I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others Humanist | Emergency+Addiction Medicine | Health policy and advocacy | Health technology and innovation | Views my own (he/him)
"There is pre-clinical evidence to support the claim that naloxone has very limited effects when buprenorphine is present. First, though naloxone can displace most opioids due to its relatively high binding affinity, buprenorphine has a 10-fold greater binding affinity for the μ opioid receptor..."
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govI haven't been inspired by a surf movie in a long time. Also, that I grew up surfing in the same lineup as these guys (and based on age, probably next to them without knowing it) probably adds to that as well, but still I think it's great and you should watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq-3...
There Is A Surf Spot In The Most Remote Part Of The United StatesYouTube video by Fielder Filmswww.youtube.comThis has been the modus operandi of the current SF administration since the beginning. Politics and image, unwillingness to listen to the people actually doing the work. And the pseudoliberals in SF are praising him for exactly the things they claim to hate.
Scott HechingerThe courts want this because they care about expediency over fairness. Speed over support. Punishment is cheaper to administer than actual care. Easier than doing the work. But it makes the city less safe. That is what the SF Sheriff — who runs the jail — tried to tell them.
What @tom.medsky.social said. People who use or used drugs are equally human deserving of respect and dignity. Can we please not do this punching down on people with substance use disorders, please?
Michael Scott's Dramatic Thank YouALT: Michael Scott's Dramatic Thank Youstatic.klipy.comThomas [DARK MODE], DOI feel like we have to do this all the time... I don't care that RFK did drugs. Plenty of people have done drugs without dismantling decades of public trust in health and science. People with substance use disorder get stigmatized enough. H/t @epiren.bsky.social
I spent much of my fellowship from 2019-2020 researching and writing about the dangers of private equity in healthcare. Many even within healthcare didn’t see the writing on the wall or understand what was happening and, admittedly, a lot of other important things happened in healthcare that year.
Mother JonesMissed payments. Slashed staffing. Broken security. A patient who froze to death on the roof of a hospital. Inside American Healthcare System, the for-profit healthcare behemoth driving hospitals around the country to financial chaos.
The level of corruption from this administration is unprecedented. Again, we have a Watergate level scandal every single day and our feckless leaders are unwilling to do anything about it (those that are actually still alive and showing up to work).
The IntellectualistHundreds of millions of dollars generated by the sale of Venezuelan oil are now sitting outside the U.S. Treasury, held in offshore custodial accounts that include at least one in Qatar. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/hundreds-o...