Morgan Godvin
@morgangodvin.bsky.social
Drug policy. Prisons and jails. Journalism. Research. Harm reduction. Veterans. Heart in Portland, skin under San Diego sun.
“Mother of Methadone” book talk this Thursday in Culver City. I’m a panelist and finishing the book and loving it, it’s going to be a great talk.
Learn how history shaped policy, and why we are so dysfunctional, hear me rant, and more!
7/24 at 7pm www.eventbrite.com/e/opioid-cri...
Learn how history shaped policy, and why we are so dysfunctional, hear me rant, and more!
7/24 at 7pm www.eventbrite.com/e/opioid-cri...
July 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“Mother of Methadone” book talk this Thursday in Culver City. I’m a panelist and finishing the book and loving it, it’s going to be a great talk.
Learn how history shaped policy, and why we are so dysfunctional, hear me rant, and more!
7/24 at 7pm www.eventbrite.com/e/opioid-cri...
Learn how history shaped policy, and why we are so dysfunctional, hear me rant, and more!
7/24 at 7pm www.eventbrite.com/e/opioid-cri...
Come here me, a methadone patient, rant as a panelist this Thursday in Culver City! www.eventbrite.com/e/opioid-cri...
July 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Come here me, a methadone patient, rant as a panelist this Thursday in Culver City! www.eventbrite.com/e/opioid-cri...
You’re still dumb and wrong, did i win you over yet
July 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
You’re still dumb and wrong, did i win you over yet
Not to mention they’re just exceptionally wrong and the quickest of Google searches could confirm this
July 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Not to mention they’re just exceptionally wrong and the quickest of Google searches could confirm this
The Dunning Kruger effect on full view today while simultaneously demonstrating all that is wrong with the American “Left.”
July 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Dunning Kruger effect on full view today while simultaneously demonstrating all that is wrong with the American “Left.”
I must believe if you’ve seen what I’ve seen, in Buenos Aires and Brazil and Spain and Portugal, the señoras and senhoras recounting unimaginable torture they endured as teens for possessing a pamphlet, you’d feel it viscerally, too. 5/
July 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I must believe if you’ve seen what I’ve seen, in Buenos Aires and Brazil and Spain and Portugal, the señoras and senhoras recounting unimaginable torture they endured as teens for possessing a pamphlet, you’d feel it viscerally, too. 5/
This is a composite image, comprised of thousands of mugshots of political prisoners.
After the Revolution, the leaders of the regime and its many abuses departed to a comfortable life in Brazil. They never stood trial for their crimes against humanity.
Those in power wanted everyone to move on.4/
After the Revolution, the leaders of the regime and its many abuses departed to a comfortable life in Brazil. They never stood trial for their crimes against humanity.
Those in power wanted everyone to move on.4/
July 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is a composite image, comprised of thousands of mugshots of political prisoners.
After the Revolution, the leaders of the regime and its many abuses departed to a comfortable life in Brazil. They never stood trial for their crimes against humanity.
Those in power wanted everyone to move on.4/
After the Revolution, the leaders of the regime and its many abuses departed to a comfortable life in Brazil. They never stood trial for their crimes against humanity.
Those in power wanted everyone to move on.4/
There were 5 pillars, fundamental assumptions that the regime said are not up for discussion:
- the glory of god
- the country’s greatness and history
- the moral superiority of the nuclear family
- law and order
- the dignity of hard work
Consequences for not falling in line were severe. 2/
- the glory of god
- the country’s greatness and history
- the moral superiority of the nuclear family
- law and order
- the dignity of hard work
Consequences for not falling in line were severe. 2/
July 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There were 5 pillars, fundamental assumptions that the regime said are not up for discussion:
- the glory of god
- the country’s greatness and history
- the moral superiority of the nuclear family
- law and order
- the dignity of hard work
Consequences for not falling in line were severe. 2/
- the glory of god
- the country’s greatness and history
- the moral superiority of the nuclear family
- law and order
- the dignity of hard work
Consequences for not falling in line were severe. 2/
Celebrated my freedom to shoot people and go into medical debt (but not my freedom from being shot or going into medical debt) by going to a political-prison-turned-museum documenting the fascist dictatorship in Portugal.
The “unquestionable certainties” that undergirded the regime are familiar.1/
The “unquestionable certainties” that undergirded the regime are familiar.1/
July 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Celebrated my freedom to shoot people and go into medical debt (but not my freedom from being shot or going into medical debt) by going to a political-prison-turned-museum documenting the fascist dictatorship in Portugal.
The “unquestionable certainties” that undergirded the regime are familiar.1/
The “unquestionable certainties” that undergirded the regime are familiar.1/
Presenting on data that shows an average fentanyl user uses the equivalent of 9,600+ milligrams of IV morphine per day at #cpdd25 in New Orleans!
June 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Presenting on data that shows an average fentanyl user uses the equivalent of 9,600+ milligrams of IV morphine per day at #cpdd25 in New Orleans!
Anti-semitism, the cause celebré on the right is… heavily concentrated in right-leaning states. www.axios.com/local/denver...
June 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Anti-semitism, the cause celebré on the right is… heavily concentrated in right-leaning states. www.axios.com/local/denver...
Unverified report of mass layoffs that would spell the end of the Fulbright program forever.
This comes after a funding freeze left current participants broke and stranded abroad.
This comes after a funding freeze left current participants broke and stranded abroad.
March 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Unverified report of mass layoffs that would spell the end of the Fulbright program forever.
This comes after a funding freeze left current participants broke and stranded abroad.
This comes after a funding freeze left current participants broke and stranded abroad.
They’re endorsing killing dissidents, already censoring media. This is not hyperbole.
The mask is off, we have arrived.
The mask is off, we have arrived.
March 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
They’re endorsing killing dissidents, already censoring media. This is not hyperbole.
The mask is off, we have arrived.
The mask is off, we have arrived.
The UK’s Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion strategy is a fascinating read.
Logical justifications of diversity-as-meritocracy are ripe for the quoting.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6256c5...
Logical justifications of diversity-as-meritocracy are ripe for the quoting.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6256c5...
February 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The UK’s Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion strategy is a fascinating read.
Logical justifications of diversity-as-meritocracy are ripe for the quoting.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6256c5...
Logical justifications of diversity-as-meritocracy are ripe for the quoting.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6256c5...
The Hill chose this as their main image, lol. WHY IS HE THIS ORANGE?
I saw a make-up artist one time correlate how dark his make up is to how unhinged he was being.
But this isn’t make-up, right? It’s bad self tanner? Everyone jokes about him being orange but is there a consensus as to why?
I saw a make-up artist one time correlate how dark his make up is to how unhinged he was being.
But this isn’t make-up, right? It’s bad self tanner? Everyone jokes about him being orange but is there a consensus as to why?
February 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The Hill chose this as their main image, lol. WHY IS HE THIS ORANGE?
I saw a make-up artist one time correlate how dark his make up is to how unhinged he was being.
But this isn’t make-up, right? It’s bad self tanner? Everyone jokes about him being orange but is there a consensus as to why?
I saw a make-up artist one time correlate how dark his make up is to how unhinged he was being.
But this isn’t make-up, right? It’s bad self tanner? Everyone jokes about him being orange but is there a consensus as to why?
4 out of 5 or better are puff pieces.
February 8, 2025 at 4:59 AM
4 out of 5 or better are puff pieces.
The President of El Salvador has an ad on X, offering to house American prisoners including citizens in his torture megaprison, for a fee.
In 2025, this is not a troll, it’s a legitimate policy proposal.
In 2025, this is not a troll, it’s a legitimate policy proposal.
February 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The President of El Salvador has an ad on X, offering to house American prisoners including citizens in his torture megaprison, for a fee.
In 2025, this is not a troll, it’s a legitimate policy proposal.
In 2025, this is not a troll, it’s a legitimate policy proposal.
ChatGPT, reliably illustrating my nightmares.
It’s not even that far off. This is 100% within the current realm of possibility.
It’s not even that far off. This is 100% within the current realm of possibility.
November 18, 2024 at 6:24 AM
ChatGPT, reliably illustrating my nightmares.
It’s not even that far off. This is 100% within the current realm of possibility.
It’s not even that far off. This is 100% within the current realm of possibility.
As evidence, I unironically present you with the response to my ChatGPT prompt, “Which partisan lean is most likely to share disinformation, the right or the left?”
With much nuance given, the answer is unequivocally the Right.
With much nuance given, the answer is unequivocally the Right.
November 18, 2024 at 2:56 AM
As evidence, I unironically present you with the response to my ChatGPT prompt, “Which partisan lean is most likely to share disinformation, the right or the left?”
With much nuance given, the answer is unequivocally the Right.
With much nuance given, the answer is unequivocally the Right.
FENTANYL CAN’T ABSORB THROUGH THE SKIN.
The casual spewing of disinformation would make you think this is budget TV. It is not, it’s Cross on Prime. Billboards for it are plastered over LA.
The serial killer put fentanyl into hand sanitizer, knowing his victim would use it. Then:
The casual spewing of disinformation would make you think this is budget TV. It is not, it’s Cross on Prime. Billboards for it are plastered over LA.
The serial killer put fentanyl into hand sanitizer, knowing his victim would use it. Then:
November 18, 2024 at 12:14 AM
FENTANYL CAN’T ABSORB THROUGH THE SKIN.
The casual spewing of disinformation would make you think this is budget TV. It is not, it’s Cross on Prime. Billboards for it are plastered over LA.
The serial killer put fentanyl into hand sanitizer, knowing his victim would use it. Then:
The casual spewing of disinformation would make you think this is budget TV. It is not, it’s Cross on Prime. Billboards for it are plastered over LA.
The serial killer put fentanyl into hand sanitizer, knowing his victim would use it. Then:
Proponents of 12-step often argue that the program does not oppose medications for opioid use disorder.
12-step literature says otherwise.
Its cultural stranglehold on US addiction treatment may be killing more than it saves. www.statnews.com/2024/11/12/o...
12-step literature says otherwise.
Its cultural stranglehold on US addiction treatment may be killing more than it saves. www.statnews.com/2024/11/12/o...
November 13, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Proponents of 12-step often argue that the program does not oppose medications for opioid use disorder.
12-step literature says otherwise.
Its cultural stranglehold on US addiction treatment may be killing more than it saves. www.statnews.com/2024/11/12/o...
12-step literature says otherwise.
Its cultural stranglehold on US addiction treatment may be killing more than it saves. www.statnews.com/2024/11/12/o...
US Congresswoman Bonamici had me come up to OHSU to present on all things overdose and addiction policy.
January 5, 2024 at 9:09 PM
US Congresswoman Bonamici had me come up to OHSU to present on all things overdose and addiction policy.