Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING #handsoff

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

March saw the third-highest number of layoffs in U.S. history, and 80% of them were caused by DOGE This was before the tariffs It's just...unbelievable

The entire SAMHSA staff that manages the National Survey on Drug Use and Health has been terminated. This is the only survey that tracks mental health and substance use trends in the US. We really are flying blind now.

HHS doctors, scientists and tobacco control staff, rare disease experts, cancer drug wizards -- all fired today or leaving in recent weeks. Yet. 🚨 At HHS, staff make up less than one percent of the overall agency budget. 🚨 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...

"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

Hot off the press in @sajamersa.bsky.social: “Un attracteur de soins”: Bringing People Into Care. Interdisciplinary Health Care Professionals’ Attitudes Toward Opioid Agonist Therapy in France: a Qualitative Study with Implications for the United States/ 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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.

Viewpoint: Recent disruptions and funding cuts at the NIH undermine the infrastructure and stability of US scientific research, threatening the nation's global leadership and scientific productivity. https://ja.ma/3FLvqHS

Congrats to @suenlw.bsky.social & team (& @amersa.org Board Members!) for receiving the 2024 SAj Most Downloaded Paper Award: " #Methadone Resurgence in Bridging the Treatment Gap in the #Overdose Crisis: Position Statement of #AMERSA, Inc).Science into advocacy! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Hello Bluesky! 📣If you haven't heard it yet, check out our latest episode of "Behind the Evidence" w Dr Ayesha Appa - produced with BMCs Grayken Center for Addiction. We talk with authors about innovative research with real-world practice and policy implications rss.com/podcasts/beh...