On #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay we honor, remember & mourn the beloved & beautiful people we've lost to PREVENTABLE #OD death. We recommit to organizing alongside PWUD for #YestoSCS in #mapoli . Show #OPCsolidarity & demand #SIFMAnow!. #IOAD2024

At least 14,874 people in MA have died of PREVENTABLE OD since 1st #SIFMANOW bill in 2017. #MApoli again made decision, based on stigma & bias NOT evidence to remove #overdosepreventioncenters from SU bill. EVERY OD DEATH IS A POLICY FAILURE & CHOICE!. We demand #YestoSCS!

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Shamefully, #MApoli pols have AGAIN chosen to ignore evidence, deep need & demand for #OverdosePreventionCenters & made the stigma-based decision to remove OPC from their final SUD bill. We'll continue to demand #YESTOSCS & fight alongside people who use drugs for #SIFMANOW!

RT @TehyaRJohnson: I find it very strange when people post things like “IOAD, hashtag police officer/anything related to police” or put con….

RT @MAAPMass: The #mapoli house is on break for another half hour until 7PM. It's the perfect time to reach out to share your support for….

💜TAKE ACTION!💜.It's the final day of the #mapoli leg session. EVERY OVERDOSE DEATH IS A POLICY FAILURE & CHOICE!. Join #SIFMANOW in demanding #mapoli leadership FINALLY say #YestoSCS & include #OPC in substance use bill - people's lives depend on them!.

💜TAKE ACTION💜. Today MA Senate passed a substance use bill incl #OPC!. Tomorrow's the last day of the legislative session. 14,874 people in MA died of PREVENTABLE #Overdose since first #SIFMANOW bill in 2016. Demand #mapoli say #YestoSCS to save lives!.

💜TAKE ACTION! 💜. @Massdph feasiblity report on #overdosepreventioncenters reaffirms what we've long known: OPC saves lives!. It's time for @MassGovernor & legislative leadership to take urgent action & say #YestoSCS to save lives in #MApoli now!. Info↓.

RT @MAAPMass: Every life is valuable! 1 preventable #overdose is too many!. EVERY OVERDOSE DEATH IS A POLICY FAILURE & CHOICE!. We've deman….

RT @MassBailFund: #YestoSCS !.

💜Action Alert! 💜. Tomorrow @MassDPH will release recent #OD data. One preventable death is too many!. EVERY OD DEATH IS A POLICY FAILURE & CHOICE! . Demand @MassGovernor & #MApoli say #YEStoSCS & authorize #overdosepreventioncenters to save lives NOW!.

RT @MAAPMass: This ↓ is what you call "doubling down" on public health.@MayorWu!?! Your cops lined up in front of healthcare facilities tha….

RT @MAAPMass: Study of @_OnPointNYC affirms siting OPC where most needed doesn't lead to ↑ crime/disorder. If @MayorWu truly cared about pe….

Panels of experts (legal, medical & public health) & other legislators have spent time educating Sen Collins, who is clearly information resistant & sharing mis-info. We must not allow 1 committee member to enable more preventable #overdose deaths. #mapoli needs #YEStoSCS now!.

Youth organizers from Pa'lante #TransformativeJustice shared shared experience of growing up in Holyoke & seeing many people are using drugs & experiencing #overdose in public & deep need for #MApoli to say #YEStoSCS to keep ALL in their community safe.

We've missed testimony from a few folks. There are over 70 people signed up to testify in person & virtually at the #MApoli #YestoSCS hearing so we hope to capture the range of testimony but unfortunately won't be able to capture all.

#CambMA Councilor @Marc_C_McGovern shares his personal experience visiting OPCs in Montreal where overdoses were reversed swiftly. He notes 111 people died of preventable #overdose in Cambridge in 2022 & that City Manager supports but needs #mapoli to say #YEStoSCS .

#MApoli Northwestern DA Dave Sullivan, who has testified in support at OPC hearings in the past, once again shares his full support for #YEStoSCS and quotes MLK, "The time is always right to do the right thing".

Somerville Mayor @katjballantyne shares they are ready to open an OPC but need the legal protections legislation would offer staff & clients. She has visited @OnPoint & saw the benefits firsthand. #MApoli must say #YEStoSCS to enable municipalities to save lives now!.

We're at the MA Joint Committee on MH, SU & Recovery hearing on #overdose prevention centers. 12,794 people in MA died since we partnered w/MA leg members to introduce 1st OPC bill in 2016. There have been 0 deaths at an OPC. #MApoli MUST say #YestoSCS to save lives NOW!