@msbonimc.bsky.social
Harm reduction, international health, and health equity.
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"Recognizing that people who use drugs may seek specific combinations to achieve desired effects, cope with personal issues, or enhance social experiences can inform more empathetic and tailored harm reduction strategies."
Seventy percent use for fun or to get high; three-quarters use at home; almost all have used multiple drugs on the same occasion.
67,000 respondents in 35 countries give various insights valuable to future harm reduction work, reports André Gomes:
67,000 respondents in 35 countries give various insights valuable to future harm reduction work, reports André Gomes:
Latest European Drug Survey Highlights Pleasure, Polysubstance Use
The survey involved 67,000 respondents from 35 countries. Its valuable insights promote understanding that can inform harm reduction work.
filtermag.org
March 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"Recognizing that people who use drugs may seek specific combinations to achieve desired effects, cope with personal issues, or enhance social experiences can inform more empathetic and tailored harm reduction strategies."
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This Trump terminated study helps prevent HIV among young people - not a priority for the Trump administration. Of course they took the opportunity to defame the study and life’s work of researchers, the value of LGBTQ+ kids and to sneer at the concept of anyone actually learning anything too.
Terminated and Defamed: Adolescent HIV Trials Network Attacked by US Government
"Please stand with us as we appeal this short-sighted and hopefully misdirected attack on our beloved network."
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This Trump terminated study helps prevent HIV among young people - not a priority for the Trump administration. Of course they took the opportunity to defame the study and life’s work of researchers, the value of LGBTQ+ kids and to sneer at the concept of anyone actually learning anything too.
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If you survey pharmacists about whether they readily provide harm reduction supplies like syringes, "it’s easy for a person to say yes or no,” the lead study author tells Sydney Sauer.
“When you go in person and do a secret shopper audit … you’re getting the true measurement.”
“When you go in person and do a secret shopper audit … you’re getting the true measurement.”
Secret Shoppers Struggle to Buy Naloxone, Syringes at Texas Pharmacies
The in-person experiment uncovered frequent lack of availability, plus signficant stigma around syringe purchases.
filtermag.org
March 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If you survey pharmacists about whether they readily provide harm reduction supplies like syringes, "it’s easy for a person to say yes or no,” the lead study author tells Sydney Sauer.
“When you go in person and do a secret shopper audit … you’re getting the true measurement.”
“When you go in person and do a secret shopper audit … you’re getting the true measurement.”
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These cuts mean:
- Thousands dying daily from TB, HIV, Malaria, avoidable deaths!
- Devastation to global pandemic surveillance making certain next pandemic will come soon.
- Children going hungry in war torn zones
Human lives are not "waste".
This is mass murder!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Thousands dying daily from TB, HIV, Malaria, avoidable deaths!
- Devastation to global pandemic surveillance making certain next pandemic will come soon.
- Children going hungry in war torn zones
Human lives are not "waste".
This is mass murder!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rubio says 83% of USAid programs terminated after six-week purge
Surviving aid to be administered by state department in radical narrowing of definition of US national interest
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
These cuts mean:
- Thousands dying daily from TB, HIV, Malaria, avoidable deaths!
- Devastation to global pandemic surveillance making certain next pandemic will come soon.
- Children going hungry in war torn zones
Human lives are not "waste".
This is mass murder!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Thousands dying daily from TB, HIV, Malaria, avoidable deaths!
- Devastation to global pandemic surveillance making certain next pandemic will come soon.
- Children going hungry in war torn zones
Human lives are not "waste".
This is mass murder!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Ein Aufruf, aus Protest gegen Friedrich Merz Tassen in die CDU-Zentrale zu schicken, war offenbar erfolgreich: Containerweise stapeln sich dort Pakete.
Protestaktion gegen CDU-Chef Merz: Alle Tassen im Konrad-Adenauer-Haus?
taz.de
March 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Ein Aufruf, aus Protest gegen Friedrich Merz Tassen in die CDU-Zentrale zu schicken, war offenbar erfolgreich: Containerweise stapeln sich dort Pakete.
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March 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials.
Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.
Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.
March 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials.
Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.
Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.
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We need to organize--let’s help each other.
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
March 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We need to organize--let’s help each other.
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
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As #Trump #Musk #Memoli & #Vought destroy the National Institutes of Health remember these facts. What they are doing is a crime. Thanks to @amfarofficial.bsky.social.
March 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
As #Trump #Musk #Memoli & #Vought destroy the National Institutes of Health remember these facts. What they are doing is a crime. Thanks to @amfarofficial.bsky.social.
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There’s no such thing as rock bottom. Letting someone continue to suffer thinking they are heading there so that they can change is cruel. Thankfully my parents didn’t take that route.
February 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There’s no such thing as rock bottom. Letting someone continue to suffer thinking they are heading there so that they can change is cruel. Thankfully my parents didn’t take that route.
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Canada is experiencing an overdose crisis which killed over 47K people between 2016-2024. Supervised Consumption Services (SCS) are health facilities where people consume drugs & are monitored by staff who provide education on harm reduction and emergency medical care for overdose.
www.whyscs.ca
www.whyscs.ca
One-page-home - WHY SCS
WHY SCS: Information About Supervised Consumption Services in Canada
www.whyscs.ca
February 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Canada is experiencing an overdose crisis which killed over 47K people between 2016-2024. Supervised Consumption Services (SCS) are health facilities where people consume drugs & are monitored by staff who provide education on harm reduction and emergency medical care for overdose.
www.whyscs.ca
www.whyscs.ca
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Trans people have always existed and always will. They’re normal.
Trying to erase them is futile.
You will never win.
And in that process of losing miserably, you will only be remembered as a small, weak, piss-stained coward.
Make good choices.
Trying to erase them is futile.
You will never win.
And in that process of losing miserably, you will only be remembered as a small, weak, piss-stained coward.
Make good choices.
February 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Trans people have always existed and always will. They’re normal.
Trying to erase them is futile.
You will never win.
And in that process of losing miserably, you will only be remembered as a small, weak, piss-stained coward.
Make good choices.
Trying to erase them is futile.
You will never win.
And in that process of losing miserably, you will only be remembered as a small, weak, piss-stained coward.
Make good choices.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...
I hope George Bush is calling every single Republican congressperson and donor every single day. A program that helped save 25 million lives, one universally respected part of his legacy, and Trump destroying it in mere weeks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...
I hope George Bush is calling every single Republican congressperson and donor every single day. A program that helped save 25 million lives, one universally respected part of his legacy, and Trump destroying it in mere weeks.
Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without H.I.V. Treatment
President Trump’s pause on aid, and the gutting of the primary aid agency, could jeopardize the health of more than 20 million people worldwide, including 500,000 children, experts say.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...
I hope George Bush is calling every single Republican congressperson and donor every single day. A program that helped save 25 million lives, one universally respected part of his legacy, and Trump destroying it in mere weeks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...
I hope George Bush is calling every single Republican congressperson and donor every single day. A program that helped save 25 million lives, one universally respected part of his legacy, and Trump destroying it in mere weeks.
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Yes, according to NYTimes:
CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People buff.ly/4hJsV6I
H5N1 transmission from an infected cat to another cat and a human teenager
and
H5N1 transmission from an infected dairy farmworker to his cat who then died
#medsky #IDsky 😷🧪🛟
CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People buff.ly/4hJsV6I
H5N1 transmission from an infected cat to another cat and a human teenager
and
H5N1 transmission from an infected dairy farmworker to his cat who then died
#medsky #IDsky 😷🧪🛟
C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People (Gift Article)
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
buff.ly
February 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Yes, according to NYTimes:
CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People buff.ly/4hJsV6I
H5N1 transmission from an infected cat to another cat and a human teenager
and
H5N1 transmission from an infected dairy farmworker to his cat who then died
#medsky #IDsky 😷🧪🛟
CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People buff.ly/4hJsV6I
H5N1 transmission from an infected cat to another cat and a human teenager
and
H5N1 transmission from an infected dairy farmworker to his cat who then died
#medsky #IDsky 😷🧪🛟
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Two harm reduction sites in South Africa, which have been serving 5,000 people with help from USAID, are among the many shut down.
“I owe my HIV-negative status to their efforts,” says one participant.
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
“I owe my HIV-negative status to their efforts,” says one participant.
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
People Who Use Drugs Among Victims of Trump’s Assault on USAID
On January 30, employees at SANPUD (South African Network of People Who Use Drugs) received a letter informing them that ...
filtermag.org
February 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Two harm reduction sites in South Africa, which have been serving 5,000 people with help from USAID, are among the many shut down.
“I owe my HIV-negative status to their efforts,” says one participant.
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
“I owe my HIV-negative status to their efforts,” says one participant.
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
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We can’t arrest our way out of the overdose crisis. Yet the House is voting next week on the HALT Fentanyl Act, which blocks health research & increases mandatory minimum sentences for fentanyl. Tell your Rep to vote NO & prioritize health over handcuffs: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/vote-...
January 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We can’t arrest our way out of the overdose crisis. Yet the House is voting next week on the HALT Fentanyl Act, which blocks health research & increases mandatory minimum sentences for fentanyl. Tell your Rep to vote NO & prioritize health over handcuffs: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/vote-...
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Wir gehen auf die Straße!
Komm zum Aufstand der Anständigen.
Der Dammbruch von CDU und FDP am Mittwoch im Bundestag markiert einen Schicksalstag in unserer Geschichte. Als Gesellschaft stellen wir uns ganz klar dagegen.
Komm zum Aufstand der Anständigen.
Der Dammbruch von CDU und FDP am Mittwoch im Bundestag markiert einen Schicksalstag in unserer Geschichte. Als Gesellschaft stellen wir uns ganz klar dagegen.
January 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Wir gehen auf die Straße!
Komm zum Aufstand der Anständigen.
Der Dammbruch von CDU und FDP am Mittwoch im Bundestag markiert einen Schicksalstag in unserer Geschichte. Als Gesellschaft stellen wir uns ganz klar dagegen.
Komm zum Aufstand der Anständigen.
Der Dammbruch von CDU und FDP am Mittwoch im Bundestag markiert einen Schicksalstag in unserer Geschichte. Als Gesellschaft stellen wir uns ganz klar dagegen.
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Yes. Call your members of Congress and keep calling. We need other strategies but we at least need to do this.
The suspension of PEPFAR is not acceptable, not even for a moment. You cannot *threaten* taking someone’s HIV meds away, much less actually do it. The HIV medical community cannot stand for it. Shall we protest? @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social @paulsaxmd.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Yes. Call your members of Congress and keep calling. We need other strategies but we at least need to do this.