Leo Beletsky

Public health impact of laws & law enforcement @NUSL @hijAction @NUbouve @UCSDMedSchool | Harm reductionist | Nomad | Dad to 2 bandits & cat ⛵

[Leo Beletsky @LeoBeletsky]

Wish Elon had bought Teams

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

As a reminder, fentanyl does not have magical powers.

h/t @LeoBeletsky
https://t.co/PZbvPCUzTs

[Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice @HKS_PCJ]

Join us for our first event in "The Diagnosis of Incarceration" speaker series on Wed., 9/18 from 4:30-5:45 PM! https://t.co/Y4T4E9Cx77

We're delighted to welcome @LeoBeletsky & @mccreedy_katie of @HiJAction at @Northeastern and @ewidra of @PrisonPolicy to kickstart the series.

[Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice @HKS_PCJ]

Announcing our Fall '24 Speaker Series!

Join us Wednesdays @ 4:30 PM ET, starting 9/18, for "The Diagnosis of Incarceration: The Health Impacts of Criminal System Involvement" moderated by Dr. Cara Muñoz Buchanan!

More info: https://t.co/QzOGd7bFdQ
RSVP: https://t.co/Y4T4E9D4WF

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

Editorial by @LeoBeletsky & @MaxJordan_N: "Although promising, these grassroots efforts are no substitute for effective reform to address high costs, shortages, overcommercialization, and other failures in the US pharmaceutical market." https://t.co/0as0SZ1RZQ

[Max Jordan Nguemeni @MaxJordan_N]

My 1st @JAMA_current paper is an invited commentary on cost-sharing causing people to abandon naloxone prescriptions, and more broadly, how the political economy of pharmaceuticals impacts the US opioid overdose epidemic & response. Thx @LeoBeletsky for sharing this opportunity🙏🏾

[Morgan Godvin @MorganGodvin]

I lost a decade to addiction and incarceration. I have 3 felonies. It took me 15 years from my first college credit to my last to get a Bachelors.

I was accepted into Yale, Harvard, Columbia and more. I rejected them and am instead doing a PhD at UCSD/SDSU.

How things change.

[Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP @stephenHRNRP]

Come join me and @LeoBeletsky at @UCSDMedSchool for a coffee and conversation about developing harm reduction workforce! Thank you to @elisolomon97 and team for organizing. Reg here: https://t.co/wnmDWpctpm

[Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs @JSADJournal]

Overdose or Poisoning? A New Debate Over What to Call a Drug Death: Grieving families want official records to move away from reflexive use of “overdose"
@SandraBagwell19 @TXAFawareness @RepMikeGarcia @LeoBeletsky @PoisonCenters @ShatterproofHQ
https://t.co/uuL9r1M0dl

[The Action Lab at Northeastern University @HiJAction]

Our Faculty Director @LeoBeletsky will be headlining a panel on drug policy and public safety at @BerkeleyLaw's Justice Unveiled conference on Friday, March 8. The event is free to attend.

Register and learn more here: https://t.co/9NTkPqK598

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

Detox centers in Portland turn away half the people who come to them due to lack of capacity. Overall, Oregon has only a 50% treatment capacity to meet the need. Simply put, Measure 110 is not what is hindering Oregonians from getting treatment. #ORLeg
https://t.co/NXO9Qoirl8

[The Action Lab at Northeastern University @HiJAction]

This chart from the study shows the distribution of corrective or misinformed language in media articles. 76% of 348 articles analyzed had misinformed narratives.

[The Action Lab at Northeastern University @HiJAction]

🚨New research on “Popular media misinformation on neonatal abstinence syndrome, 2015–2021” was published by the Action Lab’s @mccreedy_katie, Aanchalika Chauhan, Gabriel Holder, Sunyou Kang, Eric Reinhart, and @LeoBeletsky.

https://t.co/MbiVaWPu4G

[jaime arredondo sanchez lira @jaimeASL]

'People will keep dying': Fentanyl crisis grips Mexico's border cities

Prevencasa is a harm reduction centre in the city which provides a needle exchange and medical services

⁦@PrevencasaAc⁩ https://t.co/G5N9akznr1

[Miriam Krinsky @miriamkrinsky]

Read our latest - and the well-settled history and clear analysis that debunks the aim by some to erode prosecutorial independence & disrespect the rights of voters to guide the vision of justice their community wants and deserves. @AmCrimLRev with @theblairlair

[Medical Decision Making @MedDecMak]

Authors call on modelers to explore health and economic impacts of criminal-legal reforms.
#PWUD #HarmReduction #DrugPolicyReform #simulationmodeling #UCSD@NMartinUCSD @LeoBeletsky @BenjaminLinas @AMBayoumi @haroldpollack @SarahLarney
https://t.co/W45NLisU3J

[Corey Davis @coreysdavis]

After a nearly two year saga, that paper that claimed to find an association between drug-induced homicide laws and fatal overdose has been retracted. Thanks to all the folks who worked to make it happen! https://t.co/RQ4TgCE8ZO @veruka2 @nabarund @el_sabawi @LeoBeletsky

[@andreawoo.bsky.social | 鄔瑞楓 @AndreaWoo]

First population-level evaluation of prescribing pharmaceutical alternatives to illicit drugs (“safer supply”) finds opioid users prescribed 1 day’s supply 61% less likely to die following week from any cause, 4 days 91%

“The strongest evidence thus far”
https://t.co/taZc45UprQ

[Garth Mullins @garthmullins]

This will be great!
BTW @LeoBeletsky has been on @crackdownpod talking about the Iron Law of Prohibition. https://t.co/1lCY6rh0w4

[CourtWatchMA @CourtWatchMA]

Prosecution is not a solution to a public health crisis. Safe supply is. Overdose prevention centers are. Voluntary treatment is. Fighting stigma is.

These families have experienced great loss, but public policy should not compound those losses with more trauma. cc: @LeoBeletsky