Harm Reduction, Human Rights

Have you seen Dr. ’s thread on findings of xylazine being a kappa opioid agonist? Read the full thread here: https://x.com/nabarund/status/1700597099639755076?s=46&t=vV0xpdTj7tW06l2aH6x9dg

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Tweets from Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta that read:
“1 🚨Attention please: Turns out is a kappa opioid. This validates experience from frontline folks and PWUD. Fresh science from collaborators
Pre-print: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Public health 🧵 below”

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“Yes, naloxone “works” on xylazine. But not to gaslight all the frontline folks – it may not reverse sedation but it will cause withdrawal. And it’ll work on fentanyl. Keep using naloxone, and bring back rescue breathing.”

“So, if it’s hard to induct people using fentanyl-xylazine on to , and naloxone causes xyl withdrawal, why are we using Suboxone when Subutex is available and doesn’t contain naloxone?”]

If you’ve followed , you know we had to leave Minneapolis College due to harassment. When Minneapolis SSDP became inactive, we continued to share information to keep folks up to date with major changes in MN. This is a new page to share and educate on drug policy, harm reduction, and human rights. More coming soon!