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  • You told us these 99 ideas to help stop more drug overdose deaths

    Erin Rhoda

    May 16, 2016 |

    Bangor Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Bangor, Maine

    The opioid epidemic continues to be a public concern and the One Life Project is hoping to help bring people together to develop solutions. At an open One Life event attendees wrote down 99 ideas and are now asking for information to add to the chart on who is working on what solution and where.

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  • Vancouver Prescriptions for Addicts Gain Attention as Heroin and Opioid Use Rises

    Dan Levin

    April 21, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    North America is suffering an epidemic of illicit heroin use and fatal overdoses of legal painkillers which fill up courts, jails and hospitals. In Vancouver, Crosstown Clinic is a heroin maintenance clinic that is keeping addicts out of jail and emergency rooms by injecting them the active ingredient in heroin 3 times a day.

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  • The Options and Obstacles to Treating Heroin Addiction

    Priyanka Boghani

    February 23, 2016 |

    PBS Frontline |

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    Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

    The heroin and opioid epidemic in America has raised questions about how to effectively treat addiction. Many now say medication should be offered alongside counseling.

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  • Drug may give those leaving jail a better shot at recovery

    Felice J. Freyer

    December 09, 2015 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Barnstable, Massachusetts

    An epidemic of opioid use in Massachusetts resulted in more than 1,200 fatal overdoses last year. Authorities turned to Vivitrol injections, which make a drug-induced high impossible, to cut rates of both addiction and incarceration.

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  • Why Not Start Addiction Treatment Right In The ER?

    Scott Hensley

    April 29, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    For those addicted to opioids, getting treatment can take a long time because not all emergency rooms offer buprenorphine and counseling interventions. Yale-New Haven Hospital has shown that if patients receive buprenorphine at their initial emergency room evaluation, then the immediate action improves the person’s chances in receiving addiction treatment.

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  • The irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous

    Gabrielle Glaser

    April 01, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    For decades, the only good option for alcoholics seeking recovery was an abstinence-based 12-step program called Alcoholics Anonymous. John David Sinclair, an American neuroscientist, has developed a new method, where an alcoholic takes naltrexone one hour before drinking. The naltrexone blocks the brain's opioid receptors and prevents an alcoholics strong synaptic reward response from occurring, which allows their craving for alcohol to eventually subside.

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  • Dying To Be Free: There's A Treatment For Heroin Addiction That Actually Works. Why Aren't We Using It?

    Jason Cherkis

    January 28, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    With rising opioid overdose deaths nationwide, antiquated treatment methods like abstinence-based and 12-step programs are not working. A solution can be found in medication-assisted treatment, from methadone to buprenorphine-naloxone, but there are still many barriers to access.

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  • For Drug Users, a Swift Response Is the Best Medicine

    David Bornstein

    January 08, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    In Vermont, a judge and a family services organization created RapidReferal – a process which offers addicts treatment immediately and has lowered recidivism. Funded by Medicaid, the program has had demonstrable impact, namely, a decrease in recidivism.

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