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My published column: Evidence-based Approach to Heat Dangers at Jail
Lancaster’s daily newspaper, LNP/Lancaster Online published my Op-Ed on July 23, 2025, a shorter version of my June 30th blog post on this site. See below for the full text with the hyperlinks to sources, not included in the LNP version. When the air conditioning at...
Heat Emergencies and Lancaster’s Jail
(A revised, shorter version of this essay was later published in LNP. See the Op-Ed in my next blog post.) At 9:15 AM, it was already uncomfortably warm in the meeting room in the Lancaster County (PA) jail, where the Prison Board held its June 26th meeting. The room,...
2024 Harm Reduction Policy Rally day at the PA State Capital
All photos by Tiffany Atlas
PA Legislative Update: Rally in Harrisburg
Photo credit: Tiffany Atlas
“Enabling” People to Stay Alive
I wrote this Letter to the Editor in LNP, Lancaster’s daily newspaper, about the misconception that harm reduction “enables” people to further their addiction, and referred to my January 2022 testimony in Harrisburg. Please advocate for the "Expanding Syringe Service...
Webinar: The Opioid Crisis, Illegal Drug Marketing and Policy Gaps – July 5, 2022 (Recording)
Speaker event- online webinar, open to the public, for the Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum: Lunch and Learn Program series- Friday, July 5th 12PM - 1PM Topic: The Opioid Crisis, Illegal Drug Marketing and Policy Gaps. Pharmaceutical sales representative turned...