Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW

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[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

FYI - I am on the other blue app at the same handle and will try and post more. But I will not be leaving Twitter. For over 14 years, I shared thoughts, musings, and extensive threads that I've been told have impacted many. I don't want to lose them. They'll be here.

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

“Drug wars tend to foster and encourage really undemocratic political forms when it comes to thinking about these issues that other countries have treated as a public health issue.”

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

“What you see already is the immediate and extremely dangerous policy of bombing regions without even showing any pretense of evidence that you’re actually hurting the drug trade.” https://t.co/fX7EYZ2Lwx

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

The overdose crisis is shrinking — and mutating https://t.co/Ty7K3wn9za

I'm quoted here- check it out

[Alex Vitale @avitale]

Local police are desperate to get you to think they aren't ICE, while they brutalize demonstrators and criminalize the poor. Don't believe the #Copaganda.

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

Devastating. Infuriating. Murderous.

These cruel funding cuts will destroy grassroots and treatment programs that are providing vital life-saving services to people who use drugs and those with addictions. https://t.co/NN14SmTWLW

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

Really excited for this new Congressional briefing series hosted by the Addiction Science Defense Network- Register to join their first session on January 13th 2:30-4pm EDT and share with your member of Congress so we can preserve federal funding! https://t.co/hUxyqWInMY

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

By using AI for writing, you’re robbing yourself of the authentic writer’s experience of not writing

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

"The expansion of coca cultivation is a direct
driver of deforestation in the Andean valleys
and the Colombian Amazon." - Learn more about how illegal coca cultivation and the drug war are driving climate and environmental disaster https://t.co/f5QusJ4YMb

[Logan Hullinger @LoganHullinger]

The researchers found that 87% of people who inject drugs in Baltimore would support programs providing access to regulated drugs, in order to protect participants from the adulterated street supply.

Read my latest for @Filtermag_org 🔽

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[sam @sam_d_1995]

the most under-appreciated local government success over the past three years? it’s actually Baltimore imo

-murders down 60%
-major pro-housing reforms including ending parking mandates, legalizing single-stair buildings, and permitting denser housing

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

Police contact of any kind is not innocuous: most police killings start with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime has been reported.

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

I actually really love the idea of over-the-counter naltrexone for alcohol use. It helps people to gradually reduce and moderate their drinking on their own terms.

https://t.co/yRFxf7og3T

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

YES!!!

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

🚨NEW: Pres. Trump's 'big beautiful bill' will have devastating consequences for rural hospitals, leaving communities more vulnerable

And for almost half of all incarcerated people, this means critical, lifesaving care will be even further out of reach 🧵

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

I just donated. Please join me!

Every $1 donated provides up to 5 meals for New Yorkers in need.

Your gift also helps support access to nourishing food and services for our neighbors across the five boroughs. #FBNYC https://t.co/hhO0JidrRh https://t.co/JWbCo0eK3i

[Dr Mark Tyndall @DrMtyndall]

The first of 3 webinars starts today. I couldn’t call myself a true vaping activist if I didn’t promote this event. I am a public health doctor who wants to see an end to cigarettes and people need to know that there are safe alternatives. Join me today. https://t.co/nS5Pefddoa

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

The HUGEST congratulations to my friend, colleague, hero @nabarund for being awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his incredible harm reduction work and research. #MacFellow https://t.co/ZXyirHjy0g

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

Hey Detroit! I will be doing a book talk on Tuesday, October 14th, alongside Kassandra Frederique and Valerie Kelley-Bonner. The event is 3-6 pm, and it is FREE. Register using the QR code on the flyer. Help spread the word!

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

🚨NEW REPORT: The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than almost any other country in the world

So much for the “land of the free” 🧵

[Logan Hullinger @LoganHullinger]

ICYMI: Compassionate care for drug users is seldom mentioned in local media coverage, and readers will rarely see the words "harm reduction" in a headline.

Learn how to support journalism that is working to change that. 🔽

https://t.co/TqKTWMqSe3