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Teacher, Writer, Speaker, Consultant

Joined December 2021
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I read every word Maia Szalavitz(@maiasz) publishes. Her latest column is outstanding: nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opini… #harmreduction #traumainformed #compassion
My weekly Substack entry. Thanks to those who read, share, or subscribe! traumainformedteacher.substa…
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My latest Substack entry. Thanks to anyone who reads or shares. traumainformedteacher.substa…
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Love seeing this 😮 Future @OregonMBB prospect Kel’el Ware, finishing off the nice dish by Dariq Whitehead of @DukeMBB #GoDucks @NetScouts @carlberman @NBADraftMikeyV
Wondering if I can get some opinions: when we in this Society say that something is addictive, what exactly does that mean?
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traumainformedteacher.substa… My latest substack entry on the language we use to refer to children.
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Condoms, syringes, test strips, Naloxone, pipes and other harm reduction tools might make some people uncomfortable, but they also save lives and that should come before anyone’s feelings. #Crack Pipes
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traumainformedteacher.substa… My Substack newsletter is free. It's designed especially for educators, and seeks to draw them into a conversation. Thanks to anyone who reads, subscribes, or shares.
My letter in The New York Times this morning. @maiasz #drugpolicy #addiction #NYTimes
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My newest update to my Substack newsletter "Negotiating the Labels". It's about my parental journey through the world of adolescent mental health and substance use treatment: negotiatingthelabels.substac…
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Some personal news: I am now officially a contributing opinion writer @nytimes !!!!
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it's about time they recognized this. it is a really ridiculous idea that you could prevent addiction this way.
“Surgery hurts. Patients suffer from acute postoperative pain. More than 80% of patients report their post-op pain is not adequately treated, a metric unchanged for decades. Depriving patients of analgesic opioids is unlikely to improve that metric.” pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiolog…
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