JEPPDX
@jeppdx.bsky.social
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@jeppdx.bsky.social
· Dec 19
2020 brought skyrocketing overdose & poisoning deaths from fentanyl. Adolescents were especially impacted due to naivety about fentanyl & fake pills. Our young adults are leading the way down, but there's more work to do.
Help bend the curve.
Visit songforcharlie.org and thenewdrugtalk.org
Help bend the curve.
Visit songforcharlie.org and thenewdrugtalk.org
Watch La Estrella youtu.be/Q9u0q8JE0r0 :powerful centerpiece of La Nueva Drug Talk, Song for Charlie's fentanyl awareness & mental health resource for Latino families.
Awareness, education, family, community r vital upstream parts in reducing subst use harms.
www.lanuevadrugtalk.org/en/page/la-e...
Awareness, education, family, community r vital upstream parts in reducing subst use harms.
www.lanuevadrugtalk.org/en/page/la-e...
La Estrella - Film (English Subtitles)
YouTube video by Song for Charlie
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Watch La Estrella youtu.be/Q9u0q8JE0r0 :powerful centerpiece of La Nueva Drug Talk, Song for Charlie's fentanyl awareness & mental health resource for Latino families.
Awareness, education, family, community r vital upstream parts in reducing subst use harms.
www.lanuevadrugtalk.org/en/page/la-e...
Awareness, education, family, community r vital upstream parts in reducing subst use harms.
www.lanuevadrugtalk.org/en/page/la-e...
I’m proud to be part of this amazing team at Song for Charlie, whose programs highlight the emerging dangers of self-medication and casual drug use in the fentanyl era and encourage healthier strategies for coping with stress.
www.songforcharlie.org/page/sfc-our...
www.songforcharlie.org/page/sfc-our...
Our Team
www.songforcharlie.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I’m proud to be part of this amazing team at Song for Charlie, whose programs highlight the emerging dangers of self-medication and casual drug use in the fentanyl era and encourage healthier strategies for coping with stress.
www.songforcharlie.org/page/sfc-our...
www.songforcharlie.org/page/sfc-our...
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Emotional regulation, coping strategies, refusal techniques and resilience are tools that help youth navigate pressure/stress without turning to substances. Prevention isn’t just about avoiding harm; it’s about filling lives with meaning, purpose & pride.
www.thenationalcouncil.org/substance-us...
www.thenationalcouncil.org/substance-us...
Prevention Isn’t What It Used to Be, and That’s Progress
Substance use prevention has changed. Gone are the days of simplistic school assemblies that failed to address real-world challenges.
www.thenationalcouncil.org
August 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Emotional regulation, coping strategies, refusal techniques and resilience are tools that help youth navigate pressure/stress without turning to substances. Prevention isn’t just about avoiding harm; it’s about filling lives with meaning, purpose & pride.
www.thenationalcouncil.org/substance-us...
www.thenationalcouncil.org/substance-us...
Per CDC data, leading causes of U.S. death for 2024 for those under age 50. In total, drugs are far ahead of cancer and nearly twice as high as guns in total, suicide, homicide, car accidents, etc. But different leaders at single ages.
Reducing preventable deaths requires policy change.
Reducing preventable deaths requires policy change.
July 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Per CDC data, leading causes of U.S. death for 2024 for those under age 50. In total, drugs are far ahead of cancer and nearly twice as high as guns in total, suicide, homicide, car accidents, etc. But different leaders at single ages.
Reducing preventable deaths requires policy change.
Reducing preventable deaths requires policy change.
Today, the state of Oregon that spends only 2% of $1B substance spend on preventing use & addiction, with near highest adolescent substance use rates in the U.S., with 1/3 of young adults <25 needing treatment and only 15% receiving it…..finally woke up to the need for primary prevention. 👏👏👏
June 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Today, the state of Oregon that spends only 2% of $1B substance spend on preventing use & addiction, with near highest adolescent substance use rates in the U.S., with 1/3 of young adults <25 needing treatment and only 15% receiving it…..finally woke up to the need for primary prevention. 👏👏👏
Long overdue in Oregon: an upstream focus to prevent/delay/reduce drug use & addiction, focused on youth.
OR has some of the worst youth rates of use, SUD, perception of harm, & mental health challenges in the U.S…fueling the crisis and causing massive harm.
www.thelundreport.org/content/lawm...
OR has some of the worst youth rates of use, SUD, perception of harm, & mental health challenges in the U.S…fueling the crisis and causing massive harm.
www.thelundreport.org/content/lawm...
Lawmakers poised to give Oregon a strategy to prevent drug use, addiction, especially in young people
A bill being considered by budget writers would mark a crucial step forward in a state struggling to tackle the drug crisis, supporters say
www.thelundreport.org
June 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Long overdue in Oregon: an upstream focus to prevent/delay/reduce drug use & addiction, focused on youth.
OR has some of the worst youth rates of use, SUD, perception of harm, & mental health challenges in the U.S…fueling the crisis and causing massive harm.
www.thelundreport.org/content/lawm...
OR has some of the worst youth rates of use, SUD, perception of harm, & mental health challenges in the U.S…fueling the crisis and causing massive harm.
www.thelundreport.org/content/lawm...
Amazing job by @brianmannadk.bsky.social reporting on youth drug deaths.
Age 20-24 broke the mold, beat fentanyl, returned to 10 yrs prior. Teens coming down, room to go, upstream mitigations needed.
We need more answers on "how". Inside these data lie insights that will save lives. (1/3)
Age 20-24 broke the mold, beat fentanyl, returned to 10 yrs prior. Teens coming down, room to go, upstream mitigations needed.
We need more answers on "how". Inside these data lie insights that will save lives. (1/3)
June 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Amazing job by @brianmannadk.bsky.social reporting on youth drug deaths.
Age 20-24 broke the mold, beat fentanyl, returned to 10 yrs prior. Teens coming down, room to go, upstream mitigations needed.
We need more answers on "how". Inside these data lie insights that will save lives. (1/3)
Age 20-24 broke the mold, beat fentanyl, returned to 10 yrs prior. Teens coming down, room to go, upstream mitigations needed.
We need more answers on "how". Inside these data lie insights that will save lives. (1/3)
Great news, but ridiculous we don’t know…and we may cut things that work.
“…changes in illicit drug supply + greater access to treatment + naloxone to seemed to be playing a role, but whether the country could sustain that progress was an open question.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/h...
“…changes in illicit drug supply + greater access to treatment + naloxone to seemed to be playing a role, but whether the country could sustain that progress was an open question.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/h...
May 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Great news, but ridiculous we don’t know…and we may cut things that work.
“…changes in illicit drug supply + greater access to treatment + naloxone to seemed to be playing a role, but whether the country could sustain that progress was an open question.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/h...
“…changes in illicit drug supply + greater access to treatment + naloxone to seemed to be playing a role, but whether the country could sustain that progress was an open question.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/h...
Reposted by JEPPDX
High-potency cannabis use among Oregon’s adolescents is putting them at risk of psychosis and other mental health problems, according to mental health and addiction experts who want the state to adopt policies that will curb underage use.
Addiction experts raise alarm about cannabis use among Oregon’s youth
High-potency cannabis use among Oregon’s adolescents is putting them at risk of psychosis and other mental health problems, according to mental health and addiction experts who want the state to adopt policies that will curb underage use.
www.opb.org
May 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
High-potency cannabis use among Oregon’s adolescents is putting them at risk of psychosis and other mental health problems, according to mental health and addiction experts who want the state to adopt policies that will curb underage use.
Missing it (both):
-Those attributing our drug problem to immigration
-Those dismissing fentanyl as mythical problem
We've lost more Americans to drugs than guns or MVA; < age 50: more than any cause incl cancer.
New research showing 11% report illicit opioid use.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
-Those attributing our drug problem to immigration
-Those dismissing fentanyl as mythical problem
We've lost more Americans to drugs than guns or MVA; < age 50: more than any cause incl cancer.
New research showing 11% report illicit opioid use.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
May 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Missing it (both):
-Those attributing our drug problem to immigration
-Those dismissing fentanyl as mythical problem
We've lost more Americans to drugs than guns or MVA; < age 50: more than any cause incl cancer.
New research showing 11% report illicit opioid use.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
-Those attributing our drug problem to immigration
-Those dismissing fentanyl as mythical problem
We've lost more Americans to drugs than guns or MVA; < age 50: more than any cause incl cancer.
New research showing 11% report illicit opioid use.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
I wonder how public opinion varies. Is seller of suicidal tool culpable enough in the death to receive enhanced penalty? How many say Y or N, no matter the tool? How many split their view if it's fentanyl or a gun? Related, is it a deterrant, "justice", both, neither?
www.denver7.com/news/state-n...
www.denver7.com/news/state-n...
Colorado Supreme Court rules evidence of suicidal intent can be introduced during fentanyl overdose trial
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled that jurors can hear evidence about suicidal intent in a fentanyl distribution case out of El Paso County.
www.denver7.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I wonder how public opinion varies. Is seller of suicidal tool culpable enough in the death to receive enhanced penalty? How many say Y or N, no matter the tool? How many split their view if it's fentanyl or a gun? Related, is it a deterrant, "justice", both, neither?
www.denver7.com/news/state-n...
www.denver7.com/news/state-n...
Thanks @repbonamici.bsky.social for the bi-partisan FACTS Act which will reduce the harms of fentanyl to young people.
“Upstream awareness, education, & primary prevention efforts are largely untapped mitigations with huge potential.”
bonamici.house.gov/media/press-...
“Upstream awareness, education, & primary prevention efforts are largely untapped mitigations with huge potential.”
bonamici.house.gov/media/press-...
Bonamici Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Educate Students About Danger of Accidental Fentanyl Poisoning
WASHINGTON, DC [5/1/25] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced bipartisan legislation based on a successful Oregon program to protect students from accidental fentanyl poisoning.
bonamici.house.gov
May 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thanks @repbonamici.bsky.social for the bi-partisan FACTS Act which will reduce the harms of fentanyl to young people.
“Upstream awareness, education, & primary prevention efforts are largely untapped mitigations with huge potential.”
bonamici.house.gov/media/press-...
“Upstream awareness, education, & primary prevention efforts are largely untapped mitigations with huge potential.”
bonamici.house.gov/media/press-...
Some perspective.
If you reflexively find yourself staunchly lining up behind any and all efforts to protect the U.S. from only a subset of guns, drugs, or infectious disease, ask yourself if your views are consistent.
We could use a lot more critical thinking and less hive-mind.
If you reflexively find yourself staunchly lining up behind any and all efforts to protect the U.S. from only a subset of guns, drugs, or infectious disease, ask yourself if your views are consistent.
We could use a lot more critical thinking and less hive-mind.
April 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Some perspective.
If you reflexively find yourself staunchly lining up behind any and all efforts to protect the U.S. from only a subset of guns, drugs, or infectious disease, ask yourself if your views are consistent.
We could use a lot more critical thinking and less hive-mind.
If you reflexively find yourself staunchly lining up behind any and all efforts to protect the U.S. from only a subset of guns, drugs, or infectious disease, ask yourself if your views are consistent.
We could use a lot more critical thinking and less hive-mind.
Reposted by JEPPDX
Today, April 29, is Fentanyl Awareness Day. While overdose deaths are down from record highs, too many young lives are still at risk from fake prescription pills made with fentanyl. Learn how you can help protect our communities at fentanylawarenessday.org.
#NFAD2025
#NFAD2025
April 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Today, April 29, is Fentanyl Awareness Day. While overdose deaths are down from record highs, too many young lives are still at risk from fake prescription pills made with fentanyl. Learn how you can help protect our communities at fentanylawarenessday.org.
#NFAD2025
#NFAD2025
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On National Fentanyl Awareness Day … balancing this “genuinely good news” (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) —
-26.5% change (national decline) in drug overdose deaths [Nov23-Nov24] —
with the heartbreaking number of more than 80,000 deaths embedded in that statistic 💔
🧪🛟
www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vs...
-26.5% change (national decline) in drug overdose deaths [Nov23-Nov24] —
with the heartbreaking number of more than 80,000 deaths embedded in that statistic 💔
🧪🛟
www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vs...
April 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
On National Fentanyl Awareness Day … balancing this “genuinely good news” (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) —
-26.5% change (national decline) in drug overdose deaths [Nov23-Nov24] —
with the heartbreaking number of more than 80,000 deaths embedded in that statistic 💔
🧪🛟
www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vs...
-26.5% change (national decline) in drug overdose deaths [Nov23-Nov24] —
with the heartbreaking number of more than 80,000 deaths embedded in that statistic 💔
🧪🛟
www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vs...
Early results show more than 70% of people with opioid use disorder who started buprenorphine via Downtown Emergency Service Center’s new method made it to their second month of treatment, more than tripling the numbers
@seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
@seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
A potential ‘game changer’ for fentanyl addiction
A new way of administering buprenorphine is helping people who struggled with or feared the excruciating side effects of other methods.
www.seattletimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Early results show more than 70% of people with opioid use disorder who started buprenorphine via Downtown Emergency Service Center’s new method made it to their second month of treatment, more than tripling the numbers
@seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
@seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Underneath the positive news about reductions in drug od death and concerns that it can't be sustained with expected cuts to vital mitigations, there's this very hopeful long-term trend:
Young Adults 20-24 mirrored the whole population death rates for ~20 years, but have broken that trend.
Young Adults 20-24 mirrored the whole population death rates for ~20 years, but have broken that trend.
April 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Underneath the positive news about reductions in drug od death and concerns that it can't be sustained with expected cuts to vital mitigations, there's this very hopeful long-term trend:
Young Adults 20-24 mirrored the whole population death rates for ~20 years, but have broken that trend.
Young Adults 20-24 mirrored the whole population death rates for ~20 years, but have broken that trend.
Read @brianmannadk.bsky.social on risk of Medicaid cuts slashing addiction treatment, in particular this key point:
"Speaker Johnson suggested young men, who are highly vulnerable to drug addiction and account for the vast majority of U.S. OD deaths, should not qualify for Medicaid insurance."
"Speaker Johnson suggested young men, who are highly vulnerable to drug addiction and account for the vast majority of U.S. OD deaths, should not qualify for Medicaid insurance."
April 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Read @brianmannadk.bsky.social on risk of Medicaid cuts slashing addiction treatment, in particular this key point:
"Speaker Johnson suggested young men, who are highly vulnerable to drug addiction and account for the vast majority of U.S. OD deaths, should not qualify for Medicaid insurance."
"Speaker Johnson suggested young men, who are highly vulnerable to drug addiction and account for the vast majority of U.S. OD deaths, should not qualify for Medicaid insurance."
U.S. is losing 20+ high schoolers/wk to fentanyl, after their deaths grew faster than all others & reducing slower now.
Many aspects as complex as they are for the whole crisis; some, more simple: upstream investments in education & prevention matter.
Hope in here.
www.koin.com/video/the-ne...
Many aspects as complex as they are for the whole crisis; some, more simple: upstream investments in education & prevention matter.
Hope in here.
www.koin.com/video/the-ne...
The Next Generation: Breaking Fentanyl's Grip
The Next Generation: Breaking Fentanyls Grip
www.koin.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
U.S. is losing 20+ high schoolers/wk to fentanyl, after their deaths grew faster than all others & reducing slower now.
Many aspects as complex as they are for the whole crisis; some, more simple: upstream investments in education & prevention matter.
Hope in here.
www.koin.com/video/the-ne...
Many aspects as complex as they are for the whole crisis; some, more simple: upstream investments in education & prevention matter.
Hope in here.
www.koin.com/video/the-ne...
Oregon has the 3rd highest rate of youth SUD & the 3rd highest rate of teen drug deaths.
Yet...less than 2% of OR spending on related services went to youth prevention.
The all-consuming debate about criminal justice has obscured our deeper problems.
www.portlandtribune.com/news/trio-of...
Yet...less than 2% of OR spending on related services went to youth prevention.
The all-consuming debate about criminal justice has obscured our deeper problems.
www.portlandtribune.com/news/trio-of...
Trio of bills aims to address Oregon's failure to equip youths with needed tools against drugs
Young Oregonians experience more substance use disorder and fatal overdoses than their counterparts in almost any other state.
www.portlandtribune.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Oregon has the 3rd highest rate of youth SUD & the 3rd highest rate of teen drug deaths.
Yet...less than 2% of OR spending on related services went to youth prevention.
The all-consuming debate about criminal justice has obscured our deeper problems.
www.portlandtribune.com/news/trio-of...
Yet...less than 2% of OR spending on related services went to youth prevention.
The all-consuming debate about criminal justice has obscured our deeper problems.
www.portlandtribune.com/news/trio-of...
Some of my neighbors in Oregon believe this process is unfair/unhealthy to people who use drugs. Most of the country likely sees it as caring and more lenient than in their communities.
Consistently good reporting from @bbotkin.bsky.social on our situation.
Consistently good reporting from @bbotkin.bsky.social on our situation.
So @bbotkin.bsky.social spent seven months traipsing across the state, taking the pulse of the state's new approach to addiction. Here's Part 1 on the Portland area's response to addiction: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/17/m...
Moving beyond addiction: Portland-area advocates, police see signs of improvement • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon counties mount push against drug addiction with a new approach, but results are slow to come immediately.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Some of my neighbors in Oregon believe this process is unfair/unhealthy to people who use drugs. Most of the country likely sees it as caring and more lenient than in their communities.
Consistently good reporting from @bbotkin.bsky.social on our situation.
Consistently good reporting from @bbotkin.bsky.social on our situation.
Policy change & investments that "free buprenorphine" (Suboxone) together with a much greater emphasis on evidence-based primary prevention would make a significant difference on the demand side of our OD crisis. Supply-side or harm reduction only won't do it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/m...
An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More? (Gift Article)
A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted?
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Policy change & investments that "free buprenorphine" (Suboxone) together with a much greater emphasis on evidence-based primary prevention would make a significant difference on the demand side of our OD crisis. Supply-side or harm reduction only won't do it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/m...
@nickkristof.bsky.social directly on target how we should be thinking about the demand side of our U.S. drug problem, with concrete ideas. More prevention, earlier intervention, treatment on demand, denormalize drug use without stigmatizing users in need.
A pal of mine here in Oregon, Drew, was using & selling fentanyl, all while shoplifting on an industrial scale. I argue that both left and right have failed America on drugs, and that our West Coast liberal "compassion" and tolerance amounted to permissiveness that made things worse. bit.ly/42OMhTW
Opinion | Finding a Way Back From Fentanyl (Gift Article)
A friend’s journey through drugs and homelessness was aggravated by West Coast decriminalization. There’s a better path forward.
bit.ly
February 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
@nickkristof.bsky.social directly on target how we should be thinking about the demand side of our U.S. drug problem, with concrete ideas. More prevention, earlier intervention, treatment on demand, denormalize drug use without stigmatizing users in need.
🎯 @nickkristof.bsky.social
“Conservatives resisted the social safety net that might have helped him in childhood, liberals coddled him w a nonjudgmental tolerance that mired him in addiction. Whatever our politics, we all need a rethink.”
@nickkristof.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
“Conservatives resisted the social safety net that might have helped him in childhood, liberals coddled him w a nonjudgmental tolerance that mired him in addiction. Whatever our politics, we all need a rethink.”
@nickkristof.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
Opinion | Finding a Way Back From Fentanyl (Gift Article)
A friend’s journey through drugs and homelessness was aggravated by West Coast decriminalization. There’s a better path forward.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🎯 @nickkristof.bsky.social
“Conservatives resisted the social safety net that might have helped him in childhood, liberals coddled him w a nonjudgmental tolerance that mired him in addiction. Whatever our politics, we all need a rethink.”
@nickkristof.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
“Conservatives resisted the social safety net that might have helped him in childhood, liberals coddled him w a nonjudgmental tolerance that mired him in addiction. Whatever our politics, we all need a rethink.”
@nickkristof.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...