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  • The Rehab Empire Built on Cakes

    January 05, 2024 |

    Latino USA |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    Community for the Re-Education of Addicts (CREA) is a private, faith-based, abstinence-only residential program for people living with addiction. CREA has more than 150 centers throughout the U.S. and Latin America, housing between 3,000 and 5,000 residents worldwide.

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  • An Overdose Antidote Goes Viral

    January 04, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Middletown, New York

    Studies show that people who received at least one dose of naloxone following an opioid overdose are 11 times more likely to survive. In response, state policies and community-level programs and organizations are working to make naloxone accessible to those who need it. Today, naloxone can be found in grocery stores, gas stations, provided at events like concerts and community spaces like libraries.

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  • Burgers but no beers: Emigrant Gap restaurant is connected to drug-alcohol recovery program

    September 21, 2023 |

    Sacramento Bee |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Emigrant Gap, California

    The Sierra-Pacific Teen Challenge program supports people in recovery from drug and alcohol abuse with robust skills training, employment, on-site housing, and peer support. Of those who complete the program, about 85% remain clean and sober after 5 years.

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  • A Different Kind of Grief

    September 14, 2023 |

    MindSite News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philly HEALs is a free bereavement support program for people who have lost a loved one to a fatal overdose. The program offers grief counseling and peer support groups for families, teens and children, allowing them a safe space to talk about their experiences and find community among others who can relate.

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  • Harm Reduction: Is it saving lives, or helping enable addicts?

    September 12, 2023 |

    WSLS-TV |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

    The Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition (VHRC) uses harm reduction strategies to help those suffering from addiction by providing free supplies like overdose reversal spray, safe smoking kits and clean syringes, as well as connection to education and treatment options when people are ready. Those who access services through a harm reduction program are five times more likely to enter treatment programs. Last year alone, the VHRC distributed more than 20,000 doses of Narcan which they know reversed at least 2,000 overdoses.

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  • The non-profit pushing back drug abuse in Nigeria

    August 25, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The David Folaranmi Foundation works to fight drug abuse and help those suffering from addiction through rehabilitation and education efforts. The Foundation connects patients to local rehabilitation centers for free treatment and therapy services. The Foundation also works to empower individuals to gain practical skills to help them reenter society and the workforce. Since forming in 2017, the Foundation has successfully funded the rehabilitation of 66 individuals.

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  • How Harm Reduction is Saving Lives

    August 24, 2023 |

    Solutionaries |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

    The Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition provides services and supplies to help drug users stay safe and stay alive with the goal of eventually getting into treatment, offering syringe exchange services, testing and treatment connection for Hepatitis C and HIV, case management support, and more. The coalition safely disposes of 100,000 syringes per year, and research shows that people who access services through a harm reduction program are five times more likely to seek treatment for substance abuse.

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  • As Indigenous Youth, We Know Peer Overdose Education Is Vital

    August 03, 2023 |

    Native News Online |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Ontario

    Talk Overdose provides peer-delivered education to youth in seventh to twelfth grade about overdose prevention. The group of teens also provides naloxone training, hosts guest speakers and interactive workshops that teach empathetic listening skills. Talk Overdose was formed in 2021 and has since reached over 1,500 youth across the country and has stated to offer Indigenous culture workshops, as a connection to culture has shown to have a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing.

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  • Peer Support work serves as an innovative and vital part of mental health recovery

    July 17, 2023 |

    Second Wave Michigan |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Battle Creek, Michigan

    Agencies like the SHARE Center are beginning to hire peer support specialists, who are individuals who have lived experience of recovery from mental health conditions and substance use disorders. Peer support specialists provide non-clinical, strengths-based support and build trusting relationships with those in need of care. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for peer support specialists has grown exponentially and reports show that working with a peer support specialist can improve health outcomes and quality of life among other benefits.

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  • Once-Resistant Rural Court Officials Begin to Embrace Medications to Treat Addiction

    June 29, 2023 |

    KFF Health News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Dandridge, Tennessee

    Amidst the ever-present opioid crisis, there has been a shift among judges, prosecutors and law enforcement agencies beginning to let go of the stigma associated with medication for opioid use disorder. As of 2022, more than 90% of drug courts in communities with high opioid mortality rates have reported that they allow medications to be used to treat addiction. Some areas have also seen the emergence of drug recovery courts that specialize in helping people facing addiction get treatment, rather than jail time.

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