#opioid-crisis — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #opioid-crisis, aggregated by home.social.
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"you don't need to have a degree to know how dangerous #antidepressants are 😂😂😂"
"I'm not sure why we don't have an antidepressant crisis instead of an #OpioidCrisis."
"... the lie that there's a chemical imbalance in the brain that causes depression."
"If I listened to my doctor's I would be dead right now. The majority of #doctors don't even know what the drugs they prescribe do."
"Coming off #heroin not the same as coming off #SSRI... not even close... I'm a medical Dr"
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Ontario is closing its supervised consumption sites, calling them a failure. So what counts as ‘success?’
#Ontario #Canada #AddictionCrisis #DrugPolicy #Politics #OverdosePrevention #Homelessness #Healthcare #Drug #MentalHealth #OpioidCrisis #EmergencyCare
https://the-14.com/ontario-is-closing-its-supervised-consumption-sites-calling-them-a-failure-so-what-counts-as-success/ -
The Economics of Unaliving Your Customers
What’s up with companies unaliving their customers? How does that even work? If your customers are not alive, how can they buy anything from you?
#pom #purduepharma #sacklers #opioidcrisis #economics #history #conspiracy
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Streaming‑Tipp: Der Dokumentarfilm „Opioid-Krise in den USA – Das Geschäft mit der Sucht“ zeigt, wie Pharmafirmen, Beratungsfirmen und Kartelle hinter Hunderttausenden Toten stecken. Unveröffentlichte Quellen & brisante Erkenntnisse. ▶️ https://www.srf.ch/streaming-tipp-opioid-krise-in-den-usa-das-geschaeft-mit-der-sucht 💊🧾 #OpioidCrisis #Dokumentarfilm
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Harvard Gazette: Yoga can help cut severe, initial opioid-withdrawal period in half, study finds . “Just 10 sessions of yoga can cut the length of the initial, most severe period of opioid withdrawal nearly in half, dramatically increasing the odds of successful recovery, new research shows.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/27/harvard-gazette-yoga-can-help-cut-severe-initial-opioid-withdrawal-period-in-half-study-finds/ -
Man, this is tough and heartbreaking. Cameron Heacock, frontman of American Head Charge addicted and homeless
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The deal is among the largest in a series of opioid settlements brought by state & local governments against drugmakers, wholesalers & pharmacies that totaled about $50 billion. It could close a long chapter — & maybe the entire book — on a legal odyssey over efforts to hold the company to account for its role in an #OpioidCrisis connected to 900,000 deaths in the U.S. since 1999, including deaths from #heroin & illicit #fentanyl.
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The #Massachusetts #opioidsettlement spending for FY25 isn't public yet, but we have the numbers ...
Jon Gerhardson impugns the unpublished report, including spending on services and equity grants, and millions of dollars unaccounted for:
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New reporting on #Massachusetts #Opioid Settlement Funds ...
Features by Jacob Schles and Chris Faraone are supported by the Data-Driven Reporting Project (DDRP) at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism
Read More Here: https://binj.news/2025/10/07/new-reporting-on-massachusetts-opioid-settlement-funds/
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The latest in our series ...
No #Opioid Settlement Funds Going To #Massachusetts #Prisons
The commonwealth will receive more than a billion dollars for remediation—none of it is for the state’s most vulnerable drug-dependent population
https://horizonmass.news/2025/10/07/no-opioid-settlement-funds-going-to-massachusetts-prisons/
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Vancouver is dying... now that Ken Sim & his conservative swagger are in charge... #Vancouver #KenSim #ChipWilson #Conservative #ABC #RightWing #Developers #RealEstate #HousingCrisis #OpioidCrisis #Canada #BC #BritishColumbia vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
Vancouver’s latest internation... -
Recovery Center Warns of “Gas Station Opioid” ⚠️💊
Michigan recovery experts say a new drug, 7-OH, is being sold legally at vape shops and mimics the effects of opioids — highly addictive and dangerous to those in recovery.
👉 Read more on the growing concern: https://bluewaterhealthyliving.com/news/local-news/recovery-center-warns-of-gas-station-opioid/
#OpioidCrisis #Michigan #PublicHealth #AddictionRecovery #DrugAwareness #GBSMedia #NewMedia
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Dr. Peter Grinspoon, leading practicioner of medical #cannabis , reveals why its gaining popularity among older folks for #pain management and #sleep improvement. It helps reduce #heartattack and #kidneysproblem due to #Polypharmacy and non steroid anti inflammatory over-the counter #medication.
He even shares a personal experience about his father #EndOfLife care and how cannabis helped him enjoy family and be present to the very end with minimal #opiod use. Grinspoon provides valuable advice on how to manage cannabis side efects. Very useful info in just 7.5 minutes.
#medicalcannabis #thc #cbd #weed
#marihuana #marijuana #olderage
#agingsociety #aging #SeniorLiving
#opioidcrisis #senior #gerontologie
#betterfuture #solarpunk #hopepunk
#BrainAging #cannabinoidresearch
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I’m surprised at how quickly my recovery is progressing, especially with less than 10% of the prescribed opioids.
The opioid crisis and this document really scare me. In the first week after my accident, I quickly decided it was better to stay connected to my body.
I believe it was a good decision ❤️🩹
Ping @FdC
https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/index-fra.isp
#lucasJaninRecovery #recovery #montreal #quebec #bike #veloMTL #velo #cycling #cyclisme #mastobike #bikelife #cyclo #BikeTooter #opioids #opioidcrisis #alttext
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Penn State: New website shows how opioid settlement funds are helping Pennsylvanians. “Researchers at Penn State previously aided the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in determining how to allocate the funds. Now, the team — along with colleagues at Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh — has published a new website that provides detailed, county-level information about how the […]
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More than 100 local governments in Washington are now eligible to claim their share of $122.2 million in settlements with Purdue Pharma and eight generic opioid manufacturers, the Washington state attorney general’s office said Monday.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/another-122m-from-opioid-settlements-now-available-to-washington
#KUOW #News #Opioids #OpioidCrisis #HealthCare #HealthCare -
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/06/supportive-housing-first-homelessness-opioid-use-public-health-cost “You also save a bunch of lives, first from having fewer people who are addicted, and then also because people who are homeless have a much higher mortality rate” #PublicHealth #homelessness #housing #HousingFirst #OpioidCrisis
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#OpioidCrisis #SchoolShootings #SuicideDeaths #Anxiety #Depression #BehavioralHealthCrisis #PoliticalCrisis all manifestations of our underlying #CausalityCrisis #EnergyNetworkScience #OnePlanet #OneWorld #OneSociety
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#OpioidCrisis #SchoolShootings #SuicideDeaths #Anxiety #Depression #BehavioralHealthCrisis all manifestations of our underlying #CausalityCrisis #EnergyNetworkScience #OnePlanet #OneWorld #OneSociety
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Naloxone, education and access turned the tide in Colorado's opioid crisis, experts say
“I can’t put words to what it has felt like to lose a son to something that he experimented with.” – Anthony Alvarado
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Naloxone, education and access turned the tide in Colorado's opioid crisis, experts say
“I can’t put words to what it has felt like to lose a son to something that he experimented with.” – Anthony Alvarado
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Naloxone, education and access turned the tide in Colorado's opioid crisis, experts say
'I can’t put words to what it has felt like to lose a son to something that he experimented with'
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Naloxone, education and access turned the tide in Colorado's opioid crisis, experts say
'I can’t put words to what it has felt like to lose a son to something that he experimented with'
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ICYMI - 'I just want to make sure we’re not promoting any sort of, you know, safe injection sites, and for me, that kind of teeters on that'
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ICYMI - 'I just want to make sure we’re not promoting any sort of, you know, safe injection sites, and for me, that kind of teeters on that'