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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Jul 23

See @suenlw.bsky.social, Rachel Luba, and my Op Ed in @statnews.com on the impact of #climatechange on #methadone and the importance of modernizing the OTP system. www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/m...

Climate disasters create life-threatening disruptions for people on methadone

The U.S.’s reliance on methadone clinics is not just an inconvenience — it is anathema to a world grappling with escalating climate disasters.

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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Jul 23

See @suenlw.bsky.social, Rachel Luba, and my Op Ed in @statnews.com on the impact of #climatechange on #methadone and the importance of modernizing the OTP system. www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/m...

Climate disasters create life-threatening disruptions for people on methadone

The U.S.’s reliance on methadone clinics is not just an inconvenience — it is anathema to a world grappling with escalating climate disasters.

www.statnews.com

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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · May 1

very honored to be part of this group.

AMERSA @amersa.org · Apr 26

Congratulations to the AMERSA 2024 Best Workshop Award winner! This award, based on participant reviews, is presented each year to an outstanding workshop delivered at the annual conference. @ayeshaappamd.bsky.social @kinnathakarar.bsky.social @madelinemc5.bsky.social @katelcsw.bsky.social

Graphic of workshop facilitators for Bugs, Drugs, and Harm Reduction: Skills for Optimizing Antibiotic Therapy in People Who Use Drugs

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AMERSA @amersa.org · Apr 26

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Feb 12

Drug Checking Los Angeles and yours truly are in CNN today, talking about the sudden, baffling appearance of an industrial chemical in the fentanyl supply. www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/h...

‘One of the larger mysteries I’ve ever seen’: Industrial chemical found in illicit fentanyl | CNN

The drug supply is constantly evolving, and some experts suggest that a “fourth wave” of the opioid epidemic is underway, in which illicit fentanyl is more frequently mixed with other drugs.

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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Jan 21

Great to meet you! You should look into @liberatemethadone.bsky.social! We do lots of national and state-level advocacy work!

Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Dec 27

Another great article by my friends at @liberatemethadone.bsky.social on withdrawal experiences among methadone patients. @bethmeyerson.bsky.social @marginalutilite.bsky.social and Dr. David Frank.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39722353/

"I still can feel the sickness": Withdrawal experiences of people on methadone maintenance treatment - PubMed

Patients' accounts demonstrate a disconnect between providers' focus on promoting complete abstinence and patients, who were often using MMT for more pragmatic reasons that did not include complete ab...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Dec 23

In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a @wabe.org and ProPublica analysis found.

Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.

(Published Jan. 2024)

When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance

In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be…

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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Dec 13

graciously hosted by @nastad.bsky.social

Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Dec 13

The @liberatemethadone.bsky.social 's latest webinar on drug-user-led methadone liberation efforts has finally been posted. @national-nsu.bsky.social led this session on how drug users have been leading this work all along. Watch and learn from my friends!

nastad.org/resources/pa...

Past, Present, and Possible Futures of the Methadone Treatment System: A Webinar Series

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National Survivors Union @national-nsu.bsky.social · Dec 8

Sworkers, trafficking survivors, esp. those who use drugs, & respectful allies-join the National Survivors Union sworker call on Tues, 12/10, 9 PM ET, for a skillshare on facilitation. meet.goto.com/590384757

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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Dec 10

Grateful for this conversation led by Tracie Gardner, ED of NBHRN on the history of methadone among Black and Brown communities and the deadly disparities that continue to exist for methadone access. Thank you @nastad.bsky.social for hosting! @frank213.bsky.social @liberatemethadone.bsky.social

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Lev Facher @levfacher.bsky.social · Dec 6

A Rhode Island nonprofit will hold a ribbon-cutting for its supervised consumption site next week, marking the first time the controversial harm-reduction service has been offered (officially, anyway) outside New York City

www.statnews.com/2024/12/06/o...

Rhode Island set to open first supervised consumption site for illicit drugs outside NYC

A Rhode Island nonprofit is set to open a government-sanctioned site for illicit drug use this week, making it just the second organization in the U.S. to

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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Dec 4

Another Wednesday, another @liberatemethadone.bsky.social meeting. Interested in pushing methadone to be more person-centered and to liberate it from our current system? Come join us! www.liberatemethadone.org/contact

Contact

HAVE QUESTIONS? Contact US

www.liberatemethadone.org

Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Nov 27

that would disrupt the coziness and cuteness of the moment. not an option.

Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Nov 27

How I ended up with carpal tunnel in 2015 😅

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liberatemethadone.bsky.social @liberatemethadone.bsky.social · Nov 25

Check out this guide recently published by the San Fransisco Dept. of Public Health on methadone treatment including; rapid inductions, missed dosing, take-home recommendations, & MORE
dub.sh/SFDPH.Methad...
#LiberateMethadone #NCLM

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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Nov 22

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Lev Facher @levfacher.bsky.social · Nov 15

U.S. overdose fatalies are on pace to fall below 100,000 in 2024, the first year with a death toll under six figures since 2020

www.statnews.com/2024/11/13/o...

U.S. drug overdose deaths on pace to fall below 100,000 this year

"It is a real trend, and that’s great," the CDC director says about a sharp drop in drug overdose deaths. But she also warned, "This can get away from us."

www.statnews.com

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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Nov 17

Leaving my first #AMERSA2024
experience with a head full of knowledge and motivation. But mostly, so grateful to have had the opportunity to connect in person and present on drug user/ally coalition building with my fellow #liberatemethadone
friends. @amersa.org

A group of 17 people sitting around large table smiling because they are together.

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Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her) @liebschutz.bsky.social · Nov 15

AMERSA discourse on controversial topics- this year on drug testing. mandatory drug testing is not consistent with patient centered care argued effectively by Dr Steve Martin with humor #addiction #AMERSA2024

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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Nov 15

we believe in you

Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Nov 15

#AMERSA2024 + disco bathroom is as good a time as any to transition social media allegiances

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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Nov 22

https://www.asam.org/quality-care/clinical-recommendations/asam-clinical-considerations-for-engagement-and-retention-of-non-abstinent-patients-in-treatment

ASAM Guideline on Engagement and Retention of Nonabstinen...

The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has mad...

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Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Nov 22

I was honored to be a field reviewer on @ASAMorg new clinical guidance. While there is so much more work to do in this area to undo the paternalism of substance use tx- especially as it relates to methadone - this is a gesture in the right direction....

Kate Roberts @katelcsw.bsky.social · Nov 22

https://nastad.org/resources/past-present-and-possible-futures-methadone-treatment-system-webinar-series

Past, Present, and Possible Futures of the Methadone Trea...

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