Thank you, everyone who came out to hear the brilliant @maxjordan.bsky.social, @morgangodvin.bsky.social @chelsealshover.bsky.social, and me chat about #LiberateMethadone. It shouldn't be easier to get the poison than the cure. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781015...

This ethnography uncovers methadone’s complex role in the region—from colonial legacies to ongoing struggles to liberate it.

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@casaa.bsky.social

I want to #liberatemethadone but in meantime: when there are motivated docs in the community (clinics, hospital) trained in addiction medicine, and the OTPs are motivated to use all possible resources/regulations to get folks in as soon as possible, good things can happen.

Will Congress ever “liberate” methadone? Drug user activists are teaming up with doctors and legislators to upend a degrading clinic system.

Thankful for the dogged reporting of @levfacher.bsky.social -- his investigation into the role of PE in methadone strengthened and shaped my recent story into the drug user movement and its fight to #liberatemethadone www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Will Congress ever “liberate” methadone? Drug user activists are teaming up with doctors and legislators to upend a degrading clinic system.

“I didn’t know that there was a group of people that was willing to go out in public and say, ‘We’re drug users, and we want our rights back.” --->In my first piece for @motherjones.com, I profiled the growing movement of drug users seeking to #liberatemethadone www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Will Congress ever “liberate” methadone? Drug user activists are teaming up with doctors and legislators to upend a degrading clinic system.

By @stahlidarity.bsky.social (my sister!): Will Congress ever “liberate” methadone? #liberatemethadone #addictionmed #harmreduction www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“I still can feel the sickness”: Withdrawal experiences of people on methadone maintenance treatment Opioid withdrawal is a regular occurrence for many people who use illicit opioids (PWUIO) involving acute physical and psychological pain. Yet, there …

In case you missed it 📣📣
"I still can feel the sickness": Withdrawal experiences of people on methadone maintenance treatment
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#LiberateMethadone #PeopleOverProfits #CancelCrueltyCulture

over half of private equity owned methadone clinics are owned by only three parent companies. im curious what kind of policies they are throwing their lobbying dollars at. #liberatemethadone #forprofithealthcare

Check out this guide recently published by the San Fransisco Dept. of Public Health on methadone treatment including; rapid inductions, missed dosing, take-home recommendations, & MORE
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#LiberateMethadone #NCLM

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Are you tired of the status quo and ready to disrupt the system? Hit that follow button and join us in the fight to #LiberateMethadone, and #CancelCrueltyCulture.

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Leaving my first #AMERSA2024
experience with a head full of knowledge and motivation. But mostly, so grateful to have had the opportunity to connect in person and present on drug user/ally coalition building with my fellow #liberatemethadone
friends. @amersa.org

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Was so much fun meeting up with #LiberateMethadone buddies at @amersa.org conference! #AMERSA24

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Icebreaker mixer - 11/20/24 at 2:00 PM EST
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The Methadone Manifesto: Treatment Experiences and Policy Recommendations From Methadone Patient Activists | AJPH | Vol. 112 Issue S2 American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

In case this hasn't made an appearance on #DrugSky:

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The perfect gift from friends tired of hearing me say, "Call Congress about #MOTAA."
Currently in the Judiciary Committee, while imperfect, this bill would allow for increased access to methadone. Call & #LiberateMethadone @MethadoneLib (thanks @CrookedMedia for on-message swag)

BHN reaction to new SAMHSA guidelines in April 2023 - “daily dosing is not normal” - should not be the default, or implanted unless there is a good reason!

Cheers to ⁦@DrRuthPotee⁩ and team for doing they can to #liberatemethadone within the confines of the OTP system

STRESSED last night bc @Amtrak never sent a confirmation email/ticket but even with a bit of a Lyft detour & needing to go to ticket office I’m ready early for my train to NYC to get here (so I can go back to sleep for a bit 😂) #liberatemethadone see y’all soon