
Alicia Ventura
@aliciasventura
Public health person. Substance use & impact of/on social support system. Advocate for social justice, #harmreduction, compassionate care, & upstream solutions.
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01-04-2013 02:24:41
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When I tweeted this almost 5 years ago a lot of conservatives said it was āabsurdā and āsilly.ā However, you cannot change the legal status of embryos and fetuses without impacting every aspect of the law that applies to a legal āperson.ā See Alabama, Georgia, and even Virginia.




Proud of Paul Christine and Sarah Bagley (she/her) for testifying this afternoon for the US Senate Finance Committee on how medicare & medicaid can improve SUD care. BMC Addiction Medicine Fellowship Grayken Center for Addiction Denver Health finance.senate.gov/hearings/closiā¦



Looking for a science and harm reduction based educational group to refer family members affected by a loved oneās substance use? Look no further! Interested folks can email [email protected] to be added to our listserv. Please distribute broadly! #familymatters



Excited to share this labor of love with my wonderful Grayken Center for Addiction OBAT team and the amazing mentor Dr. Richard Saitz : The Impact of COVID-19 on Substance Use and Related... : Journal of Addiction Medicine journals.lww.com/journaladdictiā¦

Very excited to be moderating this tomorrow as part of Grayken Center for Addiction Recovery Month - āA conversation with #family members: The role of loved ones in substance use trajectories.ā Join us for this rock star panel 9/20 1-2 PM ET Boston Medical Center or via Zoom: bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/5409118963?oā¦


Things to remember: -Drug use exists on a spectrum -People are going to do drugs whether you like it or not -Shame + stigma are deadly, much more deadly than what is perceived as ānormalizingā drug use -Your experience/issues with a certain drug is not a 100% universal experience