#DOJ cancels grants for #GunViolence & #addiction prevention, #victim #advocacy

In an email to staff, the head of the Justice Department’s Office of #Justice Programs said the canceled grants did not align with #Trump administration priorities.

#law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/22/justice-department-grants-canceled/

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/national-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-youth-cuts-rfk-jr-hhs/

In light of this news, please share this resource:

http://www.dontcallthepolice.com

It is a nationwide directory of non-carceral/judicial resources to call for conflict resolution, emergency mental health, domestic violence, addiction and housing assistance.

New Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes
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The legislation follows a ProPublica and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting investigation on a $2 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking drug and alcohol treatment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

New Toaster Merch - https://shop.pirek.de - #internet #computer #gamer #gaming #addiction #socialmedia

Naloxone should be widely distributed for free, but at least it's a bit more accessible now for folks in California. It can be purchased here:

https://calrxnaloxone.com/

"Any Californian can purchase naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication, directly from the state at a discounted price, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Monday.

"The medication is available online for $24 for a two-pack of the nasal spray, roughly half the market price of the drug. Previously, the discount was available only to government organizations and businesses."

https://calmatters.org/health/2025/04/naloxone-opioid-overdose-discount/

Videogame: dopamina facile e ambiente senza droghe o alcol

#riemersione #anguilla83 #blogger #blog #videogames #videogiochi #riflessioni #dipendenze #dipendenzepatologiche #addiction #alcolismo #tossicodipendenza #trovareamici #interessi #solitudine

https://riemersione.blogspot.com/2024/03/videogame-dopamina-facile-e-ambiente.html

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rfk-jr-heroin-addict/
#RFKJr #HHS #Healthcare #Addiction #AntiVax

What did dopamine do to deserve this?

https://cognitivewonderland.substack.com/p/what-did-dopamine-do-to-deserve-this?utm_source=activity_item

A guest post I did for tommy Blanchard's Cognitive Wonderland blog, about the surreal vilification of a vital neurotransmitter, and how this is having negative consequences for us all.

Dominic Lawson is a pratt, more inconsequential one than his father. However broken clocks etc..

In this case opioids. It was an epidemic homegrown, supported by US companies and at least in the beginning aided and abetted by the medical ‘industry’ and the judiciary. Capitalism on the rampage and hang the consequences.

http://archive.today/2025.04.19-231540/https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/us-malaise-entirely-homemade-trump-tariffs-trade-war-zh5d0zhdm

Incidentally the obscenely rich family who owned the drug pushers are still obscenely rich.

Adjunctive ketamine vs. buprenorphine in co-occurring major depressive disorder and opioid use disorder: a randomized, double-blind clinical trial assessing anxiety symptom severity and craving intensity (Mansoori, et al, 2025) #ketamine #addiction #recovery #opioids #depression #anxiety #ketaminetherapy #buprenorphine #psychedelic #psychedelics #psychedelicresearch #mentalhealth https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40247293/

After years of epidemic, the good news on overdose deaths is both pronounced and widespread. Not only did 46 states report a decline, the total number of deaths dropped by more than 27,000 in one year. #opiods #addiction #solutions

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2025/0417/opioid-overdose-decline-north-carolina-california?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into MONITOR SOLUTIONS @monitor-solutions-csmonitor

https://www.europesays.com/uk/29734/ GLP1 agonists linked to depression risk in new genetic study #addiction #Chronic #Depression #Dopamine #Drugs #Genes #Genetic #Genetics #GLP1 #Glucagon #GlucagonLikePeptide1 #Medicine #neuropharmacology #Receptor #Research #Science #SubstanceUseDisorder #UK #UnitedKingdom

Mental Health & Addiction

Saturday, April 19, 10am–4pm PST
Jodo Shinshu Center, Berkeley (or via Zoom)

This event will examine mental health and addiction from a Buddhist perspective. The guest speakers for this seminar will be Rev. Dr. Carmela Javellana and Rev. Landon Yamaoka.
#buddhism #buddhist #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #engagedbuddhism #mentalhealth #addiction
http://tinyurl.com/BCAWellness

OK. Just binged FEEL GOOD season 1 + have to add it to my #rebcommendations. Two seasons about the Canadian Mae Martin as Mae Martin, a comedian that struggles with gender issues, priviledges, and relationsships.

"“It’s so frustrating that so much of identity is about comparison,” Martin says. “I just feel like myself. I don’t even feel nonbinary. I just wake up, have a coffee and go to work.”" <333
-- Quoted from this interview:
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/mae-martin-interview-2022

Point Douglas residents question proposed consumption site location
The proposed location for the site is 200 Disraeli Freeway. Housing, Addictions and Homelessness minister Bernadette Smith says the site will include supports.
#housing #politics #addiction #homelessness #PointDouglas #200DisraeliFreeway
https://globalnews.ca/news/11133625/point-douglas-residents-proposed-consumption-site-location/

Point Douglas residents question proposed consumption site location
The proposed location for the site is 200 Disraeli Freeway. Housing, Addictions and Homelessness minister Bernadette Smith says the site will include supports.
#housing #politics #addiction #homelessness #PointDouglas #200DisraeliFreeway
https://globalnews.ca/news/11133625/point-douglas-residents-proposed-consumption-site-location/