"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." Albert Camus

I mourn.
I mourn for Public Health.
I mourn for the earth.
I mourn for a future that couldn't be.

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MJ clears his backlog of articles he meant to read but never got to.

Reading between the lines of three New York Times newsletters about decriminalizing drugs. Are they problematic? Or am I over-reacting?

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References:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/briefing/legal-weed-marijuana.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/briefing/portugal-portland-decriminalization-overdoses.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/briefing/san-francisco-addiction.html

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MJ clears his backlog of articles he meant to read but never got to.

America hates mothers and children, it would seem.

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References:
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/10/13/23400901/maternity-care-deserts-march-of-dimes-2022-report

https://popular.info/p/child-poverty-is-a-choice

https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/mothers-guide-fourth-trimester

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p0919-pregnancy-related-deaths.html

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/5-million-more-children-experienced-poverty-in-2022-than-in-2021-following-expiration-of-covid-era-economic-relief

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The opioid crisis is still happening, unfortunately.

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References:
Empire of Pain
The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
By Patrick Radden Keefe

Last Week Tonight did FOUR parts on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pdPrQFjo2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qCKR6wy94U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCaIhfETsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io0yuH1CiA0

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/28/1220881380/overdose-fentanyl-drugs-addiction

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2790432?te=1&nl=the-morning&emc=edit_nn_20240903

https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates#Fig2

https://www.cdc.gov/museum/pdf/cdcm-pha-stem-uncovering-the-opioid-epidemic-lesson.pdf

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/28/how-the-opioid-crackdown-is-backfiring-752183

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2024/20240515.htm

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/harm-reduction

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/30/nx-s1-5124997/fentanyl-overdose-opioid-btmps-drug-cartel-xylazine-tranq-mexico-china

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-5107417/overdose-fatal-fentanyl-death-opioid

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"Floods are acts of god but flood losses are largely acts of man." - Gilbert White

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References:
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/30/nx-s1-5133829/hurricane-helene-storm-flooding

https://www.splinter.com/everywhere-is-under-water\

https://www.splinter.com/the-age-of-the-flood

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/10/02/hurricane-excess-deaths-home-health-economy-impact/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/02/floods-havoc-vienna-austria-climate-crisis

https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2024/07/how-civil-engineers-must-adapt-to-the-new-risks-of-flooding

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-appalachia-flooded-so-severely-from-helenes-remnants/

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MJ clears his backlog of articles and newsletter he meant to read but never get to. This episode: three ProPublica articles about the regulatory shortfalls in medicine.

"*sarcasm* Yeah nothing says public health like trying to stop a regulatory agency from holding companies accountable."

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Articles in the episode:
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-prenatal-screenings-have-escaped-regulation
https://www.propublica.org/article/maryland-dormu-minimally-invasive-vascular-medicare-medicaid
https://www.propublica.org/article/james-eason-methodist-memphis-liver-transplant

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MJ clears his backlog of articles and newsletter he meant to read but never get to. This episode: two newsletters about housing shortages.

"Perhaps the economic system we have that determines how housing is distributed is flawed"

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References:
https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/estimating-national-housing-shortfall

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/headway/houston-homeless-people.html

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/05/vacant-seasonal-housing.html

https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness/

https://nlihc.org/gap

https://unitedwaynca.org/blog/vacant-homes-vs-homelessness-by-city/

https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/blog/vacancies-are-red-herring

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Freedom of the press is fundamental to public health.

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References:
https://rsf.org/en/index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feminist_Five
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/10/01/china-is-weaponizing-online-distraction/
https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/04/dont-look-away-chinas-atrocities-against-uyghurs
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/human-rights-index-vdem
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/business/china-flooding-tragedy-mourning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/business/china-censorship-poverty.html
https://www.newsweek.com/china-article-censorship-1-billion-people-monthly-income-2000-yuan-poverty-1856031
https://www.bbc.com/news/56213271
https://apnews.com/article/china-youth-unemployment-slowdown-321cd96377ee066915fc39232b9477c3

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