"The order, signed alongside federal health officials, advocates and the podcaster Joe Rogan, directs the FDA to issue new guidance for researchers on conducting clinical trials on psychedelics."
By @tomangell.bsky.social:
"The report, likely to influence future policy, is attacked for anti-scientific opposition to tobacco harm reduction and biased authorship."
By @kiransidhu41.bsky.social:
Life-saving medications should be free and accessible. Instead, #Methadone has been incredibly difficult for people to get and maintain access to. New legislation would further strip away folks' ability to take this medication. Our communities deserve better.
bit.ly/MethadoneAccessRollbacks
"Thoreau denigrated the debauchery of butter-eating and coffee-drinking and now the FDA pathologizes euphoria," writes Elizabeth F.S. Roberts.
"Pleasure activism provides a powerful model."
@princetonupress.bsky.social
The move is reportedly “meant to open the door to federal funding for further research on its effectiveness with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries, especially among veterans.”
Tom Angell reports:
"Thoreau denigrated the debauchery of butter-eating and coffee-drinking and now the FDA pathologizes euphoria," writes Elizabeth F.S. Roberts.
"Pleasure activism provides a powerful model."
@princetonupress.bsky.social
The move is reportedly “meant to open the door to federal funding for further research on its effectiveness with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries, especially among veterans.”
Tom Angell reports:
"Over the course of 2024 the death count for each month was, on average, 2,221 lower than it had been the month before. But in 2025, that number is down to 1,007."
There's a new demand for the CDC to drop the term "EVALI," which has spread harmful confusion for years.
"The CDC cannot undo the frightened headlines from 2019," writes @skipscorner.bsky.social. "It cannot persuade every person who went back to cigarettes. But it can stop repeating the mistake."
"Over the course of 2024 the death count for each month was, on average, 2,221 lower than it had been the month before. But in 2025, that number is down to 1,007."
There's a new demand for the CDC to drop the term "EVALI," which has spread harmful confusion for years.
"The CDC cannot undo the frightened headlines from 2019," writes @skipscorner.bsky.social. "It cannot persuade every person who went back to cigarettes. But it can stop repeating the mistake."
"I started applying to Goodwill stores. They were on the list I’d been given, right? After two job offers that got revoked, a third location offered me a manager position. They knew about my record, so I hoped to God this one worked out."
“I’ve never cried so hard in my life,” the brother of Barry Cozart, who was held at Rikers and died last month, tells @tganeva.bsky.social.
Mayor Mamdani just announced concrete steps to bring some vulnerable people off of the island; advocates are hopeful for much more:
"I started applying to Goodwill stores. They were on the list I’d been given, right? After two job offers that got revoked, a third location offered me a manager position. They knew about my record, so I hoped to God this one worked out."
“I’ve never cried so hard in my life,” the brother of Barry Cozart, who was held at Rikers and died last month, tells @tganeva.bsky.social.
Mayor Mamdani just announced concrete steps to bring some vulnerable people off of the island; advocates are hopeful for much more:
"A central problem plaguing this type of legislation is that it relies on the idea that MOUD requires steady, uninterrupted provision—which it does—while only making it available to people at the last possible minute."
New data show a daily smoking rate of just 3.7 percent—well below the 5 percent "smoke-free" threshold.
“I am happy and proud to be a Swede!” Prof. Karl Fagerström tells @kiransidhu41.bsky.social. Policy welcoming safer nicotine products "has saved people from unnecessary suffering and death."
"A central problem plaguing this type of legislation is that it relies on the idea that MOUD requires steady, uninterrupted provision—which it does—while only making it available to people at the last possible minute."
New data show a daily smoking rate of just 3.7 percent—well below the 5 percent "smoke-free" threshold.
“I am happy and proud to be a Swede!” Prof. Karl Fagerström tells @kiransidhu41.bsky.social. Policy welcoming safer nicotine products "has saved people from unnecessary suffering and death."
“Eliminating take-home doses could make it impossible for someone to continue care."
Rep. Houchin's bill would undo modest but hard-fought gains in methadone access as the overdose crisis continues, reports @helenredmond.bsky.social:
"Much of the department's 2027 budget request presents the AHA as an agency that already exists, despite Congress having so far rejected it."
“Eliminating take-home doses could make it impossible for someone to continue care."
Rep. Houchin's bill would undo modest but hard-fought gains in methadone access as the overdose crisis continues, reports @helenredmond.bsky.social:
"Much of the department's 2027 budget request presents the AHA as an agency that already exists, despite Congress having so far rejected it."
"Seven states and the District of Columbia currently have full kratom bans like the one Rhode Island overturned."
"The proposal would cut most of HUD's marquee grant programs, but allocate $152 million to begin work on Alcatraz. There's always money for involuntary housing."
"Pennsylvania’s governor is increasing pressure on lawmakers to send him a bill to legalize marijuana," reports Tom Angell.
The House passed a legalization bill in 2025, but the Republican-led Senate has blocked it. Most voters want it:
"Pennsylvania’s governor is increasing pressure on lawmakers to send him a bill to legalize marijuana," reports Tom Angell.
The House passed a legalization bill in 2025, but the Republican-led Senate has blocked it. Most voters want it:
🧵 #OverdosePreventionCenters ( #OPCs) breathe life into communities. These evidence-backed health hubs save lives from #Overdose, prevent blood-borne transmissions, connect folks to care on their own terms, & improve the health & safety of entire communities. Illinois is one of...
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