Tricia Christensen

WA--MD--TX--TN
Policy over Performance Art

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

🔥 GLORIA LAUNCH AD: “When will we elect leaders with the courage to stand up for US, instead of a bunch of bullies and cowards?”

@VoteGloriaJ hits “extremist” @MarshaBlackburn for taking big Big Pharma 💰while opposing lowering drug costs, etc…

[Community Education Group @CEGInWV]

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to end the overdose crisis. We demand states, counties, and municipalities spend opioid settlement funds on evidence-based solutions proven to reduce overdoses – not perpetuate the failed War on Drugs.

https://t.co/rMRcban7PW

[Tricia Christensen @triciac13]

He would like the board to pursue solutions that are rooted in science, like needle exchange programs... “It’s not my view, it’s science… at least we have to give them clean needles until we can work with them and give them exposure to treatment and counseling ...” 👏👏👏

[Josephine Moore @Jozy_Elizabeth]

It's not every day that I actually have some hope when writing about the opioid epidemic in WV but after interviewing the doctor who will be the first member of the WV First Foundation board, his take on the drug epedemic is refreshing and much needed.
https://t.co/oB0Rsl3P3d

[Tricia Christensen @triciac13]

“The way that deaths are attributed is very hand-wavy... If there’s not another physical reason for them to be dead, and there was meth in their system... it becomes almost like a quick, lazy: meth death, meth death.”
https://t.co/aD9zA8JKfn

[tmarieg.bsky.social @TracieMGardner]

Brilliance of Christine Minhee, J.D. in full display here. This warrior woman has taken the complex and made it accessible in the name of #equity and #justice neither of which is really guiding decisions on #opioidcrisis #settlement. Where is Office of Na…https://t.co/n7lgJJMhdj

[Penn LDI @PennLDI]

Why do patients stop taking methadone earlier than they should?

They may believe myths about side effects like bone damage that are not supported by scientific evidence, says LDI Fellow @especially_apt.

Read more about barriers to methadone use here:
https://t.co/cE0bCw6jUp

[Tricia Christensen @triciac13]

Beeeeautiful!

[Tricia Christensen @triciac13]

Understanding Opioid Settlement Funds and Their Connection to Recovery-to-Work https://t.co/GaFDGc5Ao1

[Appalachian Regional Commission @ARCgov]

It's #PRIDE Month 🏳️‍🌈 and ARC is proud to spotlight our LGBTQ+ partners strengthening #Appalachia!

Today, we're celebrating @CEGInWV, a leading provider of healthcare, job training, & funding for underserved Appalachian communities.

Learn more: https://t.co/NLh5FVNCJq

[Tricia Christensen @triciac13]

"Before prohibition, beer was the most popular alcoholic beverage in the United States. Almost overnight, people switched to liquor..."

And voids left by crackdowns on opioid pills were filled by heroin, then fentanyl, and all the other harmful additives.

[Matter News @matternews_]

To know Ohio's history of prohibition is to know the devastation of unintended consequences, and the willful way humans carry on without acknowledging their mistakes, or their role in making them.

New from @jackshuler.

https://t.co/9xSOjIfQvq

[Tricia Christensen @triciac13]

"...the real risk to police officers from street fentanyl isn't accidental overdose... the more serious health impact is being caused by anxiety and stress, driven by fear." https://t.co/FYkp0GefgW

[Christopher Moraff @moraffreports]

To the lab: #1 Chinese sourced Xylazine crystal / #2 locally sourced Xylazine cooked from solution. Somewhere in these two samples, I believe, is the explanation for why Xylazine has been in Philly dope for a decade-plus but I didn’t see my first necrotic wound until 2018

[Tricia Christensen @triciac13]

I have sympathy for county govt's in debt after decades of inaction by the feds on overdose crisis, but every opioid settlement $ should be directed toward evidence-based public health interventions to remediate the crisis & support those most impacted.

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

“There is no good excuse to sit on the funds or put them into a general fund,” said @triciac13, of @CEGInWV. “These dollars should be used to support people who have been most impacted by the overdose crisis.”

📝: @aneripattani, KFF Health News-@CNN

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

People often ask, "What about treatment?" "Why aren't they in treatment?" when talking people with addictions or other mental health diagnoses.

We talk about treatment as some magical black box- people walk in sick and then walk out "better," improved, stabilized, asymptomatic.

[Tricia Christensen @triciac13]

I am so excited for the day I see naloxone on my local grocery store shelf

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The FDA recently approved over-the-counter sales for Narcan — a lifesaving nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose.

How could this change the trajectory of the opioid epidemic? Listen to today's episode of The Daily. https://t.co/enT41GzQ66

[Tricia Christensen @triciac13]

Tennessee just really can't stay out of the news lately.

https://t.co/XTWmLxEYJh

[Lee Storrow @leestorrow]

“I think it really comes down to how those decision makers decide to wield their power,” said @triciac13, director of policy for @CEGInWV, which has been tracking local spending plans.
https://t.co/PwX4n65eNC

[Skoun Addiction Center @Skoun_org]

“Drug laws not drugs themselves have built systems of oppression” -
@Kassandra_Fred
Drug Policy Alliance Director
@HRInews @DrugPolicyOrg
#HR23

[Tricia Christensen @triciac13]

Heyyy, that's me!

[Community Education Group @CEGInWV]

CEG is in Melbourne Australia this week for the Harm Reduction International Conference! #HR23

[Community Education Group @CEGInWV]

CEG is in Melbourne Australia this week for the Harm Reduction International Conference! #HR23