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New: RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment in HHS decisions. Via @isabellacueto.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...

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"Reports include the closure of health centres delivering prevention, testing and treatment interventions for key populations previously supported by U.S. funding." www.who.int/news/item/27...

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Incredible timing. I spent all afternoon in Congress playing out a war game (table top exercise) of what would happen if Trump bombed Mexico with a Reaper drone. I was on Team Cartel (along with a former analyst from a 3-letter agency). I think we beat Team Trump & Team Sheinbaum pretty decisively.

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Saskatchewan is "considering involuntary addiction treatment centres as in [.] Alberta, where Premier Danielle Smith [.] plans to spend $180 million [.] to build two such centres." "[T]reatment only works when it is voluntary, accessible and rooted in evidence-based care." #harmreduction #cdnpoli

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March 4 (3-4 p.m. ET): Our next FREE "Understanding the media" course for scientists is open for registration. This course is designed for media-curious scientists interested in, but perhaps wary of, dipping their toes into the world of media engagement. bit.ly/3CPHKGd

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RFK Jr calls #ADHD medications a threat to patients and is dangerously stigmatizing #mentalhealth . Don't panic and hoard medication, but do call your Congressmember to demand that the FDA follow the #science on as required by law. #NoStigma @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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this decision will be disastrous

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Excellent webinar from @hrna.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIWq... Saving Lives is Not Controversial: A Conversation with @docs4saferdrugs.bsky.social #scssaveslives #opssaveslives

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Moving to a witness-only safe supply program in BC is a mistake. This is essentially how methadone is dispensed and amounts to a huge, well-documented barrier that keeps thousands from accessing life-saving meds. BC will have still more corpses www.theprogress.com/news/bc-gove...

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Overdose Prevention Centers save lives! ¡Los Centros de Prevención de Sobredosis salvan vidas! #harmreduction #publichealth #lareduccióndedañossalvavidas #saludpública

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The DOGEy death cult targets marginalized communities because fascists need scapegoats when their austerity measures fail

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NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds. This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.

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This will cost lives. But they never were “prolife”anyway.

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Well they want them to die.

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We can’t let this happen. Harm reduction is literally a proven means of less drug use, less violence, and overall safer communities.

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As a police officer, Diane saw that “no matter how much we ramped up enforcement efforts, drugs still entered communities and people still died from overdose." To save lives, we need real solutions: expanding health services and increasing access to medications that reduce overdose death risk.

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I’ve done countless interviews on Doug’s show over the years, but I think this one is the best and most important. Please give it a listen.

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Rep. Nicole Malliotakis has written AG Pam Bondi to ask that the feds shut down both of OnPoint's locations in NYC along with any other overdose prevention sites operating in the US. abc7ny.com/post/preside... #DrugWar #DrugPolicy #HarmReduction

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On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Trying to Make Sense of It All - my conversation with Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social #SupportCommunityRadio #SupportKBOO kboo.fm/media/125698...

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Our new study found no short-term change in Canada’s aggregate alcohol sales after recreational cannabis became legal in Oct 2018. “Changes in population-level alcohol sales after non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada” @apsad-dar.bsky.social #EconSky #EpiSky doi.org/10.1111/dar....

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How Do Mexican Cartels Function? Trump has ordered cartels to be classified as terrorists and the new AG has called for their total elimination. But what are cartels? I break down how the "networks of paramilitary organized crime" really operate. Read↓ www.crashoutmedia.com/p/how-do-mex...

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No. Illicit fentanyl in the US does not come from Canada. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/w...

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SAMHSA website currently down.

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Now they have taken down the entirety of the SAMHSA website. Eliminating websites for programs to treat substance use disorder and mental health will not magically make these problems go away.

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SAMHSA website currently down.

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Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:

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Yes, Mexico Has Narco Corruption; So Does The USA www.crashoutmedia.com/p/yes-mexico...

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So basically, what Musk did to Twitter he now gets to do the whole of America.

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NEW: several federal datasets and health surveys came offline on Friday We @kff.org explain what these data are & how they’re used in interventions to address our nation’s biggest health challenges @jenkatesdc.bsky.social @mattrae.bsky.social @lindseydawson.bsky.social www.kff.org/policy-watch...

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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

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The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. I'm trying to save them. You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.

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The thread below is about federal datasets that have been taken down. Some websites say they are down for “maintenance” and others are not explained. We @kff.org had downloaded most of these files on our servers and will be able to see what, if anything, is changed if/when the data come back online

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BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

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Pages and sections that have been taken down at the CDC website include Safer Food Choices for Pregnant People, Preventing HIV, and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

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An urgent message from the nation's health journalists:

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In 2022, 44% of syringe services programs (SSPs) distributed safer smoking supplies. SSPs distributing supplies had more participant encounters and naloxone distribution. Safer smoking supplies are a key tool to connect people who use drugs to life-saving services. https://buff.ly/4fYGPR5

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I'm just going to keep shouting it: TRUMP TOLD PROSECUTORS TO DIVERT RESOURCES AWAY FROM DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO GO AFTER IMMIGRANTS.

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Rest in power, Dr Drucker.

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On this edition of Century: Remembering Ernie Drucker kboo.fm/media/125338... #DrugSky #HarmReduction #CommunityRadio #KBOO

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BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

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Free science reporting webinar for journalists! www.sciline.org/learn/scienc...

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Just had our data access rescinded for a projected using federal microdata to study and reduce disparate impact in housing markets.

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