🚨 Historic moment at UN level! 🚨 Today at #cnd a U.S. led resolution on overdose prevention, crucially including harm reduction in language, was passed with 38 countries voting yes and only 2 against. This is the moment! Credit - Anton Gomez-Escolar, MPH, MIR, MSc (La Drogopedia)

“If you’re a call taker who’s worked for 20 years, you know about that one time an officer showed up to the noise complaint and someone started shooting.” Daut’e Martin, Law Enforcement Action Partnership. ‘Sending Unarmed Responders’ themarshallproject.org/2024/07/25/pol… via The Marshall Project

‘DEA Schedules Historic Public Hearing on Psychedelics DOI, DOC’ Highlighting the important battles around scheduling and the DEA, this article details the wider context of drug policy and the constant hurdles. filtermag.org/dea-psychedeli… by Jack Gorsline for Filter | harm reduction journalism

Powerful editorial stance from Toronto Star “We know that supervised consumption sites save lives, relieve pressure on the health system and, depending on how they are funded and run, actually can reduce public use and overdoses” bit.ly/3T8jXGu

What could community responder programs look like in reality? This great video gives some explanation and how public safety could improve:

Today is #IOAD2024 My brother died in 2007 at the end of the first wave of the opioid crisis. I wrote this b/c people who use drugs deserve not just our compassion but effective policies that are premised on the sanctity of life. bit.ly/48T3s6J #nomoredrugwar

We turn our thoughts to brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents - everyone we've lost to #overdose. On #OverdoseAwarenessDay, Debbie Ramsey gives us her perspectives from decades of being on frontline services. "We are going to get it together..." #IOAD2024

Please let us remember, overdose is not an isolated issue, it’s a global health emergency and one that affects us all. In the words of Debbie, “We will get it together” #overdose #OverdoseAwarenessDay #IOAD2024

We turn our thoughts to every person lost, every family touched, and everyone who’s been impacted by #Overdose. As Debbie says, “We are going to get it together…” “…we’re losing too many people who can make this world a better place”

As we’ve just marked #OverdoseAwareness we’d like to highlight the work being done across the United States by an array of amazing people, organizations, and collectives, all of whom are trying to save the lives of those around them. Just take a look at this…! #Naloxone

It needs remembering how important these issues are. Mass incarceration is also an economic justice issue:

Don't let the prohibitionists scare you. With #YesOn3, the Legislature has EVERY right to enact public consumption laws. Just like they already do with alcohol and tobacco.

How much do you know about community responder programs? Could they lessen police involvement and make communities safer? Let’s have this conversation:

Law enforcement support in Florida for Amendment 3:

Really useful from Drug Policy Alliance There’s been a lot of conjecture around recent decrim trials, so let’s take a look at some of the facts and figures and get away from headlines: ‘FACT SHEET: THE FALSE PROMISES OF OREGON’S DRUG RECRIMINALIZATION’ drugpolicy.org/resource/fact-…

There’s more to the prison system than we may think A fund called the ‘Incarcerated Individual Betterment Fund’ is supposed to have input from inmate families in how it’s spent. Many are reporting that the system isn’t acting how it should washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/08/31/wa-… by grace s. deng

This is crucial. The media headlines painted a certain picture. But what’s the evidence around Oregon and overdoses? This thread and the link in the post is a must-read: