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Delaware allocates opioid impact fee monies for substance use disorder treatment

Delaware allocates opioid impact fee monies for substance use disorder treatment

By Liz Carey  |   January 4, 2021   |   Featured

Delaware Sen. Stephanie Hansen joined the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services Wednesday in announcing that the first set of funding from an opioid impact fee would be used to prevent ove...

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Narcan training to be held in New Lenox, IL

Narcan training to be held in New Lenox, IL

By Melina Druga  |   December 31, 2020   |   Health Policy

The New Lenox Safe Communities America Coalition, in partnership with the Will County Executive’s Office, will offer Narcan training on Jan. 25. The free training will be held via Zoom. The eve...

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Substance use disorder facility opens in Ohio

Substance use disorder facility opens in Ohio

By Melina Druga  |   December 30, 2020   |   Health Policy

Pinnacle Treatment Centers, a New Jersey-based and alcohol addiction treatment provider, recently opened a location in Sandusky, Ohio. This is the company’s 15th outpatient facility in Ohio. "Th...

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Gender, age affect youth drug-overdose rates

Gender, age affect youth drug-overdose rates

By Melina Druga  |   December 30, 2020   |   News

Significant sex and age-based differences exist among young people who experience a nonfatal opioid overdose, according to researchers at Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. The ...

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Researcher working with local agency to reduce opioid deaths for those leaving jail

Researcher working with local agency to reduce opioid deaths for those leaving jail

By Liz Carey  |   December 30, 2020   |   Featured

A researcher at Bowling Green State University is working with a local Ohio agency to reduce the number of heroin and opioid deaths in individuals leaving jail or prison, the school announced recently...

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FDA takes steps to confront opioid crisis during COVID-19 pandemic

FDA takes steps to confront opioid crisis during COVID-19 pandemic

By Liz Carey  |   December 29, 2020   |   Featured

Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it was taking further steps to combat the opioid crisis through risk evaluation and mitigation strategy programs. FDA Commissioner Step...

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West Virginia receives nearly $2M for opioid programs

West Virginia receives nearly $2M for opioid programs

By Melina Druga  |   December 29, 2020   |   Health Policy

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently awarded West Virginia $1.9 million for research and programs addressing opioid misuse. Funding was divided among four organizations: ...

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CDC data shows increase in drug deaths in 2019

CDC data shows increase in drug deaths in 2019

By Liz Carey  |   December 28, 2020   |   Featured

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that while drug overdose deaths from prescription opioids are dropping, overdose deaths for 2019 are up compared to 2018. ...

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People suffering from SUD hesitant to take COVID-19 vaccine

People suffering from SUD hesitant to take COVID-19 vaccine

By Melina Druga  |   December 23, 2020   |   Federal

Nearly half of people who suffer from substance use disorders (SUD) are hesitant to take a COVID-19 vaccine, according to an Addiction Policy Forum survey. Of those who are willing, most said they ...

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COVID relief bill includes $4.25M for substance abuse, mental health

COVID relief bill includes $4.25M for substance abuse, mental health

By Liz Carey  |   December 23, 2020   |   Federal

On Monday, Congress passed a sweeping $900 billion stimulus package that would not provide direct help to Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic but would also fund necessary mental health and substan...

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Sen. Portman announces FY 2021 bipartisan funding agreement for CARA Programs

Sen. Portman announces FY 2021 bipartisan funding agreement for CARA Programs

By Liz Carey  |   December 23, 2020   |   Featured

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) announced Monday that the final 2021 Fiscal Year funding agreement would include $782 million in grants for the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). Portma...

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Pharma companies should be held accountable for opioid epidemic, Rep. Keller says

Pharma companies should be held accountable for opioid epidemic, Rep. Keller says

By Liz Carey  |   December 22, 2020   |   Featured

U.S. Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA) stressed the importance of holding companies like Purdue Pharma, and the Sackler family that owns it, accountable for their part in the opioid epidemic. While particip...

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Manitoba to change how naloxone is classified

Manitoba to change how naloxone is classified

By Melina Druga  |   December 22, 2020   |   Health Policy

Manitoba recently changed the classification of naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote, from a Schedule II drug to an unscheduled drug. The move is expected to reduce opioid overdose deaths and remove...

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Harvard center urges Biden-Harris transition team to address drug crisis

Harvard center urges Biden-Harris transition team to address drug crisis

By Melina Druga  |   December 22, 2020   |   Federal

The François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, in collaboration with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Open Society Foundations, recently urged the...

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Kentucky to receive $5M to prevent substance abuse

Kentucky to receive $5M to prevent substance abuse

By Liz Carey  |   December 21, 2020   |   Health Policy

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Thursday that Kentucky would receive a total of $5 million over the next five years to combat substance abuse. Part of the Drug Free Communities Progr...

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Ohio decides how to distribute $77M in grant funding

Ohio decides how to distribute $77M in grant funding

By Melina Druga  |   December 21, 2020   |   Health Policy

Ohio officials recently announced they decided how to distribute $77 million in federal State Opioid Response (SOR) grants. In August, the state was awarded $96 million. The SOR program helps ...

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Sens. Grassley, Wyden call for greater transparency of opioid makers’ ties to tax-exempt groups

Sens. Grassley, Wyden call for greater transparency of opioid makers’ ties to tax-exempt groups

By Liz Carey  |   December 18, 2020   |   Featured

U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-OR), the finance committee’s ranking member, presented a report to the committee Wednesday illuminating the ...

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Maine substance abuse, drug programs awarded nearly $1M

Maine substance abuse, drug programs awarded nearly $1M

By Melina Druga  |   December 18, 2020   |   Health Policy

The Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Drug-Free Communities Support Program recently awarded 10 Maine organizations $914,156 to prevent youth substance misuse and foster drug-free communities...

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New York task force receives federal grant

New York task force receives federal grant

By Melina Druga  |   December 17, 2020   |   Health Policy

The federal Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program recently awarded a $103,864 grant to the Amherst Task Force for Healthy Communities & Healthy Youth to prevent substance abuse among the town’...

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GAO report: nearly one-third of U.S. counties have no substance use treatment available

GAO report: nearly one-third of U.S. counties have no substance use treatment available

By Liz Carey  |   December 16, 2020   |   Featured

A new report out by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that most U.S. counties do not have all levels of substance abuse disorder treatment available, and for nearly one-third of the cou...

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