Toughest Team Wins!!!!

We believe that permanent supportive housing is the best solution to address chronic homelessness in America. And we also believe that this solution has room for improvement. Our latest in @Health_Affairs led by the phenomenal @SudhakarNuti, +@LoganAdams03 & the legendary James

In their new Forefront article @SudhakarNuti @davidevelasqu @LoganAdams03 + James O'Connell of @NYCHealthSystem @BrighamWomens @DukeMedSchool + @BHCHP say how Permanent Supportive Housing w/ a Housing First approach is the best way to address homelessness.

“The choice is between creating centers where people can not die from overdose versus [...] die behind bedroom doors down the hall from their parents, in public restrooms & alleyways.” - Sr. Medical Director for Substance Use Disorders, @DrSarahWakeman. We need legislation. ⬇️

Grateful to @BostonGlobe for elevating the urgent need to make #methadone - a lifesaving medication - available through doctors' offices and pharmacies. https://t.co/UJtZ6ldS4Y via

With #NationalAddictionTreatmentWeek being last week I’m pleased to introduce a new facet to our mobile program. Project MAPS will provide mobile addiction & primary care services in collaboration with the DOC. Thrilled to have @LoganAdams03 as our addiction medicine physician!

10 things we've learned from the National Recovery Study: A full compilation of ten key findings from the MGH Recovery Research Institute's National Recovery Study (NRS) | #RecoveryMonth #AddictionRecovery #recovery #RecoveryThroughScience

Buprenorphine is a lifesaving medication approved for pregnant people w/ opioid use disorder. Patients on this medication are 50% less likely to die of a fatal overdose. But the drug war gives parents w/ 2 options: 1) overdose, or 2) lose your kids. https://t.co/YZz0umOSnK

So excited to share my essay in @washingtonpost @madebyhistory. Nixon-era, War on Drugs politics are to blame for the stigma and inaccessibility of methadone, one of the most effective medications for opioid addiction. https://t.co/espOGFGl62

This large cohort study of people experiencing homelessness revealed a widening all-cause mortality gap with the general population over 16 years.

Currently, I have patients (multiple) needing surgery on dead limbs due to frostbite AND patients (multiple) hospitalized with severe burns from propane-fueled tent fires. Being homeless means you’re damned if you do AND if you don’t. It’s life threatening either way.

🚨Important @JAMANetwork pub🚨 "Drug Overdose Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness, 2003 to 2018" by @daniellefineMD @dickins_kirsten @loganadamsmd https://t.co/5cq1ltPB2n

In 2020, nearly 92,000 people fatally overdosed. When I asked @DrSarahWakeman why that happened, she blamed "failed policies" and stigma and said, "No one should die from an overdose." https://t.co/SzUH9AdedU

1 in 4. The rate at which #overdose accounts for deaths in Boston's #homeless population as shown in research by @JessieGaeta @TPBaggett @JoeWrightMD @loganadamsmd @dickins_kirsten @daniellefineMD https://t.co/G1NHUgOnuZ

Overdose and homelessness🧵: in @JAMANetworkOpen @daniellefineMD & colleagues (I was a minor contributor) show how overdose patterns have worsened and changed, with specific analysis by race/ethnicity. Background, and paper:/1

In this cohort study of people experiencing homelessness, drug overdose accounted for 1 in 4 deaths, with synthetic opioid and polysubstance involvement becoming predominant contributors to mortality in recent years.