⚔ harm reduction nerd, herbalist & astrologer ⚔ 🌿🖤grumpy, chaotic, plant loving, gemini 🖤🌿
Washington, DC
Joined November 2018
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DC doesn't need a sobering center, @MayorBowser. We need locally supported harm reduction centers. Watch this video on the first legally sanctioned overdose prevention center in the U.S.
#OPCsSaveLives #DecrimPovertyDC @DrugPolicyOrg
youtube.com/watch?v=pVieUpa3…
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Have you seen new pink vending machines popping up around the city? They're stocked with Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and other safer use supplies as part of a local organization's harm reduction efforts. Read more at bit.ly/3JQCfXF
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Updates on the Stabilization Center in DC: Another case for 24/7 harm reduction centers.
We need all the support we can get, meaning that we still need safe consumption services that intentionally & effectively serve polysubstance users and people who use opioids and/or crack.
Ohhhh, so stoked to read this!
📣Attention university professors and instructors who teach courses on drugs, drug policy, harm reduction, and substance use counseling- You can now order an inspection copy of my forthcoming book to use as a text in your courses!📣
🔗routledge.com/The-Harm-Reduc…
ALT A blue city scape with a yellow sunset sky and a high-rise building that looks like a syringe. Title: The Harm Reduction Gap- Helping Individuals left behind by conventional drug prevention and abstinence-only addiction treatment. By Sheila P. Vakharia
boosting to remind myself to listen to this 🤙
If you work in a drug policy space, do yourself a favor and listen to this mind blowing 1 hour that will shatter everything you think you know about prohibition. I listened 2 days ago and I’m still processing. And I bought @vincent_rado book as well. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO SALT
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The drug war was never about drugs. It was about demonizing communities of color, stopping hippies from criticizing the Vietnam War, and having extra leverage for foreign interventions in Latin America.
The government lied to you. Drugs aren't the problem.
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People who criticize decriminalization assume that everyone who uses drugs gets arrested.
Nope.
Law enforcement simply uses our drug laws to arrest people they have already targeted.
Drugs are de facto decriminalized for white, middle-class, housed, employed, privileged ppl.
📣The vast majority of people who used an illegal drug last year did not get arrested for possession.📣
In 2021, over 20% of the US pop aged 12+ (61.2 million) used drugs, ~1 million arrests (incl duplicates)
NSDUH, 2021 samhsa.gov/data/release/2021… FBI, UCR cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/weba…
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Couldn't be in Melbourne for the Harm Reduction International Conference #HR23? Or were there but want to watch or listen to again? You're in luck. All recorded sessions are now available to watch for free. hr23.hri.global/hr23-recordi…
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"All of which is to say that substance use treatment providers must never assume they know best about their clients. People are the experts on their own lives. How do we best match substance use treatment to the individual? The first step is to ask the person what they want. "
People use drugs for all types of reasons, & it’s important we use the term “substance use disorder” only when referring to a diagnosis. Each individual knows their own needs best, as harm reductionists-& people-we can’t lose sight of that. @Filtermag_org
bit.ly/NotAllUseRootedInTrau…
when the quote still catches my breathless, run-on speech patterns 💅
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McPherson Square will be reopening soon, following the eviction of 70+ people in February. Already Parks Police is harassing homeless people who live in the area.
Send a letter telling the city and federal government to stop criminalizing homelessness!
actionnetwork.org/letters/te…
integration is so important: great tips in this thread ✨️
