NIH awards $945 million in research funds to battle opioid epidemic

Link: https://www.medicaleconomics.com/news/nih-awards-945-million-research-funds-battle-opioid-epidemic

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the award of $945 mil

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What’s New in Civic Tech: Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge

Ohio has announced this year’s prize recipients for its Opioid Technology Challenge, an event that calls on companies, scientists, health-care institutions and concerned citizens to help address the country’s opioid crisis with tech.

Hundreds of resea

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Opioid trial judge could deliver biggest judgment in US history

See CNN for the entire story:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/26/health/opioid-trial-oklahoma-verdict-walkup/index.html

The judge presiding over the historic Oklahoma opioid trial will deliver his ruling Monday afternoon -- a decision that could have sweep

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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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$16.4 million awarded to support medication assisted treatment projects across California

The Center at Sierra Health Foundation through the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Access Points Project announced more than $16.4 million awarded to 120 organizations at more than 270 sites/access points throughout California. This funding will

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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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New Opioid Grant to Ohio from Dept of Labor - Hadn't seen that before!

Just saw this article about a new grant from Dept of Labor for $11 Million - to fund innovative programs that ultimately help the workforce affected by opioids. https://www.wdtn.com/news/ohio/ohio-receives-grant-to-help-battle-opioid-crisis/20520200

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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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For First Time, Pharmaceutical Distributor Faces Federal Criminal Charges Over Opioid Crisis

The charges against the wholesaler, Rochester Drug Cooperative, and two of its former executives marked a new tactic for prosecutors in tackling the epidemic

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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

“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

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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Nuns, Teamsters, city government and Vanguard all pressure AmerisourceBergen on opioids

https://www.philly.com/business/opioids-nuns-teamsters-amerisourcebergen-annual-meeting-philadelphia-20190228.html

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CEO Steve Collis received a $1.6 million

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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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