Harm Reduction & Addiction

Harm Reduction & Addiction

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Check out Glo V. 🧡 (@nalgonapride) on Linkme
Check out Glo V. 🧡 (@nalgonapride) on Linkme
Discover Glo V. 🧡 on LinkMe: A dissident eating disorder educator who walked away from the recovery industry. For over a decade, NPP has centered the effects of settler colonialism on body image and disordered eating. Placing community as real expertise, NPP draws on Indigenous knowledge and harm reduction to reimagine mental health and food relations.
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Check out Glo V. 🧡 (@nalgonapride) on Linkme
These 3 women in addiction recovery say help, not handcuffs, could have changed their lives
These 3 women in addiction recovery say help, not handcuffs, could have changed their lives
Being caught in a constant “hamster wheel” without any help is how Tracy Bechard remembers a time when she was addicted to drugs, getting arrested and wondering what supports existed for her. She's is reacting to a policy change at Windsor police where officers have been instructed to arrest and charge anyone they see openly using illegal drugs
Indigenous Harm Reduction
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These 3 women in addiction recovery say help, not handcuffs, could have changed their lives
Drug Data Decoded (@drugdatadecoded) • Instagram photo
Drug Data Decoded (@drugdatadecoded) • Instagram photo
547 likes, 8 comments - drugdatadecoded on August 11, 2026: "SCOOP Story 👆 via profile It took nearly two years, but Drug Data Decoded finally obtained 650 pages of internal correspondence detailing the steps Health Canada took to disappear the Expert Advisory Group reports on medicalized safe supply and compassion clubs. Full story: https://drugdatadecoded.ca/how-health-canada-buried-the-safe-supply-expert-reviews-amid-a-manufactured-moral-panic-2/".
Safe Consumption & Policy
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Drug Data Decoded (@drugdatadecoded) • Instagram photo
A systematic review found that higher lifelong exposure to cannabis and the younger someone was when they started smoking weed—or ingesting marijuana via edibles—was associated with cannabis-induced alterations to cerebellum structure and function, with deficits in memory and decision making
A systematic review found that higher lifelong exposure to cannabis and the younger someone was when they started smoking weed—or ingesting marijuana via edibles—was associated with cannabis-induced alterations to cerebellum structure and function, with deficits in memory and decision making
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Alcohol/Cannabis Articles
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A systematic review found that higher lifelong exposure to cannabis and the younger someone was when they started smoking weed—or ingesting marijuana via edibles—was associated with cannabis-induced alterations to cerebellum structure and function, with deficits in memory and decision making
Even low-level drinking may have negative consequences for brain health over a person’s lifespan. The findings suggest that the total amount of alcohol consumed over a lifetime, especially as a person ages, tends to be linked to reduced blood flow and thinner tissue in certain areas of the brain
Even low-level drinking may have negative consequences for brain health over a person’s lifespan. The findings suggest that the total amount of alcohol consumed over a lifetime, especially as a person ages, tends to be linked to reduced blood flow and thinner tissue in certain areas of the brain
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Alcohol/Cannabis Articles
·reddit.com·
Even low-level drinking may have negative consequences for brain health over a person’s lifespan. The findings suggest that the total amount of alcohol consumed over a lifetime, especially as a person ages, tends to be linked to reduced blood flow and thinner tissue in certain areas of the brain
Scientists discover the brain protein that drives cocaine relapse
Scientists discover the brain protein that drives cocaine relapse
Cocaine addiction isn’t simply a failure of willpower — it’s the result of lasting biological changes in the brain. Researchers at Michigan State University discovered that repeated cocaine use rewires communication between the brain’s reward system and the hippocampus, the region responsible for memory. A protein called DeltaFosB builds up with continued drug use and acts like a genetic switch, altering how neurons function and strengthening the brain’s drive to seek cocaine.
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·sciencedaily.com·
Scientists discover the brain protein that drives cocaine relapse
Pop Buchanan
Pop Buchanan
Pop Buchanan is a New York City native, author, podcaster, and visionary creative force behind Sober Is Dope. As the founder of The Sober Is Dope Podcast , he has inspired millio
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