LJ

⚔ harm reduction nerd, herbalist & astrologer ⚔

🌿🖤grumpy, chaotic, plant loving, gemini 🖤🌿

[LJ @ljsislen]

DC doesn't need a sobering center, @MayorBowser. We need locally supported harm reduction centers. Watch this video on the first legally sanctioned overdose prevention center in the U.S.
#OPCsSaveLives #DecrimPovertyDC @DrugPolicyOrg
https://t.co/Q1XZIpvdVI

[Street Sense Media @streetsensedc]

Have you seen new pink vending machines popping up around the city? They're stocked with Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and other safer use supplies as part of a local organization's harm reduction efforts. Read more at https://t.co/zrp8jlodXM

[#DecrimPovertyDC @decrimpovertydc]

Updates on the Stabilization Center in DC: Another case for 24/7 harm reduction centers.

We need all the support we can get, meaning that we still need safe consumption services that intentionally & effectively serve polysubstance users and people who use opioids and/or crack.

[LJ @ljsislen]

@misterAmos excuse me

[LJ @ljsislen]

@misterAmos 😊👏👋

[HIPS @HIPSDC]

"“Punishment and stigma don’t work, but investing in health, housing, and other social services does,” @ljsislen said. “The last place a person with a substance use disorder should be at is a cell…the trauma continues to negatively impact people when they return home.”"

[LJ @ljsislen]

@misterAmos it took me by surprise. it's there...she says it...

[LJ @ljsislen]

@misterAmos I mean fuck royalty anyway... she's uh uh uh both That Bitch and That Gothic Mommy

[LJ @ljsislen]

Ohhhh, so stoked to read this!

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

📣Attention university professors and instructors who teach courses on drugs, drug policy, harm reduction, and substance use counseling- You can now order an inspection copy of my forthcoming book to use as a text in your courses!📣

🔗https://t.co/sVQploIw5F

[LJ @ljsislen]

@misterAmos @vincent_rado we haven't, but we should!

(also, ok qt pi haaay)

[LJ @ljsislen]

boosting to remind myself to listen to this 🤙

[Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP @stephenHRNRP]

If you work in a drug policy space, do yourself a favor and listen to this mind blowing 1 hour that will shatter everything you think you know about prohibition. I listened 2 days ago and I’m still processing. And I bought @vincent_rado book as well. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO SALT

[LJ @ljsislen]

@ecopulsky you got it! and friendly nudge to drink water 😂😂😂

[LJ @ljsislen]

@misterAmos rather than supporting people as they are, as they live

[LJ @ljsislen]

👀👀👀

[appalachian comrade📚💉🇵🇸 @fckwithfire]

I really wish the folks using drugs got as much encouragement & support as the “recovery community”. Especially from those folks in the “recovery community”. Many of y’all celebrating this month are actively perpetuating marginalization of PWUD & leaving them behind.

[LJ @ljsislen]

@misterAmos right...the narrative is always centered around "viable" beings...as if that's even a valid category. from the political lens, that someone only "matters" when they've gone to the other side...whether that be death or recovery.

[Taylor Sterling @FatherMcKennaa]

The drug war was never about drugs. It was about demonizing communities of color, stopping hippies from criticizing the Vietnam War, and having extra leverage for foreign interventions in Latin America.

The government lied to you. Drugs aren't the problem.

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

People who criticize decriminalization assume that everyone who uses drugs gets arrested.

Nope.

Law enforcement simply uses our drug laws to arrest people they have already targeted.

Drugs are de facto decriminalized for white, middle-class, housed, employed, privileged ppl.