Sydney Sauer
@sydneyasauer
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PhD student @HarvardSoc & alum @OhioState
Cambridge, MA
Joined September 2024
How does the public perceive fentanyl overdose victims?. My work published recently in @socscimed suggests continued public narratives of "personal choice" despite the push for medicalization & harm reduction approaches. Read:
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RT @CiannaPiercey: Big thank you to @sydneyasauer and @Filtermag_org for covering our recent work on the use of reagent test kits and fenta….
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RT @Filtermag_org: "All 7 test strips reliably detected the presence of xylazine, even at very small doses and under extreme conditions," r….
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Xylazine has emerged as a major adulterant in the unregulated drug supply in recent years. Initially common in certain cities ...
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RT @Filtermag_org: If you survey pharmacists on whether they readily provide supplies like syringes, "it’s easy for a person to say yes or….
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Since the Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone in 2023, pharmacies nationwide have stocked their shelves with the ...
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RT @Filtermag_org: Community-based "bad batch" alert systems and the algorithmic methods increasingly favored by public health to predict o….
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In 2020, Ohio-based nonprofit the SOAR Initiative launched a pioneering “bad batch” alert system. Its platform allows anyone to submit ...
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RT @Filtermag_org: Researchers interviewed 100 people who use drugs across British Columbia. Their experiences reflected multiple issues—in….
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Since the inception of British Columbia’s drug decriminalization policy, which took effect in January 2023, harm reduction advocates have debated ...
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RT @Filtermag_org: Researchers compared composition of drugs bought on the dark web with those purchased offline. Their results—re purity/….
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Buying drugs on the dark web is often seen as a safer alternative to navigating an unpredictable, adulterated local supply. ...
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RT @KwekuOA: Data science for economists is a game-changer! 🚀 Master version control, web scraping, spatial analysis, workflow, project man….
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Grateful to @Filtermag_org for sharing the results of my recent study in @socscimed. So important for substance use researchers to translate our academic findings for harm reduction practitioners, who are out there doing the work to reduce stigma. Check it out!.
Over 1,400 people responded to fictional overdose obituaries. Key details were varied to discover which traits made participants more likely to assign blame to the victim. Study author @sydneyasauer describes her findings, and the stigma they illustrate:.
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Starting fresh with a new account! If we haven't met, I'm a 1st yr sociology PhD student at Harvard studying cultural soc & micro macro linkage. Excited to finally join academic twitter 👋.
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