Broken No More
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We support those who have lost loved ones to substance use and advance drug policies based in public health, harm reduction, and science.
#EndOverdose #NoMoreDrugWar
https://broken-no-more.org/
#EndOverdose #NoMoreDrugWar
https://broken-no-more.org/
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📢 We need drug policies based in public health, science, and and human dignity, not punishment and stigma.
Decades of criminalization and the war on drugs have failed our loved ones.
Decades of criminalization and the war on drugs have failed our loved ones.
If you have lost a family member to overdose, your voice carries the power to change hearts and minds.
Join us Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. ET to learn how to tell your story to advocate for health-based drug policies and record impactful videos from your phone.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. ET to learn how to tell your story to advocate for health-based drug policies and record impactful videos from your phone.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If you have lost a family member to overdose, your voice carries the power to change hearts and minds.
Join us Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. ET to learn how to tell your story to advocate for health-based drug policies and record impactful videos from your phone.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. ET to learn how to tell your story to advocate for health-based drug policies and record impactful videos from your phone.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
People who have lost loved ones to overdose know better than anyone the pain and destruction caused by putting criminalization over health-based support.
Join people like Jessie in telling lawmakers to pass health-based policies that will protect communities: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/famil...
Join people like Jessie in telling lawmakers to pass health-based policies that will protect communities: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/famil...
October 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
People who have lost loved ones to overdose know better than anyone the pain and destruction caused by putting criminalization over health-based support.
Join people like Jessie in telling lawmakers to pass health-based policies that will protect communities: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/famil...
Join people like Jessie in telling lawmakers to pass health-based policies that will protect communities: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/famil...
💙 Harm reduction is about respect, dignity, and health.
It is proven to prevent overdose deaths.
It is essential.
Here are two ways you can help promote and protect harm reduction services that save lives ⬇️
It is proven to prevent overdose deaths.
It is essential.
Here are two ways you can help promote and protect harm reduction services that save lives ⬇️
October 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
💙 Harm reduction is about respect, dignity, and health.
It is proven to prevent overdose deaths.
It is essential.
Here are two ways you can help promote and protect harm reduction services that save lives ⬇️
It is proven to prevent overdose deaths.
It is essential.
Here are two ways you can help promote and protect harm reduction services that save lives ⬇️
Involuntary commitment is not only inhumane, but it can put people who use drugs in even more danger.
People in involuntary commitment face higher risks of overdose than those in voluntary treatment. This isn't about helping people, it's about warehousing them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/h...
People in involuntary commitment face higher risks of overdose than those in voluntary treatment. This isn't about helping people, it's about warehousing them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/h...
Can Drug Users Be Forced Into Rehab? Trump Says Yes. So Do 34 States.
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Involuntary commitment is not only inhumane, but it can put people who use drugs in even more danger.
People in involuntary commitment face higher risks of overdose than those in voluntary treatment. This isn't about helping people, it's about warehousing them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/h...
People in involuntary commitment face higher risks of overdose than those in voluntary treatment. This isn't about helping people, it's about warehousing them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/h...
Responding to the overdose crisis with harsher drug laws will only lead to more suffering and death, especially in Black and low-income communities.
Join families like Kimberly's in telling lawmakers to prioritize health over punishment: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/famil...
#nomoredrugwar
Join families like Kimberly's in telling lawmakers to prioritize health over punishment: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/famil...
#nomoredrugwar
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Responding to the overdose crisis with harsher drug laws will only lead to more suffering and death, especially in Black and low-income communities.
Join families like Kimberly's in telling lawmakers to prioritize health over punishment: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/famil...
#nomoredrugwar
Join families like Kimberly's in telling lawmakers to prioritize health over punishment: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/famil...
#nomoredrugwar
Harm reduction saves lives by reducing overdose rates and disease transmission. The data exists, the stories are real.
Misinformation and stigma against people who use drugs put whole communities at risk.
wchstv.com/newsletter-d...
Misinformation and stigma against people who use drugs put whole communities at risk.
wchstv.com/newsletter-d...
W.Va. counties rejecting harm reduction in opioid funds spending despite research
On a warm summer day in late May, about 100 people are waiting for their turn to go inside the Neighborhood S.H.O.P., located in the annex of Bream Memorial Pre
wchstv.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Harm reduction saves lives by reducing overdose rates and disease transmission. The data exists, the stories are real.
Misinformation and stigma against people who use drugs put whole communities at risk.
wchstv.com/newsletter-d...
Misinformation and stigma against people who use drugs put whole communities at risk.
wchstv.com/newsletter-d...
📢 We need drug policies based in public health, science, and and human dignity, not punishment and stigma.
Decades of criminalization and the war on drugs have failed our loved ones.
Decades of criminalization and the war on drugs have failed our loved ones.
September 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
📢 We need drug policies based in public health, science, and and human dignity, not punishment and stigma.
Decades of criminalization and the war on drugs have failed our loved ones.
Decades of criminalization and the war on drugs have failed our loved ones.
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Overdoses are preventable when we use — and fund — the tools that work.
#IOAD2025 #OverdoseAware #EndOverdose #OverdoseAwarenessDay
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#IOAD2025 #OverdoseAware #EndOverdose #OverdoseAwarenessDay
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August 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Overdoses are preventable when we use — and fund — the tools that work.
#IOAD2025 #OverdoseAware #EndOverdose #OverdoseAwarenessDay
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#IOAD2025 #OverdoseAware #EndOverdose #OverdoseAwarenessDay
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Dehumanizing people who use drugs and spreading misinformation about fentanyl won’t solve the overdose crisis: Accurate public education about drugs and humanizing policies will.
filtermag.org/make-america...
filtermag.org/make-america...
Just a Reminder That Drug Users Aren't Zombies
The White House is promoting "Make America Fentanyl Free," a new ad campaign featuring little information but a lot of zombie makeup.
filtermag.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Dehumanizing people who use drugs and spreading misinformation about fentanyl won’t solve the overdose crisis: Accurate public education about drugs and humanizing policies will.
filtermag.org/make-america...
filtermag.org/make-america...
While this was written for IOAD 2023, with even more states adopting DIH laws it's more relevant now than then. Unfortunately:
www.networkforphl.org/news-insight...
www.networkforphl.org/news-insight...
Drug-induced Homicide Laws will not Reduce Overdose Deaths: A Reminder on International Overdose Awareness Day - Network for Public Health Law
Over one million people in the U.S. have died from overdose since 1999. This year, as we remember those we’ve needlessly lost, we are also seeing calls for increased penalties for people who share dru...
www.networkforphl.org
December 18, 2024 at 2:11 AM
While this was written for IOAD 2023, with even more states adopting DIH laws it's more relevant now than then. Unfortunately:
www.networkforphl.org/news-insight...
www.networkforphl.org/news-insight...
This is why supply-side tactics have never and will never work. It's just a game of whack-a-mole. Shut off one source of supply, another takes its place:
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/w...
Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students to Make Fentanyl (Gift Article)
Criminals turn college campuses into recruitment hubs, recruiting chemistry students in Mexico with big paydays.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:32 AM
This is why supply-side tactics have never and will never work. It's just a game of whack-a-mole. Shut off one source of supply, another takes its place:
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/w...
This is a damning, and spot on, analysis of the so-called War on Drugs (which has never been about drugs, but always the people who use them) and what we need to do instead.
www.globalissues.org/news/2024/12...
www.globalissues.org/news/2024/12...
‘War on drugs has failed, completely and utterly’: UN human rights chief
The UN human rights chief has called on leaders and international stakeholders to radically rethink global drug policy, stating that the decades-long “War on Drugs” approach has “destroyed countless l...
www.globalissues.org
December 8, 2024 at 2:08 AM
This is a damning, and spot on, analysis of the so-called War on Drugs (which has never been about drugs, but always the people who use them) and what we need to do instead.
www.globalissues.org/news/2024/12...
www.globalissues.org/news/2024/12...
A brief history of the first naloxone distribution program. How many people are alive today, how many people will be saved in the future, because there were people who did what was right instead of what was legal?
remedyallianceftp.org/pages/histor...
remedyallianceftp.org/pages/histor...
History
Remedy Alliance / For The People
remedyallianceftp.org
December 8, 2024 at 2:06 AM
A brief history of the first naloxone distribution program. How many people are alive today, how many people will be saved in the future, because there were people who did what was right instead of what was legal?
remedyallianceftp.org/pages/histor...
remedyallianceftp.org/pages/histor...
For far too long "complete abstinence" has been one of the measures of success in treatment with methadone and buprenorphine. However, there are other measures of success as this article makes clear. I would suggest that any positive change is success:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Capturing the Full Range of Buprenorphine Treatment Response
This study describes patterns of reduction in illicit opioid use of patients both labeled as a success and nonsuccess based on an abstinent-based treatment outcome rule.
jamanetwork.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:03 AM
For far too long "complete abstinence" has been one of the measures of success in treatment with methadone and buprenorphine. However, there are other measures of success as this article makes clear. I would suggest that any positive change is success:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
So glad to see that our tax dollars are being spent wisely. And, yes, that's sarcasm:
www.marijuanamoment.net/u-s-taxpayer...
www.marijuanamoment.net/u-s-taxpayer...
U.S. Taxpayers Spent Almost $13B To Fund Global War On Drugs In The Past Decade, Report Shows - Marijuana Moment
Nearly $13 billion in U.S. taxpayer money has gone to fund worldwide counternarcotics activities since 2015, often coming at the expense of efforts to end global poverty while at the same time contrib...
www.marijuanamoment.net
December 8, 2024 at 2:00 AM
So glad to see that our tax dollars are being spent wisely. And, yes, that's sarcasm:
www.marijuanamoment.net/u-s-taxpayer...
www.marijuanamoment.net/u-s-taxpayer...
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Basic needs are human rights, not conditional.
November 13, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Basic needs are human rights, not conditional.
Reposted by Broken No More
If you're interested in the recent history of federal anti-drug advertising, this is a good place to start. www.gao.gov/products/gao...
ONDCP Media Campaign: Contractor's National Evaluation Did Not Find that the Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Was Effective in Reducing Youth Drug Use
Between 1998 and 2004, Congress appropriated over $1.2 billion to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for the National Youth Anti-Drug...
www.gao.gov
November 28, 2024 at 10:12 PM
If you're interested in the recent history of federal anti-drug advertising, this is a good place to start. www.gao.gov/products/gao...
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Expect bad batches and more deaths in #yeg.
Drug seizures need to go hand in hand with the provision of regulated alternatives to toxic street drugs.
#DrugSky
www.edmontonpolice.ca/News/MediaRe...
Drug seizures need to go hand in hand with the provision of regulated alternatives to toxic street drugs.
#DrugSky
www.edmontonpolice.ca/News/MediaRe...
Police seize nearly $750,000 of drugs in central Edmonton
www.edmontonpolice.ca
November 28, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Expect bad batches and more deaths in #yeg.
Drug seizures need to go hand in hand with the provision of regulated alternatives to toxic street drugs.
#DrugSky
www.edmontonpolice.ca/News/MediaRe...
Drug seizures need to go hand in hand with the provision of regulated alternatives to toxic street drugs.
#DrugSky
www.edmontonpolice.ca/News/MediaRe...
While families celebrate Thanksgiving, we should remember that there are those for who this day also brings the grief and pain of loss. Too many beautiful lights have been stolen by overdose. Far too many families have one more chair than they need.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKOP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKOP...
Linkin Park - One More Light (Lyrics / Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Royal Music
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:43 PM
While families celebrate Thanksgiving, we should remember that there are those for who this day also brings the grief and pain of loss. Too many beautiful lights have been stolen by overdose. Far too many families have one more chair than they need.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKOP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKOP...
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Beware of misinformation around the effectiveness of cutting off the drug supply chain. The Trump administration’s previous attempts to seize as many drugs as possible & criminalize drug activity led to rising overdose deaths, and more available and toxic drugs.
November 19, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Beware of misinformation around the effectiveness of cutting off the drug supply chain. The Trump administration’s previous attempts to seize as many drugs as possible & criminalize drug activity led to rising overdose deaths, and more available and toxic drugs.