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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 5h

Also, we DO know what's causing these overdoses: It's prohibition, but no local media has the brains to make that connection.

The BPD is cracking down on drug users and dealers alike, fanning the flames of the drug war. People are dying as a result.

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 5h

This is blatant misinformation, and it ignores what adulterants are of most concern among public health officials: Xylazine and, most recently, medetomidine.

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New data on Baltimore's OD crisis underscores the absurdity of local response

New state data on Baltimore's drug supply and fatal overdoses provides the latest insight into the city's crisis. Deaths are on the decline, yet the cops have opted to crack down — and the drug supply...

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 5h

Here we fucking go again. The Banner is reporting that benzodiazepines are "often" found in Baltimore's drug supply, which is FALSE.

They cite "state testing" without providing the data. I've already reported on the RAD data — it shows benzos are very rare in local test samples.

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 13h

Over a century after Baltimore fought Prohibition, the city is experiencing a sober renaissance. These spaces differ in their approaches, but they all aim to foster a sense of community.

Read my latest for @baltimorebeat.bsky.social 🔽

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Sober spaces in Baltimore are thriving

Over a century after Baltimore fought Prohibition, the city is experiencing a sober renaissance. More local businesses and organizations are providing substance-free spaces while working to ensure eve...

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 1d

And now this lineup is coming to Baltimore in March? Jeeeeez.

Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 1d

So much good music has come out recently; I don't know what to do with myself.

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Lunger

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 2d

On Day 3 of skating everyday to get some exercise/re-learn tricks. Haven't fucked myself up badly enough to end up in the hospital yet.

Will provide updates from the ER when it inevitably happens.

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 2d

ICYMI: As people cut back on their drinking for Sober October, they may not realize that putting down the bottle for the sake of health benefits is a way of taking part in harm reduction.

Read the latest Redux Newsletter ⬇️

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 4d

Month-long challenges such as "Sober October" are representative of the normalization of harm reduction, which has been a slow and uphill battle since the movement's inception during the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Read the latest Redux Newsletter 🔽

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Booze-free holidays and the normalization of harm reduction

It's Sober October, and what may seem like a silly holiday is actually a sign of the normalization of harm reduction. Whether it's periods of abstinence or simply cutting back, these campaigns indicat...

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 4d

Song of the Week: "Sink" by Kerosene Heights.

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 4d

Month-long challenges such as "Sober October" are representative of the normalization of harm reduction, which has been a slow and uphill battle since the movement's inception during the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Read the latest Redux Newsletter 🔽

mobtownredux.news/normalizatio...

Booze-free holidays and the normalization of harm reduction

It's Sober October, and what may seem like a silly holiday is actually a sign of the normalization of harm reduction. Whether it's periods of abstinence or simply cutting back, these campaigns indicat...

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 5d

Members of Housing Our Neighbors said that the survey results underscore the need for the General Assembly to regulate shelters — something they have been demanding for years as shelters seemingly go unchecked.

Read my latest for @baltimorebeat.bsky.social ⬇️

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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 5d

Advocates call for state regulation of homeless shelters after survey emphasizes inhumane conditions
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Advocates call for state regulation of homeless shelters after survey emphasizes inhumane conditions

Residents at the city’s homeless shelters are often unaware of the process to file grievances about safety, cleanliness and other matters, and rate the conditions of shelters as 5.1 out of 10 on…

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 6d

The Baltimore Fountain of Youth.

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 9d

ICYMI: As long as these crackdowns continue, drug users will face a more lethal drug supply — and unhoused individuals will be forced to leave their community or go to a shelter that is ill-equipped to meet their needs.

The latest Redux Newsletter 🔽

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 11d

Low-level drug arrests have doubled in some police districts in Baltimore this year. Since July, the city has cleared 23 encampments.

For this week's Redux Newsletter, I take a deeper look into Baltimore's crackdown on its most vulnerable residents. 🔽

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A deeper look into Baltimore's crackdown on its most vulnerable residents

As long as the city disregards the livelihoods of vulnerable residents while fueling drug-war policing and encampment sweeps, death will be the one constant in their communities. And that is unaccepta...

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 10d

We’re crowdfunding for @eji.org, a charitable org dedicated to “ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.”

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The United States incarcerates its citizens more than any other country. Mass incarceration disproportionately impacts the poor and people of color and does not make us safer. EJI is working to end our misguided reliance on over-incarceration.

The U.S. has 5% of the world’s population but nearly 25% of its incarcerated population.

Our spending on jails and prisons reached $87 billion in 2015, an increase of 1000% from the $7.4 billion spent in 1975.

In 1972, there were only 200,000 people incarcerated in the United States. Today that number has grown to 2.2 million.

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 11d

Song of the Week: "Bob Dylan to Me" by Combat.

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 11d

Low-level drug arrests have doubled in some police districts in Baltimore this year. Since July, the city has cleared 23 encampments.

For this week's Redux Newsletter, I take a deeper look into Baltimore's crackdown on its most vulnerable residents. 🔽

mobtownredux.news/a-deeper-loo...

A deeper look into Baltimore's crackdown on its most vulnerable residents

As long as the city disregards the livelihoods of vulnerable residents while fueling drug-war policing and encampment sweeps, death will be the one constant in their communities. And that is unaccepta...

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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 12d

A Baltimore Beat documentary is on the way baltimorebeat.com/a-baltimore-...

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 13d

Obviously, this has major implications for unions that play an important part in the labor movement — people should be organizing now more than ever. But police unions/prison unions have no place in that space.

Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 13d

I can't say I'm upset that a union representing people who help maintain this country's disgraceful carceral system got fucked over.

Maybe police unions next? Just as a treat?

Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 13d

BREAKING: The Federal Bureau of Prisons just terminated its union's collective bargaining agreement this afternoon, according to this letter posted online by the national union president:

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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 13d

We’ve pulled together 20 local spots across Baltimore where you can sit down and grab a full meal — appetizer or dessert included — for $30 or less any night of the week. baltimorebeat.com/baltimores-b...

A crabcake with fries, a cup of coleslaw, and lettuce and tomato.

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 14d

What the hell is up with this photo/pose? I guess the ICE-loving bigot doesn't share the photogenic gene with his cousin.

Also, can we stop platforming these losers?

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 15d

The BPD is touting another drug bust today. As always, the people they arrested — and the drugs they seized — will immediately be replaced.

Drug users will pivot to an even more unpredictable and lethal drug supply. The enforcement won't hurt sales; it'll just hurt people.

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 16d

Oh, the horror! What would we ever do without our favorite bootlickers over at Fox45?

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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 16d

A severe overdose-deaths disparity impacting rural Minnesota's Indigenous communities was much reduced—but not eliminated—from 2022-24, new data show.

Factors that likely contributed to this trajectory could be under threat, reports Sydney Sauer:

Indigenous OD Mortality Plummets in Minnesota, But Disparity Remains

New data indicate that harm reduction efforts in rural parts of the state may be paying off, though progress is under threat.

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 16d

ICYMI: Compassionate care for drug users is seldom mentioned in local media coverage, and readers will rarely see the words "harm reduction" in a headline.

Learn how to support journalism that is working to change that. 🔽

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 18d

Harm reduction journalism is more important than ever as the media and city officials disregard the livelihoods of those who use drugs.

Read how to support my work in this week's Redux Newsletter ⬇️

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As compassion in Baltimore wavers, support harm reduction journalism

Harm reduction journalism is more important than ever as the media and city officials disregard the livelihoods of those who use drugs.

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