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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If your pain needs an additional 50 mg of morphine to be reduced enough for sleep, that’s not opioid-resistant pain. If your fever needs three Tylenol instead of two to break, it’s not medication-resistant. If you need an additional dose of naloxone to see effect, that’s not naloxone resistance.

A post from KXAN on Instagram: Is cychlorphine in Austin?
EMS says Narcan-resistant overdoses could suggest so

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Aside from the fact that “how many doses of Narcan did this bystander give” is a horrible, terrible, no good metric for opioid potency, Spreading this kind of message is bad public health. It’s not factual and it makes people panic. Panic is destructive to good public health policy and praxis.

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks, @valminett.bsky.social, for the follow! Author - Together, Alone: How a Generation Lost the Art of Connection (2026). Website: www.valminett.com #socialmedia #youthmentalhealth #metasettlement

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@dianemgoldstein.bsky.social following you. Ret. Peace Officer, 🏀⚽️ Fanatic, Abuelita, Potty Mouth, Fur Kids Fan, Tweets r Mine & not an opinion of LEAP.

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@johannhari101.bsky.social following you! Author of 3 New York Times best-selling books, Exec Producer of Oscar-nominated film & 8-part TV series with @samuelljackson. linktr.ee/johannhari #chasingthescream

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

valminett.bsky.social, following you! Val Minett, author of Together, Alone: How a Generation Lost the Art of Connection (Independent; June 2026). #socialmedia #youthmentalhealth www.amazon.com/Together-Alo...

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Contrary to baseless propaganda from law enforcement & misleading research from pharma co., #nalmefene has no proven overdose-reversal advantage compared to #naloxone & has been universally condemned by public health experts for potentially increasing risk of #overdose. filtermag.org/fda-th104-na...

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Now the FDA Wants Nalmefene to Be a Fentanyl-Exposure “Prophylactic"

TH104 is intended for military and first responders to self-administer. The FDA will reportedly accept the application without new trials.

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Issue 4 of Books & Recovery is out! Valuable, informative articles from @momsforallpaths.bsky.social, @sho-walter.bsky.social (Rehab), Lisa Katona Smith (Parallel Recovery), Brandi McCurdy (Do What You Can Live With) & Yäel Bizouati. Interview w/ith @sarahlaurel.bsky.social. booksandrecovery.com

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

“People who struggle with #drugs and #alcohol are already outcasts in so many ways, and it’s easy to further ostracize this population,” said Christopher Kelly, Ph.D., professor of sociology. “One way we do that is through the language [we use].” sjuhawknews.com/38890/news/r...

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Reframing the language around substance use disorder

When Megan Armbruster ’24, M.S. ’26, entered her senior year of high school, she began noticing changes in her mother’s behavior. “She was nodding off at the table, had suspicious friends over,” Armb...

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

“People describe it as the worst experience of their life,” Dr. #CaitlinBonney. “Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Body aches. Muscle aches. They can’t sleep. They want to die bc of this #withdrawal.” And sometimes they do die because of lack of access to care & dehydration. www.tpr.org/2025-09-22/j...?

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Jails struggle to prevent overdose deaths as fentanyl is smuggled in, and treatment isn't available

Jails may seem secure, but people who run them have a very hard time keeping drugs out. Those drugs often lead to overdoses.

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

"Because there are multiple roads to #addiction, there must be multiple paths to #recovery." Thank you, Patricia A. Roos.

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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

"At pivotal times, medical providers could have helped my son," writes Patricia A. Roos. Instead, "we found doctors and nurses chastising Alex for his 'bad choices' and 'lack of will power.'" "At the facilities he resided in, he was simply an 'addict.'"

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Stigma From Medical Providers Contributed to My Son’s Overdose Death

At pivotal times, medical providers could have helped Alex. Instead, they labeled him an "addict" and chastised him for "bad choices."

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

SEPT. 19TH - 21ST. Online and the first day is free. #psychedelics #recovery

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

OCT. 3RD & 4TH - COLORADO SPRINGS - PIKES PEAK DOCUFEST. Shuffle by filmmaker Benjamin Flaherty is in the line-up for Day 2. #substanceuse #recovery #hope #healing www.stoptheshuffle.com

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Mary Beth O'Connor @marybethoconnor.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Sometimes families tell me their loved one, who struggles with substances, tried "everything" because they went to rehab multiple times. When I probe, the problem often is that they never received simultaneous treatment for other co-occurring mental health disorders. #addiction

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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

🎙️ON AIR: We're speaking with @sho-walter.bsky.social, an investigative reporter with @themarshallproject.org, about her new book "Rehab" and the ways people struggling with addiction are exploited for profit. ❓Have you had experience navigating rehab or addiction treatment programs? 📻 Listen:

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Shoshana Walter’s ‘Rehab’ Finds Corruption, Profiteering and Dismal Rates of Recovery In America’s Drug Treatment System | KQED

We talk about the dark side of the rehab industry, the ways patients are exploited for profit and who actually has a chance at recovery in America.

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Rebecca Ponton @booksandrecovery.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Former Palm Beach Co. State Attorney Dave Aronberg talks to Eric Bricker about corruption in the #treatment industry and the potentially deadly practice known as the #floridashuffle. Aronberg's new book, Fighting the Florida Shuffle, is available now. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Fighting the Florida Shuffle with Dave Aronberg

Podcast Episode · The Good Counsel Podcast · 08/05/2025 · 28m

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