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TONIGHT 5:30pm: I am observing the #SanFrancisco #Police Commission for @lwvsf on this thread. 📢Big Change to the agenda: PUBLIC COMMENT will now open the meeting! How to join: sfgov.org/policecommissi… 
The meeting hasn’t started yet, but it looks like all are present in Webex: President @MaliaCohen, VP Cindy Elias, @DJYBG, @HamasakiLaw, Petra Dejesus. Also present are @SFPDChief Scott & @SF_DPA Department of Police Accountability Executive Director @PaulHendersonSF.
While we’re waiting, here’s the agenda: sfgov.org/policecommissi… and the supporting documents: sfgov.org/policecommissi….
With all the talk RE: #OpioidCrisis I didn't think I could feel lower than I do now but boy was I wrong! Cont:...
Drove through my pharmacy today & I asked my pharmacist about my insurance calling & I asked him his opinion.. honestly I am shocked. He said that #opioids are bad for people's health and do kill patients even responsible patients. Cont:...
I wanted to know how many cpp's have lost their meds & he said insurance co are going after every patient on LTOT & even though I am a "lucky patient" his words, that I will end being taken off all meds. Cont:...
Lazarus rises: #NarcoticOverdose and reversal
emboardbombs.com/papers/2020/8/…
Check out this great short board-style review on #Opioid overdose and reversal agents #Narcan @EMBoardBombs
or follow along this short thread below 👇👇
emboardbombs.com/papers/2020/8/…
Check out this great short board-style review on #Opioid overdose and reversal agents #Narcan @EMBoardBombs
or follow along this short thread below 👇👇
Opioid abuse is an epidemic that has its roots in poor prescribing practices by physicians.
In the US alone, ~5 million people were estimated in 2015 to have used heroin at least once in their lives.
329,000 reported use within the past month.
In the US alone, ~5 million people were estimated in 2015 to have used heroin at least once in their lives.
329,000 reported use within the past month.
Nearly 70% of people who use heroin have been reported to also use prescription opioids.
Illicit use of fentanyl is also on the rise, as this highly potent synthetic is used to “cut” heroin.
Illicit use of fentanyl is also on the rise, as this highly potent synthetic is used to “cut” heroin.
Want a feel for how extensive, entrenched and structured the hatred in America is for our tens of millions of drug users? Take this #ThoughtExperiment with me....
#Stigma #PWUD #PWID #DrugUse #HumanRights #PublicHealth
#HarmReduction #NormalizeHR #SafeSupply #SCS #SIF
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#Stigma #PWUD #PWID #DrugUse #HumanRights #PublicHealth
#HarmReduction #NormalizeHR #SafeSupply #SCS #SIF
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IMAGINE for a moment that you woke up tomorrow to the news that the entire retail #alcohol supply in the #US was randomly contaminated with deadly levels of #fentanyl. A one ounce shot could put you into respiratory arrest in 120 seconds, quickly followed by cardiac arrest.
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The proper administration of #NARCAN within minutes or #RescueBreathing is your only hope for survival; #911 and #EMS can’t get there that fast.
Now IMAGINE for a moment what the governmental and civil society response would be to this news...
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Now IMAGINE for a moment what the governmental and civil society response would be to this news...
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We're starting soon, please join us! bit.ly/DPACOVIDSeries3 Follow along this thread for live tweets. #DPACOVIDSeries
Kima Taylor of @urbaninstitute shares her issue with how treatment is framed as solving a problem & how that ignores the history of racism and other forms of oppression. #DPACOVIDSeries
Kima Taylor of @urbaninstitute challenges us to widen our frame of understanding what treatment is. Lots of people don't need what we call treatment and treatment can encompass a lot of services. #DPACOVIDSeries
#NARCAN Nasal Spray would be vastly more affordable/accessible if we acknowledged that 1 dose per kit is sufficient. Comparing plasma #naloxone concentrations following administration of various doses by intranasal (IN) & intramuscular (IM) routes tells us a lot. THREAD
Consider this graph from #NARCAN prescribing info (ignore top 2 lines). 0.4mg IM (vial+syringe) achieves lowest peak level...but it still works & has saved countless lives. 2mg IN (prefilled+MAD) achieves higher peak, & 4mg IN (NARCAN) achieves highest peak.
