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Mashup Score: 1Why forced treatment can't fix substance use disorder - 11 month(s) ago
Evidence suggests that people who undergo involuntary treatment for opioid use disorder are at greater risk of dying than those who don’t.
Source: STATCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Researchers Call for Changes to State Law Requiring Child Protective Services to Be Notified When Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Are Used During Pregnancy - 11 month(s) ago
A team of researchers led by Davida M. Schiff, MD, director of Perinatal and Family Based Substance Use Disorders Care at Massachusetts General Hospital, conducted a study to learn more about the impact of regulations on pregnant and postpartum individuals with OUD. Their findings were recently published in the Maternal and Child Health Journal.
Source: Massachusetts General HospitalCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @MGH_RI: Press release here, too! https://t.co/Hg8k0cVQfu
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Mashup Score: 2Prescribed and Penalized: The Detrimental Impact of Mandated Reporting for Prenatal Utilization of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder - PubMed - 11 month(s) ago
Uncoupling of OUD treatment decisions in the perinatal period from mandated CPS reporting at time of delivery is essential. The primary focus for families affected by OUD must shift from surveillance and stigma to evidence-based treatment and access to supportive services and resources.
Source: PubMedCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Important, powerful piece by @davida_schiff & colleagues on harms of mandatory reporting to CPS for MOUD. There are so many messed up policies & systems related to substance use, but harmful policies re pregnant & parenting people may top the list. https://t.co/L5F6fOV1hy
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Mashup Score: 2Drug War Tactics Won’t Stop Xylazine Deaths - 11 month(s) ago
Instead, harm reduction advocates are calling for strategy to create a safer supply of currently criminalized drugs.
Source: The AppealCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Dehumanizing, fear-based rhetoric about substances drives drug war tactics that sustain the racist, criminalization system to continue functioning as designed. “In 2021, ~40% of those arrested for fentanyl possession were Black, and ~40% were Latino.” https://t.co/SeYK6zeisN
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Mashup Score: 0Commentary: Overdose epidemic requires public health response - 12 month(s) ago
Decriminalizing drug paraphernalia is one step Maryland can take toward ending policies that have failed to curb an epidemic of drug-related deaths, says Jessie Dunleavy, an advocate for drug policy reform.
Source: the-baltimore-bannerCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Great piece by @JessieDunleavy with quotes by the awesome @RNBluthenthal. Policies that punish the powerless and further beat people down will never lead to improved health or life outcomes. https://t.co/lZKj22XmTG
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Mashup Score: 2
If the goal of fentanyl laws is to prevent overdose and poisoning deaths, they should fund testing, treatment and information. Harsher criminal punishment only will only make the next drug even more deadly.
Source: Los Angeles TimesCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Fantastic editorial @latimes “The war on drugs made fentanyl… [When] the nation has faced an epidemic of destructive drug use & had to pick between a criminal justice or public health response. Almost every time, we’ve chosen the wrong path” https://t.co/EevewTQmq6
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Mashup Score: 2Why involuntary treatment for addiction is a dangerous idea - 1 year(s) ago
Involuntary treatment might be worth it if it worked — but evidence strongly suggests that it doesn’t.
Source: STATCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @JasonUkman: .@DrSarahWakeman on why involuntary treatment for addiction is a dangerous idea. https://t.co/ZxcnvQzVL8
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Mashup Score: 8Why involuntary treatment for addiction is a dangerous idea - 1 year(s) ago
Involuntary treatment might be worth it if it worked — but evidence strongly suggests that it doesn’t.
Source: STATCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @maiasz: Fabulous piece on the problems with forced treatment by @DrSarahWakeman https://t.co/FNHGMxUF2c
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Mashup Score: 2Why involuntary treatment for addiction is a dangerous idea - 1 year(s) ago
Involuntary treatment might be worth it if it worked — but evidence strongly suggests that it doesn’t.
Source: STATCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Calls for involuntary treatment for addiction sometimes come from family and clinicians who care deeply and desperately want to help. Yet these models are not the solution. My latest in @statnews https://t.co/0f7bs0pBV6 @MassGenBrigham @MassGeneralNews
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Mashup Score: 12
It could help drug policy.
Source: www.nytimes.comCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Thoughtful, nuanced piece by @maiasz “Compulsive drug use is far more often a response to a life where meaning and comfort appear out of reach than it is a selfish quest for excess pleasure.” https://t.co/pluZUBSsAt
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RT @d_a_dingman: @DrSarahWakeman I can't wait to listen! 'Why forced treatment can’t fix substance use disorder.' https://t.co/v9TVHDdgzb v…