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  • Prevention Point Philadelphia aims to reduce harm with syringe exchange

    May 04, 2017 |

    Temple University |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Prevention Point Philadelphia provides needle-exchange, HIV and Hepatitis C testing, counseling groups, mailboxes, and Naloxone (an opioid overdose reversal drug) training to 18,000 people. The center also connects addicts to addiction services and other social programs if they want to seek recovery.

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  • Naloxone offers ‘immediate' assistance

    May 04, 2017 |

    Temple University |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Naloxone is a drug that reverses opioid overdose by pushing the opiates off of the brain's neurotransmitters. Naloxone has no negative effects on a person who is not overdosing, so there is no risk in administering it when an overdose is in question. The drug has recently become more widely available to police officers, first responders, and in some states, the general public.

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  • Protecting overdose witnesses with Good Samaritan Law

    May 04, 2017 |

    Temple University |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    During a drug overdose, some people avoid calling for medical assistance because they fear arrest. Laws that protect callers can help, but even where those laws exist, many drug users and potential overdose witnesses don’t realize they are protected.

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  • To Reduce Shootings, Hospitals Vow to Treat the Wounds Doctors Can't Fix

    May 01, 2017 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Gunshot victims are often treated at hospitals only to be sent back into the community, where 1/3 will end up back in the hospital again. With a new emphasis on prevention and addressing the underlying issues, Ohio is now using federal assistance to create a Trauma Recovery Network that helps with crisis intervention, counseling, and even providing safe emergency housing for gunshot victims.

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  • Battling Meth: A Rural Montana County is on the Frontline of National Foster Care Surge

    April 28, 2017 |

    The Chronicle of Social Change |

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    Response Location: United States, Lake County, Montana

    The drug crisis has reached new extremes in many parts of the country, as meth and opioids continue to tear families apart and funnel even more children into an already-strapped foster care system. In rural Montana, law enforcement and communities are trying a new approach to battling drug addiction, focusing on supportive family counseling and "drug courts" to help treat - rather than imprison - those struggling with addiction. In Lake County, Family Drug Treatment Courts are working to divert addicts from the vicious cycle and keep more families together.

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  • How Europe's heroin capital solved its overdose crisis

    April 25, 2017 |

    CBC |

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    Response Location: Portugal

    After Portugal decriminalized personal possession and use of all drugs and replaced law enforcement responses with healthcare and harm-reduction practices, the country's heroin abuse rates and overdose deaths shrank significantly. A network of 40 publicly funded drug treatment centers, outreach teams making daily contact with people addicted to heroin, and an aggressive methadone delivery system are key components of the healthcare approach. Canada stands in contrast, with a severe fentanyl problem eased only some by local, spotty attempts at harm reduction.

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  • Rescued From A Gang: One Maryland Latina's Story

    April 10, 2017 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Many young Latina women live their lives in fear of gang violence. The Montgomery County Street Outreach Network rescues girls in danger and offers services to them in order to help them change their chances of success.

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  • Can "E-Responders" on Social Media Prevent Gang Violence?

    March 19, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A pilot project at New York University called "E-Responder" trained 26 anti-violence counselors at five sites across the city to interpret online posts threatening violence and intervene before virtual violence turns real. Nearly all their interventions ended peacefully. That is not conclusive proof that this prevented violence, but it's a strong correlation that inspired spreading the program to 18 more sites. Social media "cyberbanging" is the virtual equivalent of threatening gang graffiti that turns deadly. E-responders work with on-the-ground intervention teams and police to change risky behavior.

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  • This innovative program uses brain science to teach Chicago teens how to stop violence

    March 15, 2017 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Violence in Chicago's South Side reached a peak in 2016, with rates at the highest since the 1990s. Community leaders are trying to de-escalate street violence through CHILL, a new program that provides scientific explanations as a means to inform and prevent conflict between teens in the area.

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  • How San Bernardino is learning from Oakland, Stockton to decrease deadly violence

    March 13, 2017 |

    San Bernardino Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

    The city of San Bernardino adopted a strategy in 2017 from Stockton and Oakland that helped reduce homicides and violence in those communities. The Ceasefire model eschews blanket approaches like curfews and gang injunctions to focus on the places and people mostly likely to experience violence and then target them with outreach by leaders in the community, churches and criminal justice arenas. The idea is to build relationships and use data strategically to prevent crime.

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