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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR)
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The Center for Drug Use & HIV Research is dedicated to increasing the understanding of the drug use-HIV epidemic, particularly among high-risk people -NIDA P30DA011041.
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 18h
Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets
"editors at PLOS journals will automatically reject papers based on these data sets unless the researchers have done extra legwork, such as experiments, to show their findings are robust."
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Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets
PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 2d
Check out the latest from CDUHR's Sam Friedman, Suzan Walters, Ashly Jordan, David Perlman, and Pedro Mateu-Gelabert - Dialectical Processes of Health Framework as an Alternative to Social Determinants of Health Framework
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2d
Our new paper on extreme heat and overdose across the United States. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Heat exposure and drug overdose mortality in the USA
Background and aims Understanding the relationship between heat and drug overdose mortality is critical given the ongoing overdose crisis and rising global temperatures driven by climate change. Evi...
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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 3d
Russia HIV crisis is spiraling due to "reduced state funding, prohibitions on external funding, and crackdowns on the activities of civil society organizations." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Russia spiralling into an HIV crisis
Recent reports on HIV in Russia suggest the country's response to the epidemic continues to spiral to new depths. Reduced state funding, prohibitions on external funding, and crackdowns on the activit...
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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 3d
Watching what is happening with HIV in Russia makes me especially worried about the U.S. approach
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TAGHIVscience @taghivscience.bsky.social · 3d
See paper published earlier this year by @dmdorogov.bsky.social for more background: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HIV
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 3d
Structural and Scientific Racism, Science, and Health — Evidence versus Ideology
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Structural and Scientific Racism, Science, and Health — Evidence versus Ideology | NEJM
The U.S. government has terminated grants funding work it considers to address “DEI,” conflating health equity research with efforts to change the composition and climate of the scientific workforce.
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 6d
Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigator Ijeoma Opara - “An HIV Free Generation”: A Qualitative Inquiry Into Mapping Intersectional Discourses of Preexposure Prophylaxis for Women Among Female Nurses in Rural South Africa
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Image of first page from the journal article mentioned and linked in post, “An HIV Free Generation”: A Qualitative Inquiry Into Mapping Intersectional Discourses of Preexposure Prophylaxis for Women Among Female Nurses in Rural South Africa.
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 6d
Feasibility and Acceptability of Restroom Motion Sensors for Detecting Overdoses
"staff and clients were enthusiastic about ODTs, however they perceived that the likelihood of organizational adoption would differ depending on the context."
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Restroom Motion Sensors for Detecting Overdoses - Ju Nyeong Park, Haley McKee, Susan E. Ramsey, Josiah D. Rich, Traci C. Green, Hannah E. Frank, Avik Chatterjee, Josep...
Background: Most US drug use events that lead to a fatal overdose are unwitnessed. Given the scale of the overdose crisis, interventions to help detect and resp...
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Drug Policy Modelling Program @dpmp-unsw.bsky.social · 6d
📢New Research
Paul Kelaita, @keelinoreilly.bsky.social & @alisonritter.bsky.social in their recent paper find that the use of public opinion data that are not differentiated by geography may suggest homogenous levels of policy support and engagement despite much heterogeneity
doi.org/10.1111/dar....
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 7d
Older adults with HIV are prescribed opioids at higher rates and show more indicators of opioid use disorder than those without HIV, highlighting a significant health disparity in this population. doi.org/g95njk
Older adults with HIV may be facing unequal burden in the opioid crisis
Older adults with HIV are prescribed opioids at a higher rate and are more likely to have indicators of opioid use disorder than those without HIV, according to Rutgers Health researchers.
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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 7d
“'Poisoning' lets bereaved parents tell the world that their child wasn’t a drug user—they were a good person. But it belies the fact that fentanyl users not only deserve to live, they didn’t have the information they needed either."
New "Fentanyl Poisonings" Act Would Target Social Media Sales, Again - Filter
In late September, Representatives Adam Gray (D-CA) and Gabe Evans (R-CO) introduced the “Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act of 2025.” It’s ...
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 7d
Goals for Opioid Use Disorder Medications — Protection, Remission, and Recovery
"because MOUD saves lives, discharging patients because of inadequate progress toward recovery is countertherapeutic and dangerous."
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Goals for Opioid Use Disorder Medications — Protection, Remission, and Recovery | NEJM
There has been confusion and controversy about the appropriate clinical goals for the use of medications such as methadone and buprenorphine. A key question has been when, if ever, to taper and dis...
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Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing @pittcp3.bsky.social · 24d
New analysis suggests restrictive state #opioid treatment program regulations limit geographic access to #methadone maintenance treatment & easing these restrictions could expand access.

Read more in Health Affairs:
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 7d
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These 99 'lab hacks' will make your scientific work easier
Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
These 99 'lab hacks' will make your scientific work easier
Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 8d
Check out the latest study from CDUHR's Cho-Hee Shrader, Danielle Ompad, and Dustin Duncan - “It's Whack, It's Not Gonna Work”: Feasibility of Sociocentric Network Recruitment for Interventions Among Black, Latine, and Caribbean Priority Populations in NYC
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Image of first page from journal article mentioned and linked in post, “It's Whack, It's Not Gonna Work”: Feasibility of Sociocentric Network Recruitment for Interventions Among Black, Latine, and Caribbean Priority Populations in New York City.
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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 8d
"Indivior has not taken this action due to safety or efficacy issues,” the company wrote in a letter reviewed by Filter. “Rather, the decision was based on business reasons and shifting our focus to other parts of our business.”
Opvee, High-Profile Overdose Antidote No One Used, Discontinues Marketing
In a letter reviewed by Filter, Indivior said "business reasons," not an AG investigation, caused it to stop promoting the nalmefene product.
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 8d
Opioid use disorder cases jumped post-pandemic
"nearly 40% nationwide between 2021 and 2024, according to data from FAIR Health's Opioid Tracker"
www.axios.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opioid use disorder cases jumped post-pandemic
Here are the states with the most diagnoses.
www.axios.com
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Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social · 8d
Why HHS Is Wrong to Bring Back the Stigmatizing Name Monkeypox
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 8d
AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds
"If two different researchers ran the same study in silicon samples, making different defensible choices, they could reach opposite conclusions"
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AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds
Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 9d
Indivior to stop marketing Opvee, controversial overdose-reversal medication
"a significant win for the harm reduction community"
www.statnews.com/2025/09/30/n...
Indivior to stop marketing Opvee, controversial overdose-reversal medication
Indivior is halting Opvee promotion after a New York settlement. Critics say the overdose drug is overpriced, risky, and no safer than widely used naloxone.
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 9d
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services study finds harm reduction efforts make significant impacts on overdose deaths, hospitalizations, cases of hepatitis C
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 13d
Check out the latest from CDUHR investigator Ashly Jordan - The Largest Program for Opioid Use Disorder in a Statewide Carceral System: A Collaborative Multi-Agency Initiative

---Implementation of MOUD programs in all NYS jails and prisons
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JAMA @jama.com · 13d
📊 JAMA Data Brief: New Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) survey shows strong links between #MentalHealth and #SubstanceUse.

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JAMA Data Brief: "Mental Health and Substance Use Linked in New Survey," published online September 26, 2025. Adult mental health: 23.4% had any mental illness, 5.6% classified as serious. 21.7% had generalized anxiety disorder.
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Russell Webster @russellwebster.com · 13d
The context of substance dependency through the lens of student and early career pharmacists
Stigmatisation of people with substance dependency attending a pharmacy was a prominent observation.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Professionalism, professional identity and community pharmacy culture: The context of substance dependency through the lens of student and early career pharmacists
Aims This study aimed to explore the reflections of student and newly qualified pharmacists (NQPs) surrounding community pharmacy culture around substance dependency. This study explored professiona...
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Rural Drug Addiction Research Center @rdarcenter.bsky.social · 14d
We’re launching our Distinguished Lecture Series on Dec 4! 🎉
Join us for Dr. Jennifer Havens’ talk on the KeY Treat Trial, a model of hepatitis C care in rural Appalachia.

📍 Oldfather Hall 430G | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Free & open to all–no registration required!

🔗 events.unl.edu/RDAR/2025/12...
Alt-text: Flyer for the RDAR Center's Distinguished Lecture Series featuring a speaker and event details. Transcribed Text: Distinguished Lecture Series KeY Treat Trial: A Model of Hepatitis C Care in Rural Appalachia December 4, 2025, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Oldfather Hall 430G, 660 N 12th St, Lincoln, NE *Free & open to the public. No registration required. SPEAKER: Dr. Jennifer Havens Professor, University of Kentucky College of Medicine RURAL DRUG ADDICTION RESEARCH CENTER
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