Support your local recovery center. givebutter.com/LoveYourRecov… #btv #vt #vermont #recovery

Anyone can get on this list! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/jour…

Recovery is possible - but it's hard. Being houseless and trying to begin/remain in treatment is much, much harder. Folks need a roof and food before they can make the biggest change in their lives. #vtpoli

FORCED DRUG TREATMENT IS DANGEROUS. 👆This crucial fact was left out of the guest essay written by psychologist Keith Humphreys in today’s @nytimes: “Forced Drug Treatment Isn’t Horrific. It’s a Relief.” By “relief,” Keith seems to mean relief for the public at no longer seeing people struggling with addiction on the streets. As Keith points out, seeing drug use and disorder is “unpopular” with the public. He thinks it would be more popular to incarcerate people and force them to undergo treatment, because then the community doesn’t have to see them. THE PROBLEM, Keith, as you know, is that only about half of people who go through addiction treatment — with medications like the buprenorphrine made and sold by the pharmaceutical company you sit on the board for — have good outcomes. The rest relapse. More often when treatment is forced. And then — because their tolerance to illicit drugs has been lowered by detox & treatment, — THEY ARE 120 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER A FATAL OVERDOSE. 👆That fact wasn’t included in the 2005 study you cited for your guest essay, because illicit drugs weren’t full of deadly fentanyl, benzos and vet meds 20 years ago the way they are today. Listen @nytimes, I respect that you’re committed to publishing a diversity of opinions, but REALLY? Publishing a guest essay by a pharmaceutical board member citing a 20-year-old study that isn’t remotely relevant for today’s drug crisis is beneath your standards 😡 #ToxicDrugCrisis #WeDoRecover

An oldie that needs retelling. The harms of hating opioid pain medication. share.google/m3N5136KTSuqBac…

David Shulkin, the former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, thinks the VA should be "opioid free" by 2030. The VA already has strict guidelines about opioids, but what he proposes would leave over 8 million vets & their families without adequate pain relief. rebrand.ly/veterans-97d698

On the need for higher doses of #buprenorphine. filtermag.org/high-dose-bupr…

Understanding how municipalities spend settlement dollars ought to inform VT's OSAC. Critical data missing. #vtpoli

#vtpoli look! All-day meetings. Vermont's OSAC could really use those. 2-3 hours, 6-12 times a year is not enough.

What ethical responsibility do researchers have when studying police? @BrandondelPozo and coauthors provide a roadmap for thinking about police officers as research subjects. Important considerations for policing researchers.

We had the opportunity to ask police narcotics officers what they think happens when they seize a user or dealer's opioids. They said it increases overdose risk, and offered reasons that track the accounts of people who use drugs. Open access paper here: healthandjusticejournal.biom…

Thank you, Sarah!

Back when Twitter was fun.

Thank you, Representative Balint! #vtpoli

Thank you, John. #vtpoli

Thank you for sharing this, Chris! Only a little late on this ;)

Still true today? #vtpoli

Thanks, Sam!

Thank you, Ben.

Thank you.