Why not a Barbie Themed Beach In?

Ultimately, failing in academia was the greatest relief I ever experienced scim.ag/4kgElQx

Forced abstinence has been shown repeatedly to be worse (ie harms and kills people at higher rates) than not intervening in people’s substance use at all. And it doesn’t even reduce drug use.

🚨HOT TAKE ALERT🚨 If you have built your scientific career off federal funding, you can organize a teach in at your favorite park or brewery to tell the public how you spend their tax dollars. AND why we should INCREASE federal research and development $$$. It’s not rocket science…or maybe it is?

Read my new FREE article "She Didn't 'Pick Wrong'. Society Failed By Creating Millions of Abusive Men. Link: open.substack.com/pub/dremmaka... It's time to stop blaming women for their "bad choices" in "picking abusive men". #domesticviolence

True in the US as well as the UK. We live in a talent economy. Today universities are the means of production. Also, both the humanities and science create long-term economic advantages to go along with their clear short-term economic benefits.

Get tips and resources from CAPES including crisis hotlines and textlines, warmlines, how to find a therapist, and stories of lived experience and peer led supports on our website www.umassmed.edu/capes/lookin...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Family support is an important part of recovery. If you're looking for organizations that can help you support a family member, see our 'How to Get Help for Someone Else' section of our website. www.umassmed.edu/capes/lookin...

One of the cruelest things about the NSF/NIH situations is that federal funders have been asking for acknowledgment about disparate impacts, inequality, etc. for years. To get a grant at all you had to (rightly) address those things. Now is the punishment for both caring and following the rules.

If you haven't already, join AAUP. Encourage your lab members to join their union, UAW local 2710. These are the orgs most likely to pressure Uni admin to join together with other Unis. As a starting model, see what Rutgers senate proposed for Big Ten schools: www.commondreams.org/news/rutgers...

I just learned that there's a national graduate student crisis line - gradresources.org. Might be worth spreading the word as I'm pretty sure exactly *checks notes* zero grad students are doing well emotionally right now.

Stop asking me about SEM and go take this free workshop instead!

The peer-reviewed NIAAA journal, Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, and all of the previously open access papers published in the journal have been removed from the web. arcr.niaaa.nih.gov/about-arcr

The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today. Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.

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Hats off to the Musicians Union!! #BruceSpringsteen #TaylorSwift

So grateful to have spent the weekend at #CPA2025. It was restorative to be surrounded by an amazing community of addiction scientists. @drzajac.bsky.social @dr-lauren-e-lewis.bsky.social @chearresearch.bsky.social @apadivision50.bsky.social

Attention addiction researchers:

We had such a great turnout and important talks and presentations on addiction recovery science at #NCARS2025. I'm especially grateful for our community partners, community board members, and plenary speakers! Stay tuned for the recordings! @chearresearch.bsky.social @jeapinitiative.bsky.social

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We're recruiting new members for our CHEARR community board of young adults who take or have taken medications for opioid use disorder. This is a paid opportunity to shape research in ways that are aligned with the voices of young adults #recovery #community #research #science

Especially relevant paper for folks in our @capessuicideprev.bsky.social ELSI Unit (Ethics, Legal, and Social Issues)

It's not about the fluoride or the seed oils or the synthetic/petroleum-based food dyes... It IS about undermining trust in science, medicine & public health & elevating pseudoscience, grifters & wellness influencers who can profit by selling fear& supplements open.substack.com/pub/techingi...

In this #podcast, one topic is that when I went to rehab I didn't believe I could get #sober. I hoped to learn how to use less. #recoveryposse www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbQn...

“To our knowledge, no evidence-based approach exists that shows supply-side interventions, such as policing and seizing drugs, reduces drug use or drug-related health problems.” #opioids #addiction #harmreduction filtermag.org/san-francisc...

I was unable to enjoy or feel proud of my accomplishments, in the first years of my #sobriety and #trauma work. Because my #anxiety was so severe, from my ptsd, that I focused on my disproportionate fears.

When you suppress the pain, you also suppress positive emotions. So to feel the full spectrum of life, you have to heal. #recoveryposse #trauma #women

Does anyone know approximately how many scientists the US federal government funds per year (across all agencies, including people supported by grants and fed workers)? Or where I could find this information?

Unlike meat, eggs or dairy, alcohol offers no nutritional benefit - but it consumes vast land, water and energy supplies. So why are we still treating it like a harmless luxury? Listen to our latest podcast with @meganpcook.bsky.social on alcohol's climate impacts: www.ias.org.uk/podcast/alco...

What’s happening in the courts of this country is deeply dangerous. Samuel Alito believes his ideology IS the law, and when district judges rule against his political views, the Supreme Court must exert power to impose Alito’s views. The Court is a threat to science and NIH and must be reformed.

People will say we shouldn’t trust pharmaceutical regulation because thalidomide was approved. Thanks to her 👇 thalidomide was not approved in the United States until 1998 - it was never even prescribable here before then - and only then for leprosy and later cancer (was never allowed in pregnancy)

Hey @jessicashortall.bsky.social reminded me - the Texas House passed HB 3174 today, which would legalize syringe access in 7 counties! I’ll be honest that I think its chances in the Senate are dismal. But I also believe that this is a win. Every step helps normalize. filtermag.org/texas-bill-s...

And to build a life you love, so you wouldn't risk it over alcohol or other drugs.

FREE Journal Club Today! CAPES Implementation Science in Suicide Prevention Journal Club, Dr. Lily Brown will present "Using the Assessment, Decision, Administration, Production, Topical Experts–Integration, Training, and Testing (ADAPT-ITT) Framework in Suicide Prevention"

Especially relevant paper for folks in our @capessuicideprev.bsky.social ELSI Unit (Ethics, Legal, and Social Issues)

An unspoken requirement to access suicide prevention care on helplines is a person must 1st overcome fear of disclosing to a counselor @danielcoppersmith.bsky.social @kathrynfox.bsky.social & I call for self-guided DMHIs like safety planning to be accessible on helplines along w/counselor support ⬇️

Register for our CAPES journal club focused on suicide prevention implementation science strategies #impsci #free #seminar #research #science #suicideprecention #implementationscience @dissig.bsky.social @crispatbrown.bsky.social @csrp.bsky.social

Detailed guide of evidence-based practices for treating stimulant use disorders, including medications used off-label for this purpose and that contingency management has the best data. #addiction #recoveryposse #Health eguideline.guidelinecentral.com/i/1519511-st...?

I'm often asked how to evaluate #addiction treatment options for quality. SAMHSA provides several useful guides of what treatment should include and what equates to evidence based care, of which this is one. #recoveryposse #family library.samhsa.gov/sites/defaul...

Register for our CAPES journal club focused on suicide prevention implementation science strategies #impsci #free #seminar #research #science #suicideprecention #implementationscience @dissig.bsky.social @crispatbrown.bsky.social @csrp.bsky.social

We're recruiting new members for our CHEARR community board of young adults who take or have taken medications for opioid use disorder. This is a paid opportunity to shape research in ways that are aligned with the voices of young adults #recovery #community #research #science

🚨 Paid Community Board Opportunity Available!! CHEARR is looking for young adults (ages 18-28) who are in recovery and have lived experience receiving treatment involving medications for opioid use disorder. No research experience needed!

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Your mental health matters! Good mental health can help you cope with stress and improve your quality of life. #MentalHealthMonth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #mentalwellness #therapy #peersupport #

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Just in: registration for the @isparc-umasschan.bsky.social conference is now open. Don't miss important topic "Promoting Youth Mental and Behavioral Health: Understanding and Addressing Risk and Protective Factors to Improve Youth Well-Being and Outcomes"

You are invited to a listening session hosted by our colleagues in the Massachusetts Suicide Prevention Innovation Committee! They are holding listening sessions as part of a needs and strengths assessment in Massachusetts.

Welcome to Today's *Meet the Faculty* with Dr. Barton Palmer! Dr. Palmer is a Professor of Psychiatry at University of San Diego. Read more about the ELSI Unit here and if you are CAPES faculty, request a consult with the ELSI Unit buff.ly/rDhPpYf #meetthefaculty #CAPES #informedconsent

NM | UNM's virtual program trains anyone on responding to and reversing opioid overdoses #NBHAPIndustryNews