Ju Park, PhD
@drjupark.bsky.social
Assist. Professor. Overdose and drug policy researcher at Brown University. www.harmreductionlab.com
Couldn’t agree more. Deeply concerning times
To Address Overdose, The U.S. Should Ramp Up Proven Interventions at Home, Not Performative Attacks Abroad. www.networkforphl.org/news-insight...
To Address Overdose, The U.S. Should Ramp Up Proven Interventions at Home, Not Performative Attacks Abroad. www.networkforphl.org/news-insight...
To Address Overdose, The U.S. Should Ramp Up Proven Interventions at Home, Not Performative Attacks Abroad. - Network for Public Health Law
President Trump and members of his administration have justified recent deadly assaults on civilians abroad by claiming that the boats they were in were carrying illicit drugs and that the alleged dru...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Couldn’t agree more. Deeply concerning times
To Address Overdose, The U.S. Should Ramp Up Proven Interventions at Home, Not Performative Attacks Abroad. www.networkforphl.org/news-insight...
To Address Overdose, The U.S. Should Ramp Up Proven Interventions at Home, Not Performative Attacks Abroad. www.networkforphl.org/news-insight...
Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools
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October 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
The Philippines tried this and it was ruled by the ICC as an international human rights violation. This is a dangerous plan.
Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Kill People He Deems Narco-Terrorists www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Kill People He Deems Narco-Terrorists www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Kill People He Deems Narco-Terrorists
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September 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Philippines tried this and it was ruled by the ICC as an international human rights violation. This is a dangerous plan.
Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Kill People He Deems Narco-Terrorists www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Kill People He Deems Narco-Terrorists www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
The recent rhetoric around homelessness and SUD has been concerning.
Thank you @nytimes.com for helping to clarify some misconceptions!
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Thank you @nytimes.com for helping to clarify some misconceptions!
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Cities Move Away From Strategies That Make Drug Use Safer
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September 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The recent rhetoric around homelessness and SUD has been concerning.
Thank you @nytimes.com for helping to clarify some misconceptions!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/h...
Thank you @nytimes.com for helping to clarify some misconceptions!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/h...
Everyday harm reduction workers put their livelihoods at risk. What can we do as a community to stop the harms associated with drug policies that fuel the mass incarceration epidemic?
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Tennessee Harm Reductionist Faces Charges for Drug Checking
Police tailed her after she picked up the sample, she tells Filter. After two nights in jail, she plans to defend drug checking in court.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Everyday harm reduction workers put their livelihoods at risk. What can we do as a community to stop the harms associated with drug policies that fuel the mass incarceration epidemic?
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Definitely understudied!
An Invisible Crisis: Brain Injury From Non-Fatal Overdose
People who survive overdoses are far more likely to have a brain injury than the general population. I've been wondering if that includes me.
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July 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Definitely understudied!
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President Trump signed into law bipartisan legislation permanently classifying fentanyl-like substances among the most dangerous drugs — an effort to increase punishments for drug traffickers and curb the opioid epidemic.
Trump signs bill with harsher penalties for dealers of fentanyl variants
The legislation does not extend to addiction treatment, which the Trump administration has cut in its broader quest to curb federal spending.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
President Trump signed into law bipartisan legislation permanently classifying fentanyl-like substances among the most dangerous drugs — an effort to increase punishments for drug traffickers and curb the opioid epidemic.
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With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
🚨🚨 NEW: House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
The Republican package would slash taxes, boost spending on immigration and the military, and impose steep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy funding.
www.nbcnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
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“While Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America’s health secretary, makes a spectacle of his plans to make America healthier (a laudable goal), in actuality, the administration is kneecapping the very infrastructure that would make that feasible and is instead enacting policies that will compromise health.”
Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers
The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.
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June 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“While Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America’s health secretary, makes a spectacle of his plans to make America healthier (a laudable goal), in actuality, the administration is kneecapping the very infrastructure that would make that feasible and is instead enacting policies that will compromise health.”
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An interview with a terminated analyst at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: defector.com/an-interview...
An Interview With A Terminated Analyst At The Substance Abuse And Mental Health Administration | Defector
Joy Binion learned that she had lost her job as a social science analyst at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA, on April 1. So she posted on Facebook that she…
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June 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
An interview with a terminated analyst at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: defector.com/an-interview...
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Medicaid’s the largest payer of addiction and mental health services in the U.S. and used at higher rates in red states. Trump's budget bill put these communities at greater risk of losing these lifesaving services at a time when they’re needed most. www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/m...
Medicaid cuts would devastate mental health, substance use treatment services in red states
Though behavioral health conditions do not discriminate between Democrats and Republicans, the Medicaid cuts may be particularly damaging for residents of red states.
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June 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Medicaid’s the largest payer of addiction and mental health services in the U.S. and used at higher rates in red states. Trump's budget bill put these communities at greater risk of losing these lifesaving services at a time when they’re needed most. www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/m...
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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the man at the center of a legal maelstrom after the Trump administration mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, has returned to the U.S., Attorney General Pam Bondi said. https://trib.al/d3PBfr0
June 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the man at the center of a legal maelstrom after the Trump administration mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, has returned to the U.S., Attorney General Pam Bondi said. https://trib.al/d3PBfr0
Help us free Paige!
She is a wonderful PhD student and harm reduction worker in TN. Please donate if you are able
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She is a wonderful PhD student and harm reduction worker in TN. Please donate if you are able
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Help Us Free Paige!
Help 901 Harm Reduction reach their goal by donating or sharing with your friends.
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June 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Help us free Paige!
She is a wonderful PhD student and harm reduction worker in TN. Please donate if you are able
www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
She is a wonderful PhD student and harm reduction worker in TN. Please donate if you are able
www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
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Harvard has just sued the Trump administration less than 24 hours after losing the ability to enroll foreign students. They are seeking a temporary restraining order immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
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Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Move to Bar International Students
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May 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Harvard has just sued the Trump administration less than 24 hours after losing the ability to enroll foreign students. They are seeking a temporary restraining order immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
Super concerning news
If you are interested in the mechanics of their destructive work, this is a superb read. Bravo @donmoyn.bsky.social for bringing this forward!
The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster
An NIH insider explains what Republicans are likely to do next, and what we can do
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May 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Super concerning news
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US drug overdose deaths dropped last year by 27%, but experts warn federal cuts could threaten that progress
US drug overdose deaths saw an unprecedented drop in 2024, but federal cuts could threaten momentum | CNN
Drug overdose deaths in the United States made an unprecedented drop to the lowest they’ve been in five years, according to a new federal government estimate released Wednesday.
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May 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
US drug overdose deaths dropped last year by 27%, but experts warn federal cuts could threaten that progress
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Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab
May 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab
Thank you Jan Hoffman for featuring our letter in your story!
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Trump’s Focus on Punishing Drug Dealers May Hurt Drug Users Trying to Quit
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May 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Thank you Jan Hoffman for featuring our letter in your story!
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America is intentionally squandering our global scientific advantage by persecuting academics and researchers. There is beauty and wonder in the quest for scientific understanding, and we should be helping that curiosity bloom, not crushing it under jackboots.
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Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.
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May 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
America is intentionally squandering our global scientific advantage by persecuting academics and researchers. There is beauty and wonder in the quest for scientific understanding, and we should be helping that curiosity bloom, not crushing it under jackboots.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
This Open Letter from addiction and mental health experts was sent late Monday evening to congress! Major to SAMHSA, CDC and HRSA are unacceptable #fentanyl
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Experts warn Congress cuts to addiction funding will mean more overdose deaths
A broad coalition of addiction experts wants Congress to maintain healthcare funding for the nation's response to fentanyl and other street drugs.
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May 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This Open Letter from addiction and mental health experts was sent late Monday evening to congress! Major to SAMHSA, CDC and HRSA are unacceptable #fentanyl
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@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
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Justice prevails!
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Tufts student detained by US immigration authorities must be released, judge rules
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to release a Tufts University student from Turkey who has been held for over six weeks in a Louisiana immigration detention facility after she co-wrote an opinion piece criticizing her school's response to Israel's war in Gaza.
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May 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Justice prevails!
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