Opioid Crisis: A Brief Overview

It begs the question on funding for research, when in this recent article interconnections are touched on:

...Another area of concern, which is still under the radar, is the connection between opioid addiction and gun violence. According to the study

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Patterns of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in California, 2011-2017

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DCDIC/SACB/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Prescription%20Drug%20Overdose%20Program/Injury%20Data%20Brief%20Opioid%20Overdose%20Deaths%202011-2017_ADA.pdf

Male opioid-related overdose death rates are significantly hig

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Faced with an outcry over limits on opioids, authors of CDC guidelines acknowledge they’ve been misapplied

https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/24/cdc-opioid-prescribing-guidelines-misapplied/

How do we all get on the same page to manage abuse and ensure those that need medications aren't harmed?  

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Patterns of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in California, 2011-2017

California continues to face a serious public health crisis with the dynamic and rapidly changing opioid epidemic having substantial health and economic impacts. This brief describes opioid-related overdose deaths over time, and demographic differenc

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The California Youth Opioid Response (YOR California) project

 

https://www.cibhs.org/yorcalifornia

The California Youth Opioid Response (YOR California) project envisions a California with a continuum of accessible and effective youth-specific services. With this goal in mind, YOR California is working with loca

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Overdoses in California prisons up 113% in three years — nearly 1,000 incidents in 2018

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Overdoses-in-California-prisons-up-113-in-three-13819811.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-email&utm_medium=email

...Nearly 1,000 men and women in California prisons overdo

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Opioid Prescriptions Drop Sharply Among State Workers

https://californiahealthline.org/news/opioid-prescriptions-drop-sharply-among-state-workers/

The agency that manages health care for California’s massive state workforce is reporting a major reduction in opioid prescriptions, reflecting a national tre

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Behind the Data on Connecticut's Opioid Overdose Problem

https://www.govtech.com/analytics/Behind-the-Data-on-Connecticuts-Opioid-Overdose-Problem.html

 

Hearst Connecticut Media reviewed the detailed data about the 3,701 opioid-related deaths over four years, from the chief state medical examiner’s office.

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Expert witness in opioids MDL: Fixing crisis will cost $483 billion??

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-otc-opioids/expert-witness-in-opioids-mdl-fixing-crisis-will-cost-483-billion-idUSKCN1RU2I5

The Johns Hopkins prof, according to the April 8 defense filing, estimated that the cost of providing treatment, preventativ

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NIC Webinar - Getting Upstream of the Opioid Crisis: The Critical Role of Prevention

What does the population you work with look like?  Mary Ann Cooney, provided some examples of "Face of the problem", what stood out is the cross over with SocialDeterminants of Health and the role of stigma in understanding root causes of substance u

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San Diego Sues Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors

San Diego Sues Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors

“Opioid manufacturers have profited handsomely from the human suffering they intentionally inflicted through manipulation and deceit,” Elliott said in a written release."  is this the direction need

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California's New Laws To Address The State's Opioid Crisis

California's New Laws To Address The State's Opioid Crisis

 

The California Legislature looked at more than 20 bills last year designed to address the ongoing opioid crisis, passing 14. The laws cover a few approaches to bringing opioid death numbers d

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National Strategy mirrors NIC Playbook on prevention

The Director of the Office of National Drug Control has published the first national strategy for drug control under the Trump administration, and it calls for a 3-pronged approach to drug control--prevention, treatment and making the drugs less acce

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ED-BRIDGE - buprenorphine access

California is working to develop a plan where people with opioid use disorder can access buprehnorphine 24/7.

Not prevention. But an important step in urgently approaching all sides of the opioid epidemic. 

 

https://ed-bridge.org/?_cldee=bmF2YWhuYXZpQG

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