Tony Newman

Comms Director for Overdose Prevention Program at Vital Strategies. Former Director of Media Relations at the Drug Policy Alliance

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

In Louisville, Kentucky, we’ve teamed up with @LouMetroHealth and @loukyfire to expand access to Naloxone, following successful media campaigns on @TheRealB965 and @1013Online. Read more. https://t.co/axFZhj0OJA

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

“As part of a robust health-based response, harm reduction efforts are indispensable for ending the overdose crisis.”

In @Newsweek, Daliah Heller, our Vice President of Drug Use Initiatives comments on the recent decline in overdose deaths in the U.S. and the need to double down on harm reduction efforts.

Read more: https://t.co/vdfsrE0GSV

[Prosecutors Alliance Action @ProsecutorsAct]

Aimee lost her son Ben to a drug overdose. She knows Proposition 36 will do more harm than good and make it harder for people to access the help they need. This November, vote NO on Prop 36. #StopProp36 #NoOn36

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

New @CDCgov data shows overdoses are dropping, in large part thanks to investments in harm reduction. Yet, Black & Indigenous communities are still disproportionately impacted. We must ensure the public health response is equitably extended to all. https://t.co/ZulbqmDumw

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

We need harm reduction solutions to address the drug overdose crisis in the U.S., not incarceration.

This week, 50 family members who’ve lost loved ones to overdose will gather for a 3 day conference in New Mexico to discuss navigating grief and drug policy reform.

We joined our partners at Broken No More to create this powerful testimonial video featuring families who’ve lost loved ones, who explain why they support health solutions to the overdose crisis instead of criminalization and incarceration.

Read more about the conference here: https://t.co/ggrWIjn5IP #EndOverdose

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31 is both a time to honor loved ones who have been lost to a drug overdose and a time to draw attention to the crisis, which still claims more than 100,000 lives each year in the United States.

For the second year, we’re mailing out more than 200 DIY campaign boxes to groups across 10 states, so they can build local awareness about harm reduction support services.

Read more in our statement: https://t.co/oZnJwVzZkT

#IOAD #EndOverdose

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

We've teamed up with local radio hosts Bella Rae at @TheRealB965 and @cheawoolfolk at @1013Online in a new campaign in Louisville, Kentucky, to promote Naloxone as a lifesaving tool to prevent overdose deaths. #EndOverdose https://t.co/Xe6mkLyTbm

[Tony Newman @TonyNewmanPR]

Progressives are answering the call (and hosting one!). Join me for the @Progs4Harris call on Monday, August 5th at 8pm ET! #ProgressivesForHarris https://t.co/8GAmKgo3Xt

[CSH @CSHInfo]

CSH and our partners strongly oppose @GavinNewsom's order to demolish homeless encampments. This action is ineffective, unfairly impacts people of color, and places a high burden on taxpayers. https://t.co/xb2k57ZbDJ

[VOCAL_US @VOCAL_US]

🧵Today marks the launch of VOCAL-US (Voices of Community Activists & Leaders)

To build national power, we need a national voice. VOCAL-US gives our members & leaders an opportunity to speak on the most pressing issues - homelessness, the War on Drugs, mass incarceration, & HIV.

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

The rate of overdose deaths among Indigenous people in Wisconsin is four times that of the general population. We’re supporting the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to provide free Naloxone through the mail.

Adrienne Hurst from our Overdose Prevention Program spoke to @WPR’s @DanielleKaeding: "These communities have been heavily impacted by discrimination, racial discrimination, traumatization, incarceration, the war on drugs (and) family displacement."

Read more here: https://t.co/mp19RU5ldi

[VOCAL-NY @VOCALNewYork]

STATEMENT: @GavinNewsom rejects *proven* housing & services solutions to bust encampments!

This is a direct consequence of the #SCOTUS decision that ruled people who cannot afford a place to live and have no shelter options can be thrown in jail! SHAME!

https://t.co/ZU1aRWG4Sb

[opcinfo.org @opcinformation]

NEW: Ever wondered what the inside of an overdose prevention center looks like? We partnered up with @_OnPointNYC to take you inside their East Harlem location via a video tour! Step inside at https://t.co/CkvmXK4GlK!

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

Overdose deaths among Black people in Wisconsin are triple the national average.

At Milwaukee’s #Juneteenth celebration, our partner Samad’s House will bring harm reduction directly to the Black community, offering naloxone, fentanyl test strips and more: https://t.co/5hQ7LqShZs

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

Using the stories and testimonials of people with lived experience can help create more authentic public health communications campaigns. Gloria Malone, our Senior Manager for Digital Multimedia Strategy explains.

Learn more about campaigns that that shape policy, mobilize people and improve lives at https://t.co/E1QD5DSDlI

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

More than 107,000 people in the U.S. died from overdose in 2023, & rates are highest in Black & Indigenous communities. We worked with @ReframeHJ & In the Works to develop an e-course on racial equity for organizations that work with people who use drugs. https://t.co/zQ49x9l124

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

Despite a decrease in overdose deaths in the U.S., it is too soon to know whether this trend will continue and there is no time to rest when the 107,000 lives we lost to overdose in the past year is double the number from 2015.  Read our statement: https://t.co/wWwcNozsVz

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

We're thrilled to have had our work around opioid settlement funds featured on @LastWeekTonight with @iamjohnoliver. This episode shines a spotlight on how governments are spending settlement money and the opioid settlement guides we developed with Christine Minhee of https://t.co/JZ9zKpeNFC

We'll be sharing a link to the episode later this week.

Access the Opioid Settlement Funds: State-Level Guides for Community Advocates:
https://t.co/qCMDgxekdk

[Vital Strategies @VitalStrat]

In this @USATODAY story, mothers who've lost children and loved ones to overdose speak out.

They're working with our partner, Broken No More, calling for harm reduction and lifesaving health responses to the overdose crisis, rather than criminalization. https://t.co/lhyzshMNGR