Safe injection sites are an important #harmreduction strategy. For the first time, the federal government will fund a study of the efficacy of these sites. Read more about supervised injection sites and commentary from the Grayken Addiction Center's Medical Director, Dr. Miriam Komaromy, in this WebMD article : https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20230517/us-will-fund-study-of-safe-injection-sites-despite-pushback
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#substanceusedisorder #addictionmedicine #syndemicslab #substanceuse #bostonmedicalcenter #overdose #opioidusedisorder #safeinjection #safeinjectionsites
#harmreduction #substanceUseDisorder #AddictionMedicine #syndemicslab #substanceuse #bostonmedicalcenter #overdose #opioidusedisorder #safeinjection #safeinjectionsites
Global News BC: BC United leader calls for help for suffering downtown businesses in Kelowna, across the province https://globalnews.ca/news/9625300/bc-united-leader-suffering-downtown-businesses-need-help/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #downtownkelownaassociation #strugglingdowntowns #socialdisorder #safeinjection #Homelessness #KelownaCrime #MentalHealth #KevinFalcon #benstewart #leonavenue #Vandalism #BCUnited #Violence #tomdyas #Canada
#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #downtownkelownaassociation #strugglingdowntowns #socialdisorder #safeinjection #homelessness #kelownacrime #mentalhealth #KevinFalcon #benstewart #leonavenue #vandalism #BCUnited #violence #tomdyas #Canada
Kinda shows a lot about #philadelphia leadership when a mayoral candidate is like "Eh, this idea works, but we're not gonna do it"
#philadelphia #philadelphiainquirer #kensington #safeinjection
It's been a busy few days for the #FirstResponders in #Ottawa / #Ontario
They're significantly #overworked #understaffed and we really need to step up for them and demand that the government increase the #medschool spots, Fund #SafeInjection sites
https://youtube.com/live/WWYperUQHTk
Yesterday people were waiting as much as 4+ hours for code 3 pickups due to ambulance delays from the #OpiodEpidemic hitting Ontario these last few days..
There have been SO MANY ODs ITS INSANE.. Wait times are up all over the province due to lack of ambulances... #fentanyl
See discussion here:
https://reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/11kallb/a_woman_with_a_possibly_dislocated_hip_has_been/
#PublicSaftey #EMS #Canada #canpoli #onpoli #epidemic #ottawa #healthCare #healthcarenews
#firstresponders #ottawa #ontario #overworked #understaffed #medschool #safeinjection #opiodepidemic #fentanyl #publicsaftey #ems #canada #canpoli #onpoli #epidemic #healthcare #healthcarenews
"Stuck In Time: Harm Reduction in the 21st Century"
My graduate thesis in Science Writing at Johns Hopkins University. Please read, enjoy, and share!
http://jhir.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/67823
#mastodon #science #writing #sciencewriting #nonfiction #thesis #johnshopkins #harmreduction #warondrugs #addiction #drugs #opioids #psychedelic #entheogens #police #policeviolence #policecommissions #taser #methadone #MAT #bones #grants #decriminalization #safeinjection #crime #massincarceration #history
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Sharing (again) my graduate thesis for my MA in Science Writing, published by Johns Hopkins University last week. Please read, enjoy, and share!
http://jhir.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/67823
#science #writing #sciencewriting #nonfiction #thesis #johnshopkins #harmreduction #warondrugs #addiction #drugs #massincarceration #psychedelic #entheogens #police #policeviolence #policecommissions #taser #methadone #MAT #history #bones #grants #decriminalization #safeinjection #psilocybin #ibogaine #LSD #crime #mastodon
#Science #writing #sciencewriting #nonfiction #thesis #johnshopkins #harmreduction #WarOnDrugs #addiction #drugs #massincarceration #psychedelic #entheogens #Police #policeviolence #policecommissions #taser #methadone #mat #history #bones #grants #decriminalization #safeinjection #psilocybin #ibogaine #lsd #crime #mastodon