Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP

“People [who use drugs] are afraid to access the programs we have because they are afraid to lose their housing, they’re afraid to lose their children, they’re afraid to lose their freedom”

If we want to actually do something about the cartels, we can start by ending the War on Drugs. We already ran this experiment with the mob during Prohibition. Turns out banning things just made organized crime richer. A regulated drug market is safer for everyone.

I hope to see you there!!

The War on Drugs was never about… drugs. Drug use is not a poor problem, or a Black problem. It’s a mental health problem. And a policy problem. NEW: ‘Junkie to Judge’ @marybethoconnor.bsky.social on Drug Use, Addiction, Criminalization, Recovery, and Community 🔗 bit.ly/junkietojudge

My first byline in @latimes.com op-ed! www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

My first byline in @latimes.com op-ed! www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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Welp, nice to see the public opinion finally shifting on this. Some of us didn’t need to see 2 full years of children dying to say something…. I literally had friends/family unfriend me and write nasty notes over this. Wonder where they’re at on this now!

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Here we go again! Typical dangerous misinformation in this article. The symptoms experienced: “shaky hands, dizziness, and hot flashes.” None of these are symptoms of fentanyl overdose. This article also reinforces myths around Halloween candy fentanyl toward the end.

“In case no one has told you lately, you have value. Your contributions to this world have value. Your life has value. What you do for yourself and the people around you matters.” #overdose #recovery #recover #recovered #drugpolicy #harmreduction #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionislove

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@clairezagorski.bsky.social @ryanmarino.bsky.social @stephen-murray.com Now we are expected to believe than officer needed Narcan from a dope bag hitting the outside of his car at 90mph? This may be the all time BS “exposure”claim in history! www.masslive.com/news/2025/10...

Who am I gonna see at DPA?!

“Detectives say traffickers are intentionally making fentanyl in candy-like forms to attract children and young adults in an effort to drive addiction.” Drugs attract young adults because drugs are awesome, offer an escape from violent end stage capitalism, fill mental health treatment voids…

Stephen Murray’s journey to stability began with support, not punishment. Forcing people into treatment can worsen outcomes and increase overdose risk. With high costs and long waitlists, many struggle to get help. That’s why he calls for accessible care grounded in healing, dignity, and safety

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Something to keep an eye on — product moving through FDA fast track for “treatment of acute methamphamine intoxication.” Research is funded by NIH/NIDA. Press release is here: www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

No… they didn’t. Fentanyl misinformation is now an international phenomenon. Paging @ryanmarino.bsky.social

It’s absolute bullshit to say you can’t help people until they stop using. We can and do work on safety, housing, health, and dignity while people use.

If your solution to homelessness doesn’t center on providing housing… you are deeply unserious.

We have seen this strategy used before — I shared a while back a cop in Philadelphia doing this (I reported him and never got a response). Countless people on video giving naloxone to people who are awake. This takes it a step further and is absolutely disgusting. sfstandard.com/2025/09/11/s...

Duolingo is on to me….

imagine spending your life in such a state of fear and paranoia that you consider it reasonable to believe people are poisoning door handles with fentanyl traps, that this is a thing that occurs and you have to watch out for

If you're anxious & awake, it's not opioid OD. You're definitely not overdosing on an opioid if you are capable of driving.... [besides the fact you can't OD on fentanyl by touching it & this ER dr doesn't know what opioid overdose looks like & doesn't know that fentanyl is an opioid]

I spent all weekend glued to this book by @equalityalec.bsky.social — it is an ESSENTIAL read for anyone in drug policy or harm reduction spaces. I have learned so much that my brain actually might explode and I have so much work to do now

For the upteenth time — you are NOT having a fentanyl overdose if you feel hot, panicked, drive yourself to the hospital, receive naloxone while awake, get dizzy. If she really felt like she was going to pass out while driving, it’s incredibly irresponsible to continue driving.

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I’m starting to post more over on IG - feel free to follow there! www.instagram.com/stephenhrnrp

A friend of mine who was 96 passed away last week. I was thinking about how nice it was to finally have a friend who wasn’t 20-40 die. A death where I could say “she lived an amazing and long life!” And smile about it.

This.

I no longer say that every overdose is a policy failure. Every overdose is a policy *decision*.

When politicians show up at your #ioad event… remind them that almost every policy approach to overdose has made it worse and that’s by design.

There is no standard lethal dose of cocaine. Overdose risk depends on many factors… route (snorted, smoked, injected), body weight, tolerance, health status, and what other substances are on board. Someone can die from a few hundred mg while some use multiple grams daily for years without issue.

Out with some of the team planting flags in Boston for #ioad - remembering our dead friends and why we are doing this work.

We have officially made it to the Buzzfeed-style lists chapter of the fascist takeover!

featured by the @adcouncil.bsky.social and @nationalcouncil.bsky.social for Start With Hope campaign — got chance to talk about wellness beyond abstinence and SafeSpot’s greatest strength is we help people feel a sense of value for being themselves. Here is the full ad: youtu.be/Fm1vb-Q6-nU?...

THREAD. A recent poll shows that people in the United States suffer from mass delusion about crime. The results are alarming for Democrats. It should be a massive scandal for mainstream news, and it's a pillar of the authoritarian zeitgeist.

Regulating the drug supply makes complete sense right up until you realise prohibition ensures some classes of people can always been persecuted by law enforcement. The "risk of drugs" is like a broken tail light on the backs of the most marginalised