.co/KzSQOymJ2v

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

I say this every month and I mean it. @crackdownpod is an essential listen for anyone interested in understanding drug use, the overdose crisis, policy failures, and user organizing and resilience.

Episode 12 on decolonial harm reduction is powerful.

https://t.co/oPeJDIoiq2

[Crackdown podcast @crackdownpod]

Episode 12: Love in a State of Emergency.

https://t.co/GGF2PKpR2O

[~Yan @yanuariant]

@WhoaInteresting soon to be like this 😁

[Garrett Reuscher @GarrettReuscher]

I am simply alarmed at how many people in this coffee shop are showcasing drug seeking behavior. Are baristas aware of this problem? They should try withholding caffeine from everyone because that will definitely make everything better.

[PHS @PHScss]

"We know that housing is a health intervention, and we also know that the longer people stay outside, the more risks there are to their health.” - Tanya Fader, Director of Housing at PHS chats with @Howellings https://t.co/sEdGzNQTST

[Garth Mullins @garthmullins]

You can't understand the OD crisis if you don't know the truth about🇨🇦-not the lullaby of 'Canada the Good.' But the truth of colonization. This month I spoke to @RMComedy on @crackdownpod about conflicts & connections between abstinence & harm reduction https://t.co/q1XCdUFnZX

[Dr Mark Tyndall @DrMtyndall]

It’s very frustrating to hear but it is the popular narrative in public health. It is predicated on zero tolerance for vaping based on abstinence. It allows for outrageous statements because as long as it might prevent someone from vaping, truth doesn’t matter. #vapingsaveslives

[Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc @StefanKertesz]

Crucial reflection about how our health care system is delivers “trauma-inducing”, rather than “trauma-informed” care

[CDC @CDCgov]

“Stress has been called the health epidemic of the 21st century. Almost everyone experiences it... and we know it plays a role in other serious health issues,” says @NIOSH research psychologist Jessica Streit. Learn about Jessica's work at #CDC: https://t.co/DYxzJs9lel #IAmCDC

[i2i Peer Support @I2iPeer]

“A big new review of the evidence finds that prescription heroin works” by @germanrlopez

[i2i Peer Support @I2iPeer]

@SpicyPurritos @NIDAnews As #PWUD, we need legal access to a #SafeSupply of medical grade drugs, without any expectation of (often humiliating) "addictions treatment."
People who (choose to) use drugs need health care without a mandatory, paternal abstinence-orientation. #EndTheStigma #ProhibitionKills

[Evert Rauwendaal @EvertRauwendaal]

@NIDAnews Heroin is safe enough for children. FACT. @DanaLarsen

[Lizzy Unger @Lizzy_Unger]

Everyone who cares about addiction should listen to this podcast. The media and reality TV have driven toxic and stigmatizing perceptions of addiction and a mass misunderstanding of effective treatment. @maiasz