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Source: Hall, O. T., Hall, O. E., McGrath, R. P., & Haile, Z. T. (2019). Years of Life Lost due to Opioid Overdose in Ohio: Temporal and Geographic Patterns of Excess Mortality. Journal of addiction medicine. Abstract Objectives: The aim of the study was to quantify the burden of premature mortality...

Years of Life Lost due to Opioid Overdose in Ohio.pdf

Narcotics: Problems and Solutions of This Global Issue Workshop 23-24 November 2016

Daliah Heller, Vital Strategies’ Director of Drug Use Initiatives, moderates a discussion between Tracie Gardner, Legal Action Center’s Vice President of Policy Advocacy, and Dr. Chinazo Cunningham, Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Albert...

Source: Zhong, B. L., Xu, Y. M., Xie, W. X., Lu, J., Yu, W. B., & Yan, J. (2019). Alcohol drinking in Chinese methadone-maintained clients: a self-medication for depression and anxiety?. Journal of addiction medicine, 13(4), 314-321. Abstract Objectives: Unhealthy alcohol use is associated with...

Alcohol Drinking in Chinese Methadone-maintained Clients A Self-medication for Depression and Anxiety?.pdf

Source: Bedene A, Lijfering WM, Niesters M, et al. Opioid Prescription Patterns and Risk Factors Associated With Opioid Use in the Netherlands. JAMA Netw Open. Published online August 28, 20192(8):e1910223. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.10223 KEY POINTS Question Are the prevalence of opioid...

Opioid Prescription Patterns and Risk Factors Associated With Opioid Use in the Netherlands.pdf

This guide focuses on using medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in jails and prisons and during the reentry process when justice -involved persons return to the community. It provides an overview of policies and evidence-based practices that reduce the risk of overdose and relapse.

Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings.pdf

Source: Gicquelais et al. Harm Reduction Journal (2019) 16:46 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-019-0317-3 Abstract Background Persons in addiction treatment are likely to experience and/or witness drug overdoses following treatment and thus could benefit from overdose education and naloxone...

Justice involvement patterns, overdose experiences, and naloxone knowledge among men and women in criminal justice diversion addiction treatment.pdf

UCLA physician Belis Aladag, MD, MPH, discusses opioid (prescription pain killers, heroin, etc.) dependence and available treatments. Methadone maintenance and buprenorphine (Suboxone, Subutex) therapy will be discussed in detail as the two most successful treatment modalities for this prevalent...

Leveraging science to change hearts and minds: addressing the opioid crisis Air date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 3:00:00 PM Category: WALS - Wednesday Afternoon Lectures Runtime: 01:19:45 Description: NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series The opioid crisis continues to plague the United...

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Source: https://www.asam.org/docs/default-source/quality-science/a-drug-court-clinician's-guide-for-linking-people-to-opioid-treatment-services.pdf Introduction This pocket guide is designed to help counselors and therapists working with drug court participants refer and link participants to opioid...

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The National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) and the National Sheriffs’ Association present a resource to support jail administrators in providing effective treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder and helping to halt the opioid epidemic in the United States. Jails are on...

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Scientists from NIDA’s Intramural Labs discuss what we can learn from methadone, a drug used to manage opioid addiction that does not have euphoric effects as strong as many other opioids.

La naloxona salva vidas. Este video explica cuándo se usa la naloxona, cómo se administra y cómo funciona. Haga clic en "VER MÁS" para obtener más información. Los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud de los EE. UU. y el Instituto Nacional sobre el Abuso de Drogas están liderando el camino en la lucha...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The maker of OxyContin and the company’s controlling family agreed Tuesday to pay a groundbreaking $270 million to Oklahoma to settle allegations they helped create the nation’s deadly opioid crisis with their aggressive marketing of the powerful painkiller.

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Medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) save lives. Yet most people with OUD in the United States receive no treatment at all, and only a fraction of those who do receive medications for OUD. With support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened an expert committee to examine the...

Air date: Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 4:00:00 PM Description: Demystifying Medicine Overdose deaths from opioid use have nearly quadrupled since the year 2000, and opioids now kill more people each year in the United States than guns or car accidents. We know how the opioid crisis came to be; we know...

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