this is harm reduction and it is public health, even if it makes you uncomfortable this reduces spread of disease and reduces injury related to substance use. it also gives those at risk a way to have connection w resources if they need them through the people who give them out.
Over 107,000 people died from overdose in the United States in 2023. These deaths were preventable—the criminalization and stigmatization of drugs and drug users are to blame for every one of the lives lost.
https://t.co/NFEnzmste9 #IOAD2024
The government has given nothing to Gen Z but student debt & the constant threat of AR-15 gunfire. They have every right to rebellion & we should support however we can.
“I am a Holocaust survivor. I experienced as a child every single thing a Gazan child is experiencing on a daily basis. There’s no excuse 4 the slaughter of 15K children. I am proud to be here with you.”
Amazing Jewish solidarity at encampment at GWU #FreePalestine#Occupy4Gaza
1. Lately I have been paying more attention to the groups of my fellow Jews who are describing themselves as persecuted because of the global objections (by other Jews and the rest of the world) to the brutal slaughter in Gaza.