Too much angry activist, turning over new leaf. Now a kinder gentler HATER of social injustice. Music, Addiction, Activism, Moms United to End the War on Drugs
“false alarms & drug scares matter because they distract attention from need for better healthcare & addiction Tx at a moment when more than 100,000 Americans are dying from OD” @BrandondelPozo, @MyHarmReduction, and I sound off on @DEAHQ fake 🎃 panic
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Met an kind woman today who told me about her daughter who is chaotically using heroin & how afraid she is she will have to bury her daughter. Each of the hardships below are evidence of policy failures in addiction policy. /1
@HooverUSA Now waiting all week for prepaid return label for defective item. I’ve already spent hours on phone, emails, chat etc. What kind of customer service is this? Take back your defective vacuum.
I just took action to expand access to life-saving treatment for addiction. I urge you to take action yourself and spread the word!
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In New York City, the majority of autopsies of overdose deaths now reveal that fentanyl was involved. While the mounting deaths show the devastating consequence of fentanyl’s seep, it’s less widely understood why the drug has proliferated.
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Like too many New Yorkers, I know what it's like to lose a loved one to addiction—there’s an empty chair at our family table where my nephew, Michael, should be. This is personal for me. Today we’re taking action to combat the opioid epidemic and offer New Yorkers hope. Thread⬇️
.@RepBonnie and @Kassandra_Fred on the latest congressional effort to decriminalize all drugs, fifty years after President Richard Nixon launched his “war on drugs.” #CrossConnection
Nearly every single case of injection-related endocarditis is preventable with easy access to new syringes and a clean place to inject. Just one more way US drug law knowingly and intentionally kills people.
Current SAMHSA priorities include expanding access to MAT and reducing stigma, integrating opioid use disorder treatment with primary care, addressing racial disparities in treatment services, and more. https://t.co/5bAcdaBo9k
I always say follow the money..”From 1982 to 2003, federal funding for removing children skyrocketed over 20,000% with no increases in funding for support services for families.”