Tanya R. Sorrell PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN!

Almost like shutting down safe consumption sites and funneling money away from harm reduction and into abstinence grifting makes things less safe and increases harms. This is consistent with decades of data and was completely predictable.

Map showing Washington Heights and East Harlem with highlighted areas: Washington Heights BID and 125th Street BID in red, 5-min walking buffer in orange, and 10-min walking buffer in blue, with OnPoint Washington Heights and OnPoint East Harlem.

Opening of overdose prevention centers in New York City was not associated with significant changes in neighborhood foot traffic or consumer spending, suggesting no observed economic harms near these #HarmReduction sites.

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The Merseyside Experiment: Will UK Recall Its Heroin-Prescribing History? - Filter “The war on drugs has failed,” Zack Polanski told reporters in October 2025. The new leader of the Green Party ...

Visited Merseyside clinic 1987 impressed by prescription pharmaceutical heroin. Today available in <10 countries. Should be more available @sanho.bsky.social
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PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE AUGUST 29, 2025 Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season

THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

Congratulations! Well deserved, you do such great work!

🧵Billions in opioid settlement💰is meant to help curb addiction—but what happens if it’s misspent? Some advocates say state attorneys general should be paying closer attention. Until they do, a crowdsourced database tracking potential misuse could help. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Overdose Prevention Sites | Illinois Harm Reduction and Recovery Coalition Overdose prevention sites, sometimes called safe injection sites or supervised consumption facilities, are evidence-based health resource centers where people can obtain medical assistance, get connec...

We're doing the "OPS Tush Push to 60 Votes!!"
We're at the goal line to pass the Illinois Overdose Prevention Site bill in the House. Click here for more information to get our Representatives to vote Yes for OPS. Saving Lives- that's what we do!
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What’s wild is that this reticence to legalize FTSes mostly disadvantages rich people using cocaine. Yes really.

People using heroin or pressed pills in Texas have (correctly) assumed that fent is in their stuff for years. They’ve adapted.

It’s the finance bros in Dallas getting blindsided now.

School choice is a scam to funnel taxpayer money to private and religious schools…

Implications of Potential Federal Medicaid Reductions for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic | KFF Medicaid is the main source of coverage for adults with opioid use disorder and among those receiving treatment services. Most adults with OUD in Medicaid are eligible through Medicaid expansion.

NEW: As opioid deaths begin trending down, proposed Medicaid cuts could interrupt care. Data show that Medicaid is key in the opioid response—covering 47% of all adults w/OUD, 56% of those receiving medication, and 64% receiving outpatient care. See @kff.org brief: www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

Ask your provider to write you a 3- month supply of your medication. For over the counter medications you use, you can buy larger portion sizes of the generic versions.

Testifying for Illinois HB2929- Overdose Prevention Sites, HB7215- 5NP Ear Acupuncture, and HB4039- the HOPE Act- to provide appropriate services for mental health and substance use with Harm Reduction. Let's put the CARE back into Healthcare!

Saving Lives- That's what I do!

The Mental Health & Addiction Committee approved another amendment to HB2929 today that lays out public health reporting parameters.

Overdose prevention sites would be required to submit a detailed report on services provided to the Department of Human Services five years post-launch.

I fear that harm reduction as a sociopolitical ethos is cooked if we can’t sort out intersectionality.

For years I’ve added comments like “it’s awesome but it’s very white, which we need to collectively sort out” to my explanations. I should’ve pushed harder and yelled louder the moment I saw it.

Lawsuit aims to broadly overturn NIH’s grant terminations Multiple groups and NIH-funded scientists challenge agency’s decision as arbitrary and capricious

Breaking news: A new lawsuit seeks to challenge the National Institutes of Health’s decisions to abruptly terminate hundreds of grants, totaling more than $2.4 billion, over the past month. scim.ag/3DZnylL