The drug war isn’t drug prevention The drug war isn’t harm reduction The drug war is interdiction The drug war is about fear The drug war is racist The drug war is killing kids The drug war is destroying lives The drug war is discrimination The drug war is the worst case scenario

Don’t want OD prevention centers? Legalize & regulate drugs. Overdose is easy to prevent when potency & purity is known. How many lives would be saved if a heroin shot was measurable as a tequila shot?

Psych ward switched ALL my meds; withheld Bupe for days & cut dose; added Effexor (making me feel crazy); released me to @hazldnbettyford prog bc of my history but this is about depression, not drugs (like that book—the something of air?) I was/am ravenous to be loved up at home

The psych ward was devoid of normalcy. I didn’t see my kids, wasn’t allowed outside; had no privacy or freedom; no music, friends, phone, internet/email; couldn’t decide when or what to eat, sleep; not a cup of water without permission. That’s not helpful. It’s traumatizing.

I’m out of the (psychiatric) hospital and all fired up to write/talk about my 3 weeks in the absolute nadir of acute inpatient care and stigmatizing double standards. Thank you for your patience, support & love!

I’ve been in a hospital for almost 2 weeks. I don’t have my phone or access to socisl media. this is a fluke. im Alive and getting stronger every day. Because of Andrea. She is a fucking superstar. andree:ilysSFm312.

I woke up in a hospital on New Yrs w no memory of the ambulance or EMTs peeling me off the floor. My wife found me unconscious, severely dehydrated from Covid. I’d been struggling w intense depression; can’t imagine the horror for Andrea. I’m home now. Grateful. Lucky. Trying.