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Justice for Willie Simmons

Crackdown

Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs

Part memoir, part manifesto, Crackdown is a story of the drug war, told from the frontlines.

penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/70

The producer of one of the best podcasts out there has published a book. He is a great story teller.

#abolition @abolition #harmreduction #books #warondrugs

Penguin Random House CanadaCrackdown by Garth Mullins | Penguin Random House CanadaPart memoir, part manifesto, Crackdown is a story of the drug war, told from the frontlines.
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Psychedelic Institute

Ketamine for mental health - A naturalistic inventory of prescribing practices, safety, and adverse effects (Stuart, et al, 2025) #ketamine #ketamineassistedtherapy #ketamineassistedpsychotherapy #ketamine #psychedelic #psychedelics #psychedelicassistedpsychotherapy Treating all ketamine administration like anesthesia decreases access, increases stigmatization adding to confusion and panic surrounding this medicine. #mentalhealth #drugsafety #harmreduction journals.plos.org/mentalhealth

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Psychedelic Institute

psychedelicmentalhealth.net/sp Ketamine for mental health - A naturalistic inventory of prescribing practices, safety, and adverse effects (Stuart, et al, 2025) "there are no reports of hypertensive emergency with ketamine treatment in the literature, or in this survey of real world use" #ketamine #ketamineassistedpsychotherapy #ketaminetherapy #psychedelic #psychedelics #drugsafety #psychedelictherapy #psychedelicassistedpsychotherapy #harmreduction #mentalhealth

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Psychedelic Institute

nature.com/articles/s41598-025 Effects of marijuana and tobacco on male fertility and their relationship to genetic variation of mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase genes (Amor, et al, 2025) #cannabis #sperm #marijuana #male #fertility #drugsafety #harmreduction

NatureEffects of marijuana and tobacco on male fertility and their relationship to genetic variation of mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase genes - Scientific ReportsAlthough tobacco smoking declined among men at reproductive age, the use of cannabis increased. The aim of our study was to determine the impact of tobacco and cannabis on sperm quality, sperm DNA integrity tested by Chromomycin A3 (CMA3) and acridine orange (AO) and their association to genetic variants in the Cytochrome C Oxidase 1, 2 and 3 genes (MT-CO1, MT-CO2, and MT-CO3). Semen samples were collected and divided into 37 non-smokers (NS), 39 tobacco smokers (TS), and 37 cannabis smokers (CS). MT-CO1, MT-CO2 and MT-CO3 genes were amplified by PCR and sequenced by Sanger. The results showed reductions in normal sperm morphology and non-progressive motility in TS and CS compared to NS (p < 0.001). However, immotile sperm, AO+, and CMA3 + scores were higher in the CS compared to TS and NS (p < 0.001). Twenty-three nucleotide substitutions (SNPs) detected in the MT-CO1 gene, 15 SNPs detected in the MT-CO2 gene, and 30 SNPs detected in the MT-CO3 gene. None of these SNPs was different between the three groups. Tobacco and cannabis smoking altered the motility and morphology of the spermatozoa and sperm DNA integrity but was not associated with genetic variants in the MT-CO1, MT-CO2 and MT-CO3 genes.
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OLD ACCOUNT Simona Zompì

I had the chance to do my first rotation as a medical student under the supervision of Dr. Lowenstein back in 1993. He created the first #methadone clinic in Paris to help drug users transition out of injecting heroin. The #hiv pandemic was raging, methadone and #harmreduction were saving lives. Mr. Mayor Lurie, what San Francisco needs it’s a free methadone clinic for people not covered by health insurance. Counseling by itself it’s not enough.

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Psychedelic Institute

Ketamine as part of multi-modal analgesia may reduce #opioid requirements following cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational cohort study (Hall, et al, 2025) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/401814 #ketamine #ketaminesafety #cardiacicu #painmanagement #cardiaccare Note - ketamine found safe to use post heart surgery for pain management with no cases of respiratory depression or mortalities. #psychedelic #psychedelics #psychedelicresearch #harmreduction #drugsafety

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OLD ACCOUNT Simona Zompì

Let me rephrase this headline for you: the new Mayor of San Francisco, a millionaire “gauche caviar”, is rolling back 30 years evidence-based #harmreduction policies to get drug users and drugs off the streets. #harmreduction has proven extremely effective in decreasing infections like #hiv or #hepC. What these people need is understanding the root cause of their use, often due to societal impact and #mentalhealth issues. Counseling without the rest doesn’t work. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/lur

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From MAAP MA:

On Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10AM the City Council’s Committee on Public Health, Homelessness, and Recovery will host a hearing to discuss the reinstatement and funding of the Community Syringe Service Program.

We are using this hearing as an opportunity to call on the Council to reinstate their shuttered evidence-based programs and services, expand their investment in evidence-based solutions rooted in people’s self-identified needs, and divest from policies and practices that criminalize poor and unhoused community members. Join us!

Email the Boston City Council by Tuesday April 1 at 10AM to demand support and invest in evidence-based and root-cause solutions rooted in people’s self-identified needs, and divest from policies and practices that criminalize poor and unhoused community members!

tinyurl.com/BostonCC0422

Google DocsTAKE ACTION! DEMAND BOSTON CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND CALL ON THE CITY TO END TO CARCERAL PRACTICES & POLICIES!While the City of Boston leadership makes claims they want to solve the “humanitarian crisis” of homelessness and public substance use, they continue to work with their policing and business partners to enact policies and practices that research and people’s lived experience proves to be ineffective by criminalizing the basic survival of unhoused community members and poor people who use drugs. Mayor Wu’s Camping Ban Ordinance, her new “Addiction First” policy, and the creation of a central booking process double down on the City of Boston’s coercive efforts to disappear unhoused and poor people from Boston’s streets. In addition to resisting implementation and investment in evidence-based solutions, Mayor Wu and City Leadership have divested from their own proven public-health strategies and services including: ending the successful Community Syringe Redemption Program (CSRP), shuttered the Boston Public Health Commission’s (BPHC) multi-million dollar Engagement Center, and removed BPHC’s outreach teams ability to distribute infection-reducing and life-saving harm reduction supplies. To be clear, the administration’s cruel, counterproductive, and potentially deadly policies and practices are not rooted in public health, nor public safety and are exacerbating the crisis and conditions unhoused community members and poor people who use drugs are fighting to survive, and the side effects our broader community observes and experiences. These tactics may create some illusion of resolution to the interconnected crisis of homelessness and public substance use but hide a sinister truth - poverty and people cannot be “swept” away. The Boston City Council has explicitly co-signed some of these carceral policies, including the Camping Ban Ordinance, and enabled others - choosing to focus their efforts on creating a “feeling of safety” and comfort among housed Bostonians and increased commerce for businesses instead of meaningful solutions that support the survival of unhoused community members and poor people who use drugs. On Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10AM the City Council’s Committee on Public Health, Homelessness, and Recovery will host a hearing to discuss the reinstatement and funding of the Community Syringe Service Program. We are using this hearing as an opportunity to call on the Council to reinstate their shuttered evidence-based programs and services, expand their investment in evidence-based solutions rooted in people’s self-identified needs, and divest from policies and practices that criminalize poor and unhoused community members. Join us! Email the Boston City Council by Tuesday April 1 at 10AM to demand support and invest in evidence-based and root-cause solutions rooted in people’s self-identified needs, and divest from policies and practices that criminalize poor and unhoused community members! This form provides information to help guide you through the process of emailing testimony to the Boston City Council ahead of the Tuesday April 1st hearing. Want to learn more? STOP SUFFOLK REGIONAL LOCKUP! Toolkit: https://tinyurl.com/StopSuffolkRegionalLockUp STOP WU'S CAMPAIGN OF CRIMINALIZATION! Toolkit: https://www.maapma.org/stopthesweepsboston Contact Us! Email Us! janhavi@massbailfund.org, jasmin@massbailfund.org, churd@maapma.org Learn More about us! massbailfund.org I maapma.org
#bospoli#mapoli#HarmReduction
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Thomas D. Embree 🇨🇦

An article I've written about the unfortunate occurrence of drug exceptionalism in some harm reduction circles, where drugs like marijuana or psychedelics are elevated while drugs like methamphetamine or crack cocaine are looked down upon.

#HarmReduction #DrugPolicy #Health #Drugs #Opioids #Politics

medium.com/@thomas.embree/drug

Medium · Drug Exceptionalism in Harm Reduction - Thomas D. Embree - MediumBy Thomas D. Embree
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