https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/03/22/evidence-shows-that-opcs-are-a-key-tool-to-reduce-overdose-deaths-arizona-lawmakers-shouldnt-ban-them/
Data from countless studies have shown that OPCs reduce HIV and hepatitis infections, public drug use, discarded syringes and 911 utilization while also increasing rates of addiction treatment.
#OPCs #harmreduction #safeinjectionsites

Evidence Shows that OPCs are a Key Tool to Reduce Overdose Deaths. Arizona Lawmakers Shouldn’t Ban Them.
The Arizona house passed HB 2798 and now the Senate is expected to do the same, placing a preemptive ban on what might otherwise be a useful tool in our communities.
Arizona Capitol TimesThe diversity of
#oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) is unclear. @Czopka_Lab explores a
#PLOSBiology study describing a novel marker for a subpopulation of
#OPCs that controls
#oligodendrogenesis &
#myelination. Paper:
https://plos.io/3xS0sKE Primer:
https://plos.io/3xTyrCx
A molecularly defined subpopulation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells controls the generation of myelinating oligodendrocytes during postnatal development
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells are a diverse population; does this functional diversity arise from the existence of molecularly defined subpopulations or from environmental interactions? This study shows that C1ql1 expression defines a subpopulation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells that are indispensable for production of oligodendrocytes and myelin during postnatal brain development.
ha impulsat:
Huge respect to @PeteKrykant_OPC & his lawyer @AamerAnwar for challenging the Lord Advocate on the legal position for #DCRs #OPCs in Scotland by rejecting the caution offered in respect of Peter’s legal case 💪💪💪 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/drugs-activist-peter-krykant-ready-23149903
https://nitter.mastodont.cat/niamhrelease/status/1337306223255949312#m
2020-12-11 08:00:24
Drugs activist Peter Krykant ready to go to court as he fights to save addicts
Peter Krykant was charged with an offence and cautioned in October.