Harm Reduction Psychologist. Cannabis educator. Philly Sports Lifer. Skier. Cat Lover
Montgomery County, PA
Joined November 2011
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It "may surprise some people" given widespread legalization, writes @BarryLessin, but "stigma, in varied forms and often hidden in plain sight, has been the experience of many of my clients who use cannabis."
Parents' attitudes point to change, however:
filtermag.org/cannabis-stigm…
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26th of April 2023 a Webinar in which Dr Ruth McGovern reports on her program of work which develops and evaluates brief alcohol interventions to prevent impact on the child and family. Would appreciate RT around practice/personal networks please.
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Did you know that anyone aged 13-18 in the U.S. can gain free access to the Headspace app? Through the Peer Health Exchange partnership with Headspace young people can access hundreds of meditation and mindfulness activities. Learn more:
everydayhealth.com/emotional…
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✍️🏾OPEN COMMENT PERIOD 3/31✍️🏾
The DEA proposed rule requires in-person meetings before they can write prescriptions for controlled medications for 30+ days for telemedicine patients.
This will severely restrict access to care for rural patients.
federalregister.gov/document…
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📣If you have some time in the next few days and are passionate about improving access to methadone, the gold standard treatment for opioid use disorder, please submit comments supporting the proposed changes to federal policies:
federalregister.gov/document…
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My latest with @speele5 for @Filtermag_org
Social Factors Are an Essential—And Changeable—Element of Addiction filtermag.org/?p=7080
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Appreciate opportunity to be on @foxandfriends this morning talking about passage of wrongheaded "death by distribution" law in N Carolina. By deterring people from calling for help and increasing stigma, it's almost certain to fuel the fatal overdose crisis it is supposed to fix
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Another foundational belief of Harm Reduction Works.
#HarmReductionWorks is a new harm reduction based self-replicating self-help group. Everyone welcome. Inaugural meeting on March 5 in Northampton, MA. National launch is coming soon. #harmreduction @keithbrownph @LeoBeletsky
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As “harm reduction” enters the mainstream lexicon, people hearing it for the first time may associate it with things like safer consumption spaces, or prescribed heroin. In reality, harm reduction is everywhere—even though it’s not always described as such.filtermag.org/2018/12/20/har…
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The underage vaping "epidemic" coincides with the lowest level of smoking by high school seniors ever recorded. Is e-cigarette use by teenagers a public health disaster or a public health boon? reason.com/blog/2018/12/17/a…
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Mark your calendars, Drug Policy and #HarmReduction Nerds! We've gotta challenge some of NIDA's "Drug Facts" from Jan 22-27. Even better, let's dispel their myths! nitter.gq/NIDAnews/status/103480…
Event registration for 2019 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙝𝙤𝙡 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠® is now open! The observance will be held January 22-27. Get more info and links to resources here: drugabuse.gov/news-events/ne… #NDAFW
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Got to have a talk with @RoryFleming8A about @Foglight_Strats , #CriminalJusticeReform on behalf of @ourFSDP look forward to sharing!! check it out soon on #thesocialexchange
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“It's a prison. It's punishing addicts for being addicts,” says a former “patient”. This is what happens when you enshrine healthcare for poor people in the criminal justice system.
As Massachusetts reviews how it involuntarily commits people to addiction treatment, Sheriff Nick Cocchi has opened a section of Hampden County Jail for men who have been civilly committed. wbur.fm/2Gqqzg6 via @WBUR @wburdebbecker
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Later School Start Times Really Do Work To Help Teens Get More Sleep : Shots - Health News : NPR npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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#NonviolentCommunication aka #CompassionateCommunication helps us better navigate the relationships in our lives, including our relationship with ourself. Self compassion can be learned & is essential in any form of #addictionrecovery
@NYCNVC also offers free online courses – at Montvale, NJ
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Want to find meaningful solutions to SUD & overdose crises? Listen to people who use drugs and those in #recovery. Real partnerships between medical, criminal justice, social service, and policy professionals are critical to leveraging science + lived experiences to make change. – at Philadelphia, PA
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Very sad & unimaginable. Sad also that apparently both sons lured into SoFlo #patientbrokering scheme that FL State Attorney District 15th Judicial Circuit @aronberg is successfully prosecuting; lives being saved & being spared from further destruction. sa15.state.fl.us/stateattorn…
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heartbreaking story of an unstoppable activist mom filtermag.org/2018/11/15/a-m… by @Filtermag_org
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I haven't met many people I consider braver than Carol Katz Beyer of @ourFSDP. I'm grateful to her for sharing her story with me. filtermag.org/2018/11/15/a-m…