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Ryan McNeil @ryanmcneil.bsky.social · 29d

Our new article in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social explores how transitions from injecting to smoking drugs are shaped by drug supply volatility, injection-related challenges, and the need for greater control and discretion in relation to drug use.

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Screenshot of the article title and authors for new article in the International Journal of Drug Policy on transitions from injecting to smoking drugs. Full citation:

Bonn, M., Kerr, T., Boyd, J., Rudzinski, K., McNeil, R., & Ivsins, A. (2025). A qualitative study exploring motives for the transition from injecting to smoking drugs in Vancouver, British Columbia. International Journal of Drug Policy, 145, 104982.

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 5h

Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigator Martha Tillson - Facebook as a Strategy To Deliver a Peer Navigation Intervention for Recently Incarcerated Women with Opioid Use Disorder: A Mixed Methods Descriptive Profile
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Juicy with Jake @juicywithjake.bsky.social · 12h

Hey Juice Boxes, it's National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day!

Let’s toast to better healthcare access for the Latinx community! 🍉 Drop a watermelon and share: What can we do to increase awareness and access to care for Latinx communities?

#BeAJuiceBox #NLAAD

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Yale Program in Addiction Medicine @yaleadm.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks all who joined us for addiction medicine grand rounds, this afternoon, with Dr. Cara Borelli! See you later this month, on 10/28, when we'll welcome Dr. Andrea Jakubowski to present on low threshold buprenorphine.

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 1d

Adults 65 Years and Older Not Immune to the Opioid Epidemic, New Study Finds
“Our analysis shows that older adults are also impacted by fentanyl-related deaths and that stimulant involvement has become much more common in this group."
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...

Adults 65 Years and Older Not Immune to the Opioid Epidemic, New Study Finds

Overdose deaths in adults age 65 and older from fentanyl mixed with stimulants, such as cocaine and methamphetamines, have surged 9,000% in the past eight years, matching rates found among younger adu...

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 2d

Why Fiji has the world's fastest growing HIV epidemic
"In just ten years, the number of people living with HIV has surged eleven fold, from fewer than 500 in 2014 to nearly 6,000 in 2024."
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Why Fiji has the world's fastest growing HIV epidemic - ABC listen

Fiji HIV

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 5d

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow
“If coverage systematically tilts toward some groups over others, that doesn’t just affect individual careers—it can reinforce stereotypes about who ‘looks like’ a scientist.”
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When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 6d

Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets
"editors at PLOS journals will automatically reject papers based on these data sets unless the researchers have done extra legwork, such as experiments, to show their findings are robust."
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Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets

PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 8d

Check out the latest from CDUHR's Sam Friedman, Suzan Walters, Ashly Jordan, David Perlman, and Pedro Mateu-Gelabert - Dialectical Processes of Health Framework as an Alternative to Social Determinants of Health Framework
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

Image of first page from the the journal article mentioned and linked in post, Dialectical Processes of Health Framework as an Alternative to Social Determinants of Health Framework.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 8d

Our new paper on extreme heat and overdose across the United States. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Heat exposure and drug overdose mortality in the USA

Background and aims Understanding the relationship between heat and drug overdose mortality is critical given the ongoing overdose crisis and rising global temperatures driven by climate change. Evi...

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 9d

Russia HIV crisis is spiraling due to "reduced state funding, prohibitions on external funding, and crackdowns on the activities of civil society organizations." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Russia spiralling into an HIV crisis

Recent reports on HIV in Russia suggest the country's response to the epidemic continues to spiral to new depths. Reduced state funding, prohibitions on external funding, and crackdowns on the activit...

www.thelancet.com

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 9d

Watching what is happening with HIV in Russia makes me especially worried about the U.S. approach

TAGHIVscience @taghivscience.bsky.social · 9d

See paper published earlier this year by @dmdorogov.bsky.social for more background: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HIV

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 9d

Structural and Scientific Racism, Science, and Health — Evidence versus Ideology
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Structural and Scientific Racism, Science, and Health — Evidence versus Ideology | NEJM

The U.S. government has terminated grants funding work it considers to address “DEI,” conflating health equity research with efforts to change the composition and climate of the scientific workforce.

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 12d

Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigator Ijeoma Opara - “An HIV Free Generation”: A Qualitative Inquiry Into Mapping Intersectional Discourses of Preexposure Prophylaxis for Women Among Female Nurses in Rural South Africa
journals.lww.com/janac/abstra...

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 12d

Feasibility and Acceptability of Restroom Motion Sensors for Detecting Overdoses
"staff and clients were enthusiastic about ODTs, however they perceived that the likelihood of organizational adoption would differ depending on the context."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Feasibility and Acceptability of Restroom Motion Sensors for Detecting Overdoses - Ju Nyeong Park, Haley McKee, Susan E. Ramsey, Josiah D. Rich, Traci C. Green, Hannah E. Frank, Avik Chatterjee, Josep...

Background: Most US drug use events that lead to a fatal overdose are unwitnessed. Given the scale of the overdose crisis, interventions to help detect and resp...

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Drug Policy Modelling Program @dpmp-unsw.bsky.social · 12d

📢New Research
Paul Kelaita, @keelinoreilly.bsky.social & @alisonritter.bsky.social in their recent paper find that the use of public opinion data that are not differentiated by geography may suggest homogenous levels of policy support and engagement despite much heterogeneity
doi.org/10.1111/dar....

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 13d

Older adults with HIV are prescribed opioids at higher rates and show more indicators of opioid use disorder than those without HIV, highlighting a significant health disparity in this population. doi.org/g95njk

Older adults with HIV may be facing unequal burden in the opioid crisis

Older adults with HIV are prescribed opioids at a higher rate and are more likely to have indicators of opioid use disorder than those without HIV, according to Rutgers Health researchers.

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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 13d

“'Poisoning' lets bereaved parents tell the world that their child wasn’t a drug user—they were a good person. But it belies the fact that fentanyl users not only deserve to live, they didn’t have the information they needed either."

New "Fentanyl Poisonings" Act Would Target Social Media Sales, Again - Filter

In late September, Representatives Adam Gray (D-CA) and Gabe Evans (R-CO) introduced the “Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act of 2025.” It’s ...

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 13d

Goals for Opioid Use Disorder Medications — Protection, Remission, and Recovery
"because MOUD saves lives, discharging patients because of inadequate progress toward recovery is countertherapeutic and dangerous."
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Goals for Opioid Use Disorder Medications — Protection, Remission, and Recovery | NEJM

There has been confusion and controversy about the appropriate clinical goals for the use of medications such as methadone and buprenorphine. A key question has been when, if ever, to taper and dis...

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Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing @pittcp3.bsky.social · Sep 15

New analysis suggests restrictive state #opioid treatment program regulations limit geographic access to #methadone maintenance treatment & easing these restrictions could expand access.

Read more in Health Affairs:
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 13d

What's your favorite? Have one that's not on the list?

These 99 'lab hacks' will make your scientific work easier
Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

These 99 'lab hacks' will make your scientific work easier

Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 14d

Check out the latest study from CDUHR's Cho-Hee Shrader, Danielle Ompad, and Dustin Duncan - “It's Whack, It's Not Gonna Work”: Feasibility of Sociocentric Network Recruitment for Interventions Among Black, Latine, and Caribbean Priority Populations in NYC
guilfordjournals.com/doi/epdf/10....

Image of first page from journal article mentioned and linked in post, “It's Whack, It's Not Gonna Work”: Feasibility of Sociocentric Network Recruitment for Interventions Among Black, Latine, and Caribbean Priority Populations in New York City.

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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 14d

"Indivior has not taken this action due to safety or efficacy issues,” the company wrote in a letter reviewed by Filter. “Rather, the decision was based on business reasons and shifting our focus to other parts of our business.”

Opvee, High-Profile Overdose Antidote No One Used, Discontinues Marketing

In a letter reviewed by Filter, Indivior said "business reasons," not an AG investigation, caused it to stop promoting the nalmefene product.

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The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) @cduhr.bsky.social · 14d

Opioid use disorder cases jumped post-pandemic
"nearly 40% nationwide between 2021 and 2024, according to data from FAIR Health's Opioid Tracker"
www.axios.com/2025/09/30/o...

Opioid use disorder cases jumped post-pandemic

Here are the states with the most diagnoses.

www.axios.com

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Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social · 14d

Why HHS Is Wrong to Bring Back the Stigmatizing Name Monkeypox
time.com/7321965/mpox-m… @nikkiromanik.bsky.social

https://time.com/7321965/mpox-m…

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