A good rule in life: if you see a pop up bbq on the side of the road, you stop.
The government is restricting funds for #harmreduction. This makes it difficult and/or impossible for organizations to do the work of keeping people alive, including syringe service programs. Strapped for funding, restricting and/or cutting more funding will make things worse. How do we know?
Maybe don't build a new prison? Maybe start investing in upstream solutions? Maybe reform TABOR?
As we attempt to turn the corner on overdose deaths, now is a time to invest in, not restrict, access to harm reduction overall. SSPs are an evidence-based intervention that reduce overdoses, infections, and lead people to treatment and recovery. Without them, people die prematurely.
And the open access study here:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Published today in @jama.com Network Open and led by @kirkfetters.bsky.social & Pranav Padmanabhan the in Colorado Poverty & Health Initiative @cuanschutz.bsky.social, we estimated that funding cuts to SSPs could lead to more than 15600 additional #overdose deaths among PWID over the 5 years.
Opportunity 🚨! Thanks to funding from #NIDA, we have launched the Research Education for Addressing Challenges of Homelessness (REACH) Program for early-stage investigators at the #SUD, #homelessness, #HIV intersection. First cohort applications due August 31! Apply today (1/2)
www.wearereach.org
With collaborators at Denver Health, Colorado School of Public Health, and University of Miami School of Medicine.
Read the press release here
news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories...
We are grateful to host this at @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social in collaboration with Hennepin, @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social, @nhchc.bsky.social, NYU Langone, UAB, and @ohsunews.bsky.social. Email [email protected] w/questions and join our listserv to stay up to date! (2/2)
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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️
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