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  • Sending Letters About Their Patients' Overdoses Changes Doctors' Prescribing Habits

    August 09, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    San Diego area physicians are now receiving a letter if one of their patients dies of an opioid overdose. The goal of this new project is to remind doctors of the impact of their actions and lower opioid prescribing rates.

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  • How Colleges Can Support Students Recovering from Substance Abuse

    August 01, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Some universities are helping students stay sober. Institutions like Rutgers, Texas Tech, and University of Michigan offer counseling, support groups, and even recovery houses. Research shows these programs are overwhelmingly successful. “They have low relapse rates, higher GPAs than average, and are more likely to stay in college and graduate. In fact, they reported up to 95 percent of participating students are able to sustain their sobriety while attending school.”

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  • America's doctors can beat the opioid epidemic. Here's how to get them on board.

    July 31, 2018 |

    Vox |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Primary care providers often decline to learn how to treat opioid addiction because it takes too much time and specialization—it's a complex disease. But ECHO, a New Mexico initiative that links primary care providers with a community of specialists and colleagues, empowers doctors with access to knowledge that allows them to treat tough patients. ECHO began as a resource for Hepatitis C and was so effective, they expanded it for opioid addiction, For some doctors, it breaks down the barrier to getting a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine, am opioid treatment.

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  • Now Hiring: A Company Offers Drug Treatment And A Job To Addicted Applicants

    July 27, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Indiana

    Strapped for labor, a rural company decided that they wouldn't fire employees who failed drugs tests—they'd help them get better. Instead of punishing addicted employees, the Belden Electric Wire Factory pays for them to get treatment. Applicants who fail the drug test are promised a job if they complete treatment as well. Workers support each other on the job another's a sense of motivation for a better future.

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  • Health Researchers Quietly Tackle the Opioid Epidemic's Hidden Crisis

    July 19, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Several researchers around the U.S., backed by the National Institutes of Health, are exploring the efficacy of providing contraception and counseling in the same locations as medication-assisted treatment for addiction as a way to curb the huge number of unintended pregnancies among women with opioid addictions. The results have not yet been published, but the goal is to make it easier for those who often don't usually access health care to get contraception in a fragmented system.

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  • Beyond the Stigma: Optimism on NH's opioid front line

    July 18, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    In New Hampshire, many actors are participating to coordinate solutions to the opioid crisis. Among the most effective solutions are training physicians to help patients manage pain without opiates, helping patients wean off opiates, and maintaining rapid response teams to respond to potential overdoses.

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  • Watchful Eyes: At Peer-Run Injection Sites, Drug Users Help Each Other Stay Safe

    July 13, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Vancouver's safe drug injection sites have been credited with increasing drug users access to treatment while also decreasing dangerous behaviors like needle sharing. Now, Vancouver is also seeing a rise in peer-run pop-up safe drug injection sites, where people may feel less stigma and judgement; the sites are supported by Vancouver's public health authorities and law enforcement.

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  • 'It keeps us safe': An NYC bathroom set up to stem overdoses

    July 13, 2018 |

    Associated Press |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In Brooklyn, VOCAL-NY runs a bathroom that serves as a safe injection site and needle exchange program for those using heroin and other drugs. The bathroom is monitored by intercom and is a less "official" version of safe injection sites being tested around North America, in cities like Vancouver and Seattle.

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  • Tenants Struggling With Mental Illness Found Safety in the “Hotel of Last Resort”

    July 11, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Many people who struggle with mental health and substance abuse have trouble maintaining a consistent living situation. The Portland Hotel in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver came to be operated by a woman named Liz Evans who decided to give the mentally ill residents a safe place to live, regardless of outbursts or poor living habits or drug use. Removing the fear of eviction improved the mental health of the residents and is the same philosophy implemented now by the Portland Hotel Society.

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  • Lessons from Vancouver: U.S. cities consider supervised injection facilities

    July 05, 2018 |

    WHYY |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    In Vancouver, supervised injection facilities get drug users off the street and under the watchful eyes of trained medical professionals. This is a response to the huge number of overdose death in the city. The sites have now been active for fifteen years and have not seen one overdose death on their premises.

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