Coalition for Syringe Access

Coalition of harm reduction orgs here to chew bubble gum & end stigma against people who use drugs. And we're all out of bubble gum.

[Coalition for Syringe Access @SyringeAccess]

🧵 (1/22) Howdy folks. As some of you may have already seen, an article was recently published in @TheEconomist claiming to have evidence that “America’s Syringe Exchanges Kill Drug Users”.

Well, I think it’s time we looked into this a bit more. https://t.co/fJFdR5wA4B

[CDUHR @CDUHR_NYC]

Pittsburgh harm reduction experts: stronger overdose reversal drugs aren't better
“You just want to make sure they're breathing because that's what the drug took away...You're not looking for them to be alert and have a conversation with you”
https://t.co/mNNKKEXcXg

[tmarieg.bsky.social @TracieMGardner]

Thanks @noahweiland for including me in this @nytimes @NYTHealth piece on the race inequities underlying the national decline in #overdose deaths: this should not be surprising to anyone who cares about #health #disparities #drugtwt

Fatal Drug Overdoses Are Dropping. Not Everyone Is Spared. https://t.co/sOkZ4iBunL

[AIDS United @AIDSUnited]

Ready to flex💪🏽your power on #ElectionDay?

The HIV community has the chance to demand that our elected officials SHOW UP for people living with HIV by voting. Nothing for us without us!💯

Access more voter resources in the AIDS United Election Center:
https://t.co/SIsw7JadT4

#HIVVoter #VoteReady #2024Election #AIDSUnited #ElectionCenter

[Barrett Montgomery @Barrett_W_M]

Excited to share that a guide we developed on how to monitor and evaluate opioid settlement funded initiatives is now available: https://t.co/MheAzRsI16

The result of collaboration between @preventioninst, @BigCitiesHealth, @ChangeLabWorks, and @RTI_Intl supported by @CDCgov

[Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP @stephenHRNRP]

If you are looking for something to do - here is a go fund me for her wife, Deanna, and their son who was born 2 days ago. Deanna is an amazing addiction med doc and a fixture of our community. Please donate: https://t.co/SItDNdPpKh

[Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc @StefanKertesz]

A new consensus statement says that high dose (and costly) Naloxone products are not justifiable. They state:

A) take-home naloxone kits should include at least two doses of an intramuscular (IM) product containing 0.4 mg or an intranasal (IN) product containing ≤4 mg; 4)

B) At this time, high dose and long-acting opioid antagonists have no use in acute opioid overdose response; and,

High dose and long-acting opioid overdose reversal drugs were approved ****without testing for withdrawal and are often aggressively marketed despite decades of evidence from naloxone distribution programs worldwide that the ideal dose of naloxone is one that restores breathing without inducing withdrawal.*****

[Taleed El-Sabawi, JD, PhD @el_sabawi]

If you ever have found yourself thinking that forcing people into substance use treatment is a good idea— I invite you to read this new report by @DrugPolicyOrg. Forced treatment is ineffective, harmful, costly and increases overdose risk. Support scientific & evidence-based approaches instead. 👇🏽

https://t.co/HscS4cagIT

[Morgan Godvin @MorganGodvin]

Prop 36 is polling like it’s going to pass in a landslide. It increases the penalty for drug possession to 3 years in prison.

3 years in prison for possessing crumbs of drugs, not committing crimes.

The War on Drugs is thriving. 1/

[Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP @stephenHRNRP]

As an overdose survivor, responder, researcher and program implementer, I want to know what our elected leaders plan to do to change drug policy to lower overdose. @CBSNews @NorahODonnell @margbrennan

#AskAboutOverdose  #Debates2024
@DrugPolicyOrg
Sign: https://t.co/ueSIQsh6SP

[CDUHR @CDUHR_NYC]

Why drug overdose deaths are dropping fast: A Q&A with Dr. Daliah Heller
https://t.co/pA82RgHadE

[Corey Davis @coreysdavis]

One of the biggest open secrets among the drug policy community is that the DEA knows essentially nothing about the local on-the-ground drug situation. Any random guy at your local needle exchange is likely to know more than every DEA agent in the city.

[Coalition for Syringe Access @SyringeAccess]

Hope has not been easy to access in recent years, but dramatic drops in overdose deaths across the country give us reason to hope...and to increase investment in programs that get PWUD naloxone, MAT, clean syringes, and access to treatment. https://t.co/n8JghmlonL

[Coalition for Syringe Access @SyringeAccess]

In another recent revival from the 1980s that no one asked, JD Vance is falsely blaming non-existent rising HIV rates in Ohio on Haitian immigrants.

It is especially evil for Vance to spread this lie given the long history of Haitians being discriminated against around HIV.

[AIDS United @AIDSUnited]

Check out the latest article from The San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Harm Reduction: Promoting Health, Upholding Dignity, Saving lives.

"Instead of punitive responses, what’s needed are harm reduction strategies and voluntary, supportive services that respect the dignity and autonomy of people who use substances." - Tyler TerMeer, CEO of The San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Co-chair of the AIDS United Public Policy Council

Explore the full article to learn more about the compassionate and evidence-rooted approach of harm reduction. Click the link below to read more:
https://t.co/syIhbExpdt

#AIDSUnited #SFAF #harmreduction #harmreductionsaveslives

[Harm Reduction Legal Project @harmreduxlegal]

Many thanks to @ACLUofColorado for taking on the Pueblo City Council! We were grateful to have had the opportunity to file an amicus brief on behalf of @HRAC_Denver and other state orgs making the case for SSPs. https://t.co/FoSdVybhir

[Corey Davis @coreysdavis]

Up to date info on the legality of fentanyl test strips and other drug checking equipment available from @harmreduxlegal

[Christopher Moraff @moraffreports]

Tiny Rhode Island takes a giant leap towards overdose prevention https://t.co/43BPi0AFEk

[Corey Davis @coreysdavis]

New paper finds that laws that permit people to access naloxone from pharmacies w/o first obtaining a prescription significantly increase naloxone dispensing, and the effects are largest in primary care shortage areas. https://t.co/8KOFF2mtfa