#Substanceuse treatment is only relevant for people interested in change--and even for them it's not the only option. I'm saying this as a treatment provider. For people NOT looking to change their relationship with substances, #harmreduction is the only appropriate intervention.

🔥#Consent is eroding all around us ( #MedTech, #WealthCare #AIHype #WrapAround #Surveillance #ConditionalCare ) and it is vital to recovery, authenticity of care, and human connection. So grateful for your highlight on this.

What gets called "resistance" in #substanceuse treatment is often in fact non-consent. If someone enters treatment on a mandate--legal, employer, medication-related, etc--they did not consent freely, and it's no surprise if they act like it.

People seem to think #addiction can be solved with treatment. But it’s not nearly that simple. As a provider for going on 13 years, I’d be the first to say if it was!

New post on false distinctions in #druguse, occasioned by 7-OH. #drugsky #harmreduction #addictionmed #therapistsky

I went to see Graham Platner tonight and liked what I heard. He mentioned tribal sovereignty as a value, which Janet Mills certainly hasn’t shown. He also called out funding Israel and pledged not to take AIPAC money. 👀 #maine #politics

This article has more nuance than its title suggests. A few thoughts: 1) There is no consistent line, nor has there ever been, between therapeutic drug use and recreational drug use.

New post on forced treatment, the July executive order and "dying with their rights on." If you're reading, please make my day and subscribe? Weekly, free, no nonsense. #therapistsky #harmreduction #substanceuse #additionmed #m4a #socialworkispolitical #drugs

Fantastic panel on repression in higher ed right now

“The parasitic logic of profit…has wormed itself so deeply into the collective mind that to defy lucre is to mark oneself as a radical, or a criminal, or a lunatic.” —Laila Lalami, The Dream Hotel

NEW FROM ABOLITIONIST PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL WORK! SPECIAL ISSUE: Thinking and Practicing Abolition Through Palestine All articles are open access and available to download now: apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/index

New post on what to do with our moral injury as care workers. #socialworkispolitical #additionmed #M4A #therapistsky #recovery #harmreduction

New post on my moral injury as a substance use clinician. #therapistsky #socialworkispolitical #harmreduction #addictionmed #m4a #recovery

On respectability politics in substance use treatment and policy

New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download! California (by county/area) Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area (DMV) Massachusetts North Carolina Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland, OR St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Please share! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

For substance use, "person-centered care" is no vague therapy-speak. It is radical, and it is rare. I'm talking about substance use treatment based on what the person *actually wants*--for no other reason than that they want it! (1/2)

First post in my series on addiction tropes. I call this one "addiction essentialism" rather than stigma or stereotyping. #therapistsky #socialworkispolitical #harmreduction #M4A

New post on how pity operates in substance use policy and treatment #therapistsky #socialworkispolitical #harmreduction #recovery #M4A