After Matt Desmond showed the unfairness of eviction law, there was a surge of interest in reform. Data that The Pew Trusts and the CPHLR released today indicates that debt collection law is also stacked against debtors and ripe for reform: lawatlas.org/datasets/debt-…

I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Pennsylvania needs Syringe Services Programs!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/16f5f0…

New data and report (developed wtih Vital Strategies) on state buprenorphine prescribing rules. Still a lot of unnecessary barriers ... pdaps.org/datasets/bupre…

The NYT will print just about anything these days including an article (not an op-ed) about how San Francisco's 'culture' is worsening the city's addiction crisis. There is so much misinformation in this article and just blatant inaccuracies, it makes me want to scream. But…

Addiction policy engagement by medical societies is so important. ❤️ this focus on ethics!! Great job ASAM 👏👏(Also 👍 for collaboration w/ other org’s- like AMERSA and recent methadone policy efforts.)

Just, SO much work left to do in MA.

In case you needed more evidence for how criminalization and incarceration is racialized, so are DEcarceration and reforms.

BIPOC communities are the first to feel the pain; the last to feel the cure.

Thank you, Boston Indicators

missed this when it came out, painfully near accurate theonion.com/new-clinic-pro…

This year, 67 of 75 cities earned a medal for policies improving access to high-quality Pre-K!

Learn how these policies can promote good health for cities’ youngest learners: cityhealth.org/our-policy-pac…

Join NASEM Health & National Academy of Medicine for a virtual workshop 1/30-31 on #HarmReduction services for people who use drugs. I will be talking about the history of harm SSP regulation. Register: ow.ly/rNws50QhXzg

Our new paper shows that in-store verbal communications by staff may not comply with the legal limits on product claims or requirements for health warnings. This looks like a big loophole in regulation and compliance. jsad.com/doi/pdf/10.152…

How science can help make, assess and amend laws better: Lessons from ‘legal epidemiology’ - theleaflet.in/how-science-ca… via The Leaflet

This is just plainly true, just like shifting to renewable energy ASAP and reforming the tax code to reduce going economic inequality. Let’s do it all. nytimes.com/2023/10/26/opi…

I am an Israeli Jew. This is probably the worst week of my life. And yet today of all days it bears repeating: the only way to end this cycle is by working for freedom and dignity for all. For all. On all sides, our blood is the same color and our tears taste the same.

Let’s explore the newly updated ADHD Medicaid prior authorization data available on LawAtlas.org [🧵/11]

Evidence shows that Legal Support for Renters policies are cost-effective.

In Philadelphia, for example, one study found that an investment of $3.5 million would help the city avoid annual costs of approximately $42.5 million. cityhealth.org/resource/legal…

The first and most important thing the liberal elite can and should change is ourselves. “History is a graveyard of classes which have preferred caste privileges to leadership.” nytimes.com/2023/08/02/opi…