Artwork stating 'Education Destroys Barriers', 'We Demand Treatment', and 'I Need A Chance'

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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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  • Mural Arts project demonstrates ‘hope' for Kensington

    May 04, 2017 |

    Temple University |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In a Philadelphia neighborhood hit hard by the opioid crisis, a new space is creating public art that attempts to undo stigmas around substance abuse and create a comfortable space for those in 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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  • In high school, finding new 'people, places and things'

    May 04, 2017 |

    Temple University |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    When mother Rebecca Bonner's daughter had to seek treatment for an opioid addiction after her freshman year of high school, Bonner was worried about her daughter returning to the high school where her daughter's addiction began. After two relapses, Bonner decided to open Philadelphia's first recovery high school. There are several recovery high schools nationwide that accept sober students to help keep them in recovery.

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  • Behind the Headlines: Pennsylvania's Opioid Crisis Up-Close

    May 03, 2017 |

    Keystone Crossroads |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    More lives are being touched by sorrow as the opioid crisis continues to escalate. For mothers of addicts, recovered addicts, and addicts themselves, programs like Pathways to Housing and Prevention Point are bringing together this community in a effort to heal.

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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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  • Can Weed Cure America's Opioid Epidemic?

    April 18, 2017 |

    Motherboard |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Opioid addiction runs rampant in the United States. However, researchers are becoming more convinced that cannabis can help prevent opioid abuse from even happening. In states where cannabis is legal the rate of opioid overdose is lower than states where cannabis is banned.

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  • The California Doctors Who Found a Way to Quit Overprescribing Opioids

    March 08, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In 2009 Kaiser Permanente doctors, alarmed by the rising rate of opioids being prescribed to patients, decided to develop a set of strategies and lower painkiller prescriptions. The most difficult one, is talking to patients about the dangers of opiods. He “developed what he calls The Difficult Pain Conversation—and he presented his approach to many other doctors.” So far, its had an effect. Prescriptions dropped from “from 2,500 a month to almost zero.”

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  • Baltimore turns to a life-saving opioid overdose antidote, but it's no cure for the crisis

    March 01, 2017 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In Maryland, people are being trained to administer naloxone, the drug that can save people from an opioid overdose, in order to combat the opioid crisis. Some people are even trained on street corners. Already 20,000 people have been trained, and more states are following suit.

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