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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · 17d

Any fellow substance use-focused people on here watching Real Housewives of Salt Lake City? I am continually impressed with how Mary is handling her son's substance use disorder. She's doing a pretty dang good job being nonjudgmental & supportive, despite being a pretty judgmental person overall.

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Drug Policy Facts @drugpolicyfacts.bsky.social · 23d

"In 2023, 557 teens died of opioid overdose, nearly threefold as many as in 2018, while adult opioid deaths only went up by 65% during this time, according to the study. Drug overdoses are now among the leading causes of death for US teenagers."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Teen opioid addictions often untreated as youth overdose deaths rapidly rise in US – study

Drug overdoses are now a leading causes of death among US teens as fentanyl possibly drives surge, researchers warn

www.theguardian.com

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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · 24d

Aaron Fox & Sarah Wakeman wrote great responses to an op-ed in the @nytimes.com arguing for involuntary addiction treatment. It is not only logistically infeasible given service shortages, it also violates human rights and is often ineffective & even dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Opinion | A Loss of Faith in Forced Drug Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Sep 6

It doesn't have much data now, but the goal is for people to share which pharmacies are dispensing these meds so others can quickly locate them too.

Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Sep 6

A new crowdsourcing tool from @opioidpolicy.bsky.social for sharing/getting info on which pharmacies are dispensing buprenorphine (i.e., Suboxone): bupe.opioidpolicy.org

Please enter a ZIP code to find and report pharmacies with bupe near you.

bupe.opioidpolicy.org

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · Aug 13

"'[R]age donations' have dried up."

"While [nonprofits] grapple with a decrease in donations, the price for abortion care is rising, creating a perfect storm."

"[C]an we actually keep this going?"
#Texas #USA #Healthcare

Abortion Funds See Dwindling Donations as Demand and Cost Rise

A flood of cash following Roe’s fall has dried up, leaving Texas nonprofits struggling to keep pace with the state’s abortion access crisis.

www.texasobserver.org

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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Aug 19

This makes a lot of sense for many reasons, but one is the ability to afford vaccines. In Tunisia, the pediatric meningitis vaccine costs about a minimum wage worker’s monthly income. So most people don’t get it.

Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · Aug 19

Infants born to people who received $1,000, no-strings-attached, were nearly half as likely to die as infants born to people who received no cash.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Researchers discover a secret weapon that saves babies' lives. And it's not medical

To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another.

www.npr.org

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Jul 24

The summary is that they are trying to criminalize every aspect of homelessness so they can arrest & forcibly commit unhoused people. Currently(/before), there are not enough mental health & substance use treatment beds/facilities, and this does not add anything, which only leaves imprisoning people

Sean Keenan @thatseankeenan.bsky.social · Jul 24

The president just issued an executive order to curb "Crime and Disorder on America's Streets"

Its primary target: unhoused people share.google/1JD7LxJ9oW2r...

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jul 14

NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding.

NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.

Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities

The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.

www.nature.com

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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jul 14

I've been getting multiple daily invitations to review over the past month. I try to review 3 papers for every paper I submit as first or senior author. I have done much more than that this year already, and I really cannot do more. Is anyone else getting many more request than usual right now?

Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jul 7

And another link incase the free access link above expired: doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...

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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jul 7

⚠️New study⚠️: Stigma training lessens prejudice towards people who use drugs, but stigma is more than just attitudes! Training does 🚫not🚫 clearly improve stigmatizing workplace culture or plans to provide better care among healthcare professionals. Read here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNMWAUkM2...

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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jun 27

While I deeply disagree with you, I also didn’t say anything about electoral strategy in swing regions. I liked his response to a question. Take a dang chill pill.

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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jun 27

Nothing shuts down centrists like an MLK quote. Well played 🌹

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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jun 26

Given so many people turn to detox as a first step for addressing opioid use disorder, I think qualitative research is really needed on the patient, caregiver, and facility/professional dynamics and experiences. If this exists and i just overlooked it, please tell me what's what!

Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jun 26

For example: www.youtube.com/shorts/wjw_o... "our 5-year clean rate is 85%" It's a bit ambiguous as to what that means (like they do 5yr follow up with clients? Or over the past 5yrs 85% of patients complete the detox?). I totally get why people buy into this modality with those kinds of claims.

Clap back to haters of sedation #detox

YouTube video by Advanced Rapid Detox

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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jun 26

I'm especially interested in the world of for-profit detox facilities. I see big promises and high "success rates" being cited in social media content from these places. I question the veracity of their claims, but also curious about patient and caregiver experiences with the modality.

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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jun 26

I need a medical sociologist/anthropologist to do extensive fieldwork on detox centers. On the one hand, I get why people use detox as a place to stop methadone or bup after years of treatment. But I worry when people believe this is the best first treatment step for opioid use disorder.

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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jun 11

JFC. I had never heard of this practice. Horrifying.

Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jun 5

This is a messaging problem that confuses many people. I’ve heard administrative staff who make middle class salaries feel personally attacked by calls to reduce administrative salaries. I wonder how we can be clearer & more specific about which positions on campuses are the focus of this critique

Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · Jun 5

When we talk about problems of “administrative bloat” I’ve realized many people don’t know we’re specifically referring to deans/VPs/vice provosts/etc., and think we include the lower level university staff who keep the ship afloat in programs like academic advising and sponsored projects offices.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jun 4

It's the one year book-iversary of Holding It Together, and I think its message is more urgent than ever. Because the book is about how the US came to rely on women as its safety net. But that story is fundamentally a story of what happens when billionaires don't want to pay their fair share. 1/

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jun 4

Other countries have safety nets. The US has women.

Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.

Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees

Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday

📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful

Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · May 14

HHS is further withholding funds by not releasing new grant awards; vastly delayed processes in routine carry forward requests; and intermittently removing the capacity for routine no cost extensions

HHS is withholding money for lifesaving research

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · May 14

Today in Congress, HHS Sec RFK Jr insisted that "We are not withholding money for lifesaving research."

The @nytimes.com described the interaction as a "clash".

Yes, between facts and talking points.

Fact: HHS is withholding money for lifesaving research.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...

Kennedy Clashes With Top Democrat Who Accused Him of ‘Destroying’ Health Agencies

www.nytimes.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · May 9

New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...

Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services

Plus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F

donmoynihan.substack.com

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