Ricky N. Bluthenthal

"PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with eight companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago."

And yet, the report is stuck in limbo, still not released to the public.

Call for papers for Special Issue: Including lived experience in substance use research think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

With all due respect, please read this, then read it again. Then teach it to your children and grandchildren. History is not there for you to like or dislike. It is there for you to learn from it. And if it offends you, even better. Because then you are less likely to repeat it. It's not yours to erase or destroy.

What if NIH had been 40% smaller? Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

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An HIV Outbreak in Maine Shows the Risk of Trump’s Crackdown on Homelessness and Drug Use - KFF Health News Public health experts and advocates say the outbreak has been fueled by a confluence of local factors, including the sweeping of a homeless encampment and shuttering of a sterile-syringe program. But ...

An HIV outbreak in Maine points to a series of poor policy decisions, including ending needle-exchange programs and clearing a homeless encampment. As those policies go national, there is a risk the disease will spread, too: kffhealthnews.org/news/article... @brian-goldstone.bsky.social

24 Hours to Save AIDS Research (Hour 8) | Ricky Bluthenthal So grateful for the opportunity to share results from our studies on displacement and HIV risk as part of the 24 hours of HIV research event last week. You can see my talk (in the 8th hour) here: http...

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We’re hearing about HIV and people who use drugs, stigma, and HIV criminalization reform from Ricky Bluthenthal, Valerie Earnshaw, and Trevor Hoppe in the next hour on 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research. Join us! bit.ly/45Qftts #saveAIDSresearch #HIV #HIVresearch

Death at Jefferson County Jail under investigation by Deschutes County Sheriff's Office (Update: Adding video) MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) -- An inmate's death at the Jefferson County Jail is currently under investigation by the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office.KTVZ News has learned through a m...

My friends nephew was found dead in an Oregon jail cell a couple days ago on September11, 2025.
Oregon has a horrible death in custody rate, it is much higher than the national average.
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Oregon liberals do not care enough to act.

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We can do good things!

This hits right on time…

My wife and I had the great privilege of visiting the African-American Museum in DC, and let me just tell you if you have not been…It is a masterpiece—go.

📢 Call for Proposals! AMERSA invites submissions for Position Statements to guide policy & advocacy on substance use education, research, prevention, & treatment. Shape the conversation—deadline August 31!
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Why involuntary medical admission and treatment won’t solve homelessness The arguments made by advocates for involuntary medical admissions and treatment aren’t supported by science.

massive investment in accessible social housing to guarantee homes for all is the solution to mass homelessness

substance use and psychiatric injury are CONSEQUENCES of housing deprivation, not causes

people become homeless because the RENT IS TOO HIGH

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The shit part is that we did not learn from history. We didn't learn one single thing from all of that. Repeating the same mistakes over and over shows inability or unwillingness to learn.
total sad.

Today is Zero HIV Stigma Day.

Ending HIV stigma is essential to ending the HIV epidemic.

HealthJustice supports organizations and leads research centering dignity, equity, and the leadership of those most impacted, including by HIV and related stigma.

‘Catastrophic impacts’: NASA workers sign declaration to protest changes they say threaten safety and progress | CNN Current and former NASA employees have co-signed a declaration protesting changes at the agency that some say pose a grave risk to astronauts.

I’m so proud of our nation’s scientists, who despite retaliation and intimidation, are not sitting back quietly!

Head over to standupforscience.net to sign our support statement for these brave NASA resisters ✊🏼❤️

#standupforscience
#voyagerdeclaration

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This is not the time to step back from diversity, equity, and inclusion Recently, I exchanged views with a prominent Ivy League scientist who was complaining about the minority students and junior faculty applying to his program. He claimed that the university, through di...

Many institutions, programs, and individual scientists are stepping back from supporting the efforts to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion. Doing so is a mistake. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How Authoritarians Target Universities What happens on campus reflects and often anticipates democratic decline.

How do authoritarians destroy universities? open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

Caryn Lerman: Ricky Bluthenthal Has Been Appointed as Chair of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences - OncoDaily Caryn Lerman: Ricky Bluthenthal Has Been Appointed as Chair of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences / cancer, Caryn Lerman, Norris

Ricky Bluthenthal Has Been Appointed as Chair of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences - Caryn Lerman
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New USC study links wildfire smoke exposure and heat stress to adverse birth outcomes Related News First genome-wide comparison of vapers and smokers finds similar DNA changes linked to disease risk August 12, 2024 Prenatal maternal stressors linked to higher blood pressure during firs...

✨New USC study links wildfire smoke exposure and heat stress to adverse birth outcomes. Learn how by reading this recent publication led by our postdoctoral researcher Roxana Khalili, PhD.
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Scholars in the US and other countries have now a choice imposed on them:

Acquiesce or resist?

In this handbook, we outline how scholars can respond during democratic backsliding and encourage reflection on personal values and the consequences of different coping strategies.

Our harm reduction family continues to experience tremendous loss.

I am deeply saddened by the loss of Naomi Burke-Shyne and Peter Krykant.

Both made a tremendous impact in the short time they were with us. I wish we had more time with both.

May we be their continuation.

Meet the 2025–2026 Dhablania and Kim Family Global Medicine and Health fellows Related News USC PhD Candidate Teams Up with the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer to Catalogue Cancer Survivorships Services June 28, 2023 Alumni Spotlight: Meet Taleen Barsoumian, an...

Meet the 2025–2026 Dhablania and Kim Family Global Medicine & Health fellows: Students will conduct research and clinical work in a country of their choice, deepening their understanding of global health issues through hands-on experiences.
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“I think people should know that research that they probably would support is being canceled,” said Eden Tanner, a chemist at the University of Mississippi... "“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”

Changing drug use trends appear to have health consequences. See the latest from my team on the transition to fentanyl smoking in Los Angeles and Denver, CA.
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Overdose deaths are dropping in US, Trump wants to cut funding for Narcan Opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly a quarter last year, thanks in part to medicines like Narcan. But the Trump administration wants to cut funding for Narcan, and experts worry that progress will b...

Interview by @kcrw.com on cuts to Narcan funding and its implications with the always insightful @somasnakeoil.bsky.social . @uscpphs.bsky.social @keck.usc.edu
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If this is the case, Germany and Europe do not have much time.

Oxycodone de-prescribing accelerated 2010-11 in the US and Canada, draining the heroin supply which opened the floodgate to fentanyl.

Within 5 years it had largely replaced heroin, and mass death ensued. US CDC data:

2025 commencement ceremony

🎓 The world better get ready… because here comes the Class of 2025! 💪🔥

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