The "nice and pretty" published version of our Perspective discussing the ACTUAL evidence of naloxone's "enabling" consequences (which there is very little) and the research examining the PERCEPTION that naloxone is "enabling" is out now, if you haven't read it yet! doi.org/10.15288/jsa...

Just 7 days until the panel discussing lived perspectives on the opioid vaccine! 💉 Hope to see you there in-person or on Zoom!

The Drug war was built for control, not care. Now history is repeating itself. 🧵

What do naloxone, PrEP, helmets & seatbelts share? They’re tools that reduce harm, as a safety net that only “activates” when risk is present. Yet naloxone gets uniquely branded as “enabling.” WHY? And why does it MATTER?

What an insult to our harm reduction movement and elders who fought so hard for naloxone and fentanyl test strip access. Check out the atrocious language in the latest letter from SAMHSA claiming these tools are "not harm reduction." www.samhsa.gov/sites/defaul...

IMPORTANT UPDATE IMPORTANT UPDATE Regarding APHU/ACLU et al. vs. NIH Lawsuit

Have you heard about the novel opioid vaccine / fentanyl vaccine? If not (or even if you have!), our next SURG Brunch 'n Learn meeting will feature our first-ever Translational Panel - composed of four people with lived experience in drug use - discussing the novel opioid vaccine in development.

If I hear one more reporter say these attacks on universities and science are about "antisemitism," I am going to lose it. This is about destroying higher education full stop and it doesn't help to parrot the White House's talking points. www.science.org/content/arti...

The truth? Medicaid (largest payer of addiction treatment) faces $800B in cuts. SAMSHA's been cut by $1B and lost 1/3 of its staff. This all threatens access to treatment, fentanyl withdrawal meds & naloxone. In NC, Project Lazarus lost DOJ grants for jail-to-treatment diversion.

I'm still in awe after attending and presenting at #CPDD2025, which marks a big personal and professional milestone to see all my mentors and senior scholars in action! Alongside them, I'm proud to have garnered plenty foot traffic at my poster on MOUD stigma among residents in recovery housing!

While the Trump administration was having a birthday party, we were marching across the nation for our rights. And we’re not slowing down.

Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it. If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle.... Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.

Applying the Dualistic Model of Passion to opioid use with a treatment-seeking clinical sample? Interestingly, observed higher 'obsessive passion' mean than 'harmonious passion' mean, which contrasts past DMP + substance use studies but aligns with one DMP + gambling study! doi.org/10.1080/1606...

Please excuse my bedhead 😴 - feeling proud to have presented at my first #CPA2025, examining differential stigma toward MOUD among recovery housing residents based on their own lived experience with these meds! Thank you to mentors, co-authors, and friends for their support with this project!

Come check me out Saturday morning at 8:30 am #62!!! I’ll be discussing Missouri’s first federally funded CM program for stimulant use disorder #CPA2025

What a great presentation, and a bonus to see a familiar face, @juststrickland.bsky.social !!

NEW: Researchers have sued the NIH and HHS, alleging that they have engaged in a "reckless and illegal purge to stamp out NIH-funded research that addresses topics and populations that they disfavor" by terminating hundreds of grants, violating the APA, Fifth Amendment and the Separation of Powers.

finally joined bluesky thanks to #CPA2025 this week 💅🏻

Colleagues, please see the Op-Ed below. Both #depression and #OUD had medical breakthroughs in 1965, so why do we now have >90 options for antidepressants & only 4 for #opioid use disorder? Let's use the depression field as an actionable road map for solving #addiction!

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🚨 CALLING ALL UNDERGRADUATE, POST-BACC, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS! The ABCT Student SIG is excited to announce that we are now ACCEPTING PROPOSALS for our third annual Student Research Symposium! Check out the thread below for more info on this FREE & VIRTUAL event! #ABCTStudentSymposium2025

Today @cpddorg.bsky.social members met with congressional representatives to advocate for NIH funding, maintaining our negotiated indirect rates, and streamlining our science. You can advocate too- call your congresspeople and advocate for science! -> www.congress.gov/members/find...

Before panic sets it. The New NIH Director and Congress will want research to continue, so the machine will start up at some point. Keep writing papers and preparing proposals. AND educate the public about the key role peer review plays in science and the time and infrastructure investment needed

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

This is who I was over there... hopefully I found everyone who has Bluesky accounts on here! 😍