Ari Edelman McHenry

harm reduction, public health, + drug policy consulting. local to global. formerly of @OpenSociety, @mnhealth, @columbiaMSPH. she/hers.

Feminist killjoy.

[Ariana Tobin @Ariana_Tobin]

Birth certificate. Eyeglasses. Cell phone. Teddy bear. Sewing machine. Hep C medication. Breast pump. Bible. Urns of ashes.

@propublica spoke with people across the US about what they lost during encampment sweeps. Please spend time with this. https://t.co/Ai4xadcUlJ

[Patrick Gaspard @patrickgaspard]

Michelle and Barack ending Trump at the Dem Convention

[Sahan Journal @SahanJournal]

Governor Tim Walz is expected to sign a bill that would increase protections for almost all families facing separation through Minnesota's foster care system.

Co-published with @TheImprintNews

https://t.co/TLl5eFL5q7

[Ari Edelman McHenry @ocelette]

It's true!

[Derek Carr @carrderekh]

Y’all. John Oliver featured a paper I wrote with @coreysdavis & Lainie Rutkow, alongside community guides on the opioid settlements created by Christine Minhee, Kate Boulton, @ocelette, and me (among others)!

[D.A. Bullock @BullyCreative]

This idea that we cannot figure out a way to truly support people with disabilities unless we allow two specific corporations to circumvent the minimum wage rules of our city is some real corporate galaxy brain shit.

[Ari Edelman McHenry @ocelette]

@amityf ...and they will die in McDonalds bathrooms and alleys. Thanks for posing the question.

[Housing 4 All is Hot @ahouse4all]

Telling unhoused people to "just go to a shelter/church" has the same energy as telling an disabled person to "just get disability" or telling an undocumented person to "just apply for citizenship." It makes it clear that you don't even know what you don't know.

[jnobles @jnobles612]

This is how the city of mpls deals with the issue of homelessness-no resources,no compassion

[Flan @Flanknits]

@MayorFrey You’re tweeting this at the EXACT SAME TIME that your MPD and Public Works are evicting an encampment.

[daviss 📸 @daviss]

The verdict comes as United Nations specialists arrive in Minneapolis today. The group, which was formed after George Floyd’s murder, has been in the US this week looking into laws and police use of force for a report to be submitted to UN Human Rights Council later this year.

[Robin4mpls @robin4mpls]

Last week the City Council received a report on Mayor Frey’s ongoing evictions of encampments.

Instead of recommendations on how to get people into homes, Frey’s staff doubled down on a political narrative to justify brutalizing unsheltered people.

[Robin4mpls @robin4mpls]

Housing First is the national consensus about effectively reducing homelessness–center the humanity of unsheltered people and prioritize housing & support services.

Public health experts, the Biden Admin and the City of Saint Paul are all adopting a Housing First approach.

[Robin4mpls @robin4mpls]

Countless people are one emergency away from losing their home. Many of us have loved ones who are or have been unsheltered.

Residents want humane and effective solutions. Encampment evictions have been completely ineffective in everything except traumatizing people.

[Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta @nabarund]

Based on our lab data, I reckon #xylazine shows up in the drug supply 5 specific ways:
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[Aneri Pattani @aneripattani]

Today I want to share some examples from Ohio, where concerns about a lack of transparency around #opioid settlement funds are arising at both the state and local levels. #THREAD

[Catherine Rampell @crampell]

The Great Medicaid Purge begins this weekend. https://t.co/mDzanb1xt7

[Aneri Pattani @aneripattani]

🧵State & local govts are receiving $50B from companies accused of fueling the #opioidcrisis. But how much will they publicly report on its use? Will people in recovery, families & others know how it’s spent? My @khnews investigation with Christine Minhee. https://t.co/1ZvyWORYaK

[Medic Kim @medickimw]

The only thing funnier than cops faux-verdosing is Jennifer printing this entire statement without including a single fact check.

If you can walk, talk, & get ‘a little agitated’ you are 100% not overdosing on anything but your own farts.

[Medic Kim @medickimw]

We pay for cops to show up after you’ve been robbed & take notes. If they ever find your stuff they charge you $100s to “hold” it. When you can’t pay it or their shitty computers break, you get to pay more. Every day until you give up & they sell it to another cop at auction.