Public Safety - The NIC Collaboration Hub2024-03-29T10:32:45Zhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/feed/category/Public+SafetyOpioid overdoses among Medicaid cohort examinedhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/opioid-overdoses-among-medicaid-cohort-examined2020-08-27T16:45:32.000Z2020-08-27T16:45:32.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">In this recent paper, researchers found that <a class="textTag" href="https://medicalxpress.com/tags/opioid+overdoses/">opioid overdoses</a> did not increase among new users of prescription opioids in four states (CA, FL, NY, PA), even as nationwide overdoses increased. Their findings suggest that the growing number of <a class="textTag" href="https://medicalxpress.com/tags/opioid/">opioid</a> overdoses among Medicaid enrollees may have largely been driven by repeated overdoses.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pds.5067" target="_blank">Read More:</a></span></p></div>California Homeless Data System Plans Procurement, Hiringshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/california-homeless-data-system-plans-procurement-hirings2020-08-20T18:06:40.000Z2020-08-20T18:06:40.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">In a <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyBonaguro/status/1293275282464370688" target="_blank">tweet</a> on August 11, 2020 state Chief Data Officer Joy Bonaguro offered a bit of an update on the creation of a statewide homeless data integration system — a project already underway when Newsom mentioned it Feb. 19 in his second State of the State Address, nearly all of which focused on the homelessness crisis. Gavin Newsom’s pre-pandemic focus on homelessness — one with considerable significance for tech vendors — remains on course.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">I wonder if they are including topics on integrations and SDOH? </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://www.govtech.com/computing/California-Homeless-Data-System-Plans-Procurement-Hirings.html" target="_blank">Read More:</a></span></p></div>Multiple states say the opioid crisis cost American economy over $2 trillionhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/multiple-states-say-the-opioid-crisis-cost-american-economy-over-2020-08-20T17:53:26.000Z2020-08-20T17:53:26.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">CNN reported, An estimated<a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/2018-nsduh-annual-national-report" target="_blank"> 10.3 million Americans aged 12 and older misused opioids</a> in 2018, including 9.9 million prescription pain reliever abusers and 808,000 heroin users. Opioid manufacturers have cost the American economy $2.15 trillion, according to a notice of claim filed in bankruptcy court by nearly every US state and many territories.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/us/opioid-crisis-cost-united-state-2-trillion-dollars/index.html" target="_blank">Read More:</a></span></p></div>Isotonitazene (iso) – A new synthetic opioid discovered as powerful as fentanylhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/isotonitazene-iso-a-new-synthetic-opioid-discovered-as-powerful-a2020-07-23T18:43:17.000Z2020-07-23T18:43:17.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Isotonitazene — commonly referred to as “iso,” is a new synthetic opioid as powerful as fentanyl. Iso is a synthetic version of etonitazene, an opioid first reported in 1957, which is nationally and internationally controlled, as it is highly addictive and very dangerous. However, iso is not yet on the U.S. <a href="http://urbanmilwaukee.com/government/drug-enforcement-administration">Drug Enforcement Administration</a>‘s controlled substances list, meaning it is not illegal. While the toxicity of isotonitazene has not yet been widely studied, it is of public health concern because of recent associations with drug user death, and it is believed that this new opioid holds the potential to cause widespread harm.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">How are we going to stay in front of development and avoid misuse? Like with any opioid use, addiction treatment harm reduction experts recommend people avoid using alone, and carry naloxone, which can be used to reverse an overdose. But is that enough?</span></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/isotonitazene-iso-a-new-synthetic-opioid-discovered-as-powerful-as-fentanyl/" target="_blank">Read More:</a></p></div>Wisconsin opioid overdoses jump 117% since pandemic beganhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/wisconsin-opioid-overdoses-jump-117-since-pandemic-began2020-07-23T18:39:47.000Z2020-07-23T18:39:47.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">As 2019 data is released, alarming trends are being reported. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>"Data from Wisconsin emergency departments show 325 suspected overdoses from March to July 13 compared with 150 suspected overdoses over that span in 2019."</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>"State Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm says financial pressures and isolation can exacerbate behavioral and substance abuse problems. DHS officials say calls to the state’s help line indicate requests for information on behavioral health have been increasing as well."</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">What are you seeing in your areas?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://www.channel3000.com/wisconsin-opioid-overdoses-jump-117-since-pandemic-began/" target="_blank">Read More:</a></span></p></div>Chicago area opioid overdose deaths spike amid COVID-19 pandemichttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/chicago-area-opioid-overdose-deaths-spike-amid-covid-19-pandemic2020-07-16T19:58:24.000Z2020-07-16T19:58:24.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Thought provoking: Cook County is on track to double the number of opioid-related deaths from 2019, officials said at a press conference Tuesday. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}6935592654,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}6935592654,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="6935592654?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></span></p><p><a href="https://abc7chicago.com/coronavirus-chicago-opioid-death-overdose-opiod/6316666/" target="_blank">Read More:</a></p></div>'Opioid overdoses are skyrocketing': as Covid-19 sweeps across US an old epidemic returnshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/opioid-overdoses-are-skyrocketing-as-covid-19-sweeps-across-us-an2020-07-09T17:37:54.000Z2020-07-09T17:37:54.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>Now coronavirus looks to be undoing the advances made against a drug epidemic that has claimed close to 600,000 lives in the US over the past two decades. Worse, it is also laying the ground for a long-term resurgence of addiction by exacerbating many of the conditions, including unemployment, low incomes and isolation, that contributed to the rise of the opioid epidemic and “<a class="u-underline" href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/19/us-healthcare-industry-working-class-deaths">deaths of despair</a>”.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/09/coronavirus-pandemic-us-opioids-crisis://" target="_blank">Read More:</a></em></span></p></div>Coronavirus Pandemic Compounds Another Ongoing Crisis: The Opioid Epidemichttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/coronavirus-pandemic-compounds-another-ongoing-crisis-the-opioid-2020-07-09T17:35:36.000Z2020-07-09T17:35:36.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>"Dr. Nora Volkow... isolation is particularly hard for people suffering from substance use disorders, also depression or other psychiatric disorders,” she says. “Withdrawal and isolation actually just in general exacerbates the problem.”</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><a href="http://https//www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/07/07/coronavirus-opioid-abuse-crisis" target="_blank">Read More:</a></em></span></p></div>The Escalation of the Opioid Epidemic Due to COVID-19 and Resulting Lessons About Treatment Alternativeshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/the-escalation-of-the-opioid-epidemic-due-to-covid-19-and-resulti2020-06-09T19:20:07.000Z2020-06-09T19:20:07.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>The American Journal of Managed Care</strong>, recently posted commentary that, there was an alternative approach to the opioid epidemic that can improve both health and financial outcomes. Their commentary:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt;">builds upon “Deaths, Dollars, and Diverted Resources: Examining the Heavy Price of the Opioid Epidemic,” a supplement of <em>The American Journal of Managed Care</em><sup>®</sup>;</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;">includes additional data demonstrating the financial stakes of managed care institutions in the opioid epidemic; and</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;">contains a graphic showing the trajectory of those financial stakes in the context of the current opioid epidemic treatment approach.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>"Insights learned from the worsening opioid epidemic due to coronavirus disease 2019, along with necessary social distancing recommendations, suggest an ultimate path to successful treatment by investing in modalities that promote emotional resiliency building and help address the factors that made patients susceptible to opioid reliance in the first place."</em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2020/2020-vol26-n7/the-escalation-of-the-opioid-epidemic-due-to-covid19-and-resulting-lessons-about-treatment-alternatives://" target="_blank">Read More:</a></span></p></div>The Opioid Epidemic and COVID-19: How Social Determinants of Health Create Differential Impactshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/the-opioid-epidemic-and-covid-19-how-social-determinants-of-healt2020-05-06T18:57:29.000Z2020-05-06T18:57:29.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>"The recent pandemic shows the correlation of SDH with who is most impacted by COVID-19 and how this relates to those with SUD/OUD along with the SUD/OUD workforce. One way to look at this is through the barriers to prevention, screening, testing, care, and recovery. The same populations already at risk for SUD/OUD are also the people most impacted by COVID-19."</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><a href="https://opioidresponsenetwork.org/documents/SDH_OUD-COVID-19.pdf://" target="_blank">Read More:</a></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4793561285,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4793561285,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="290" alt="4793561285?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a></em></span></p></div>‘Cartels are scrambling’: Virus snarls global drug tradehttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/cartels-are-scrambling-virus-snarls-global-drug-trade2020-04-20T16:27:47.000Z2020-04-20T16:27:47.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>Advertised prices across China for precursors of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cutting agents have risen between 25% and 400% since late February, said Logan Pauley, an analyst at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies, a Washington-based security research nonprofit.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>“The quarantine of Wuhan and all the chaos there definitely affected the fentanyl trade, particularly between China and Mexico,” said Ben Westhoff, author of “Fentanyl, Inc.”</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><em>How is this news effecting the thinking on prevention or treatment? Will the population be more at risk? Or is it a chance to get in front of this problem?</em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://apnews.com/4f0a4ca93cc2fee94d386efb13db31a0" target="_blank">Read the full story:</a></span></p></div>Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP)https://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/overdose-detection-mapping-application-program-odmap2020-02-13T21:48:37.000Z2020-02-13T21:48:37.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">ODMAP offers the ability to collect both suspected fatal and non-fatal overdoses, in real time, across jurisdictions, to mobilize a cohesive and collaborative response.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">This software may change the game when it comes to outreach and prevention. ODMAP provides near real-time suspected overdose surveillance data across jurisdictions to support public safety and public health efforts to mobilize an immediate response to a sudden increase, or spike in overdose events. It links first responders and relevant record management systems to a mapping tool to track overdoses to stimulate real-time response and strategic analysis across jurisdictions.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Read more at; <a href="http://www.odmap.org/">http://www.odmap.org/</a></span></p></div>Founder of Opioid Maker Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prisonhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/founder-of-opioid-maker-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison2020-01-24T19:10:01.000Z2020-01-24T19:10:01.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">John N. Kapoor, a former billionaire who founded opioid maker Insys Therapeutics Inc., was sentenced to 5½ years in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy to illegally boost sales of his company’s prescription fentanyl drug.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-opioid-executive-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-11579815251" target="_blank">Founder of Opioid Maker Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison</a></span></p></div>Kentucky City Turns to Smartphone App to Keep Kids Off Drugshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/kentucky-city-turns-to-smartphone-app-to-keep-kids-off-drugs2020-01-09T18:51:01.000Z2020-01-09T18:51:01.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://www.govtech.com/civic/Kentucky-City-Turns-to-Smartphone-App-to-Keep-Kids-Off-Drugs.html" target="_blank">Kentucky City Turns to Smartphone App to Keep Kids Off Drugs</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Lexington, Ky., and the nonprofit Preventum Initiative are teaming up to launch a new smartphone application for opioid education and prevention aimed at 75,000 Fayette County youth under the age of 18. That’s why Carama is teaming up with the city of Lexington and nonprofit <a href="https://wearepreventum.org/" target="_blank">Preventum Initiative</a> to launch a new smartphone application for opioid education and prevention aimed at 75,000 Fayette County youth under the age of 18.Called FEND, “Full Energy, No Drugs,” the app gives youth information about opioids, drugs and substance abuse disorders.</span></p></div>This devastating opioid overdose map shows America is fighting 4 distinct epidemicshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/this-devastating-opioid-overdose-map-shows-america-is-fighting-4-2019-12-10T21:26:26.000Z2019-12-10T21:26:26.000ZJoshua C. Rubinhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/JoshCRubin<div><h1 class="post__title"><a title="This devastating opioid overdose map shows America is fighting 4 distinct epidemics" href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90441524/this-devastating-opioid-overdose-map-shows-america-is-fighting-4-distinct-epidemics">This devastating opioid overdose map shows America is fighting 4 distinct epidemics</a></h1><p>Link: <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90441524/this-devastating-opioid-overdose-map-shows-america-is-fighting-4-distinct-epidemics">https://www.fastcompany.com/90441524/this-devastating-opioid-overdose-map-shows-america-is-fighting-4-distinct-epidemics</a></p><p>Excerpt: </p><div><p>Turns out that a single opioid crisis doesn’t actually exist. This year over 70,000 Americans have died in four distinct opioid epidemics, each bringing death through different drugs and regions.</p></div><div><p> </p><img class="size-large wp-image-90441598 lazyloaded" src="https://images.fastcompany.net/image/upload/w_596,c_limit,q_auto:best,f_auto/wp-cms/uploads/2019/12/i-2-the-and8220opioid-crisisand8221-doesnand8217t-actually-exist-us-is-fighting-4-separate-drug-epidemics.jpg" alt="" width="525" height="420" />View larger image <a href="https://wp-cms-fastcompany-com.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/12/i-1-the-and8220opioid-crisisand8221-doesnand8217t-actually-exist-us-is-fighting-4-separate-drug-epidemics.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>. [Image: courtesy of David Peters]Researchers at Iowa State University <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ruso.12307" target="_blank">studied death certificates nationwide</a> and found these four separate drug outbreaks:<p> </p><ul><li><strong>The West and Midwest heroin epidemic: </strong>The overdose deaths cluster along interstates known to be smuggling routes for Mexican cartels. This epidemic is quite active in urban areas, and from El Paso to Denver, and in Texas through St. Louis into Chicago.</li><li><strong>The rural Southern prescription epidemic: </strong>This is a continuation of the nationwide pharmaceutical overdose crisis that peaked in 2013 but continues in rural counties. The opioids mostly come from pharmacies, often prescribed to work-disabled former miners or manufacturing workers for their pain. Now that pharmaceuticals are more difficult to access, traffickers are creating counterfeit pills with prescription drugs such as OxyContin and hydrocodone mixed with easy-to-overdose-on synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.</li><li><strong>The urban fentanyl epidemic: </strong>Street drugs such as heroin and cocaine are mixed with synthetic opioids and often made to look like prescription pills. This is ravaging Northeastern cities, as well as parts of Utah and New Mexico.</li><li><strong>The unemployment opioid epidemic: </strong>Some unlucky counties are undergoing a “syndemic,” which means multiple epidemics at once, where people consume whatever drugs (prescriptions, heroin, synthetics) they can get their hands on. This is happening in regions where the opioid epidemic first blossomed in the 1990s and which have since undergone heavy job losses from mining and manufacturing in states including Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.</li></ul></div></div>The Full Cost of the Opioid Crisis: $2.5 Trillion Over Four Yearshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/the-full-cost-of-the-opioid-crisis-2-5-trillion-over-four-years2019-11-18T19:17:13.000Z2019-11-18T19:17:13.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/full-cost-opioid-crisis-2-5-trillion-four-years/" target="_blank">The Full Cost of the Opioid Crisis</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">In 2017, CEA published a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/The%20Underestimated%20Cost%20of%20the%20Opioid%20Crisis.pdf" target="_blank">report</a> that measured the full cost of the opioid crisis by considering the value of lost lives, as well as increases in healthcare and substance abuse treatment costs, increases in criminal justice costs, and reductions in productivity. The updated estimates for 2018 were calculated using a similar methodology as the 2017 report</span>.</p></div>Use Of Buprenorphine To Treat Opioid Addiction Proliferates In Californiahttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/use-of-buprenorphine-to-treat-opioid-addiction-proliferates-in-ca2019-10-18T18:28:58.000Z2019-10-18T18:28:58.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><a href="https://khn.org/news/use-of-buprenorphine-to-treat-opioid-addiction-proliferates-in-california/" target="_blank">https://khn.org/news/use-of-buprenorphine-to-treat-opioid-addiction-proliferates-in-california/</a></p><p>California and others are expanding MAT for the treatment of OUD, although contriversial in some parts of the county it is showing some impact. </p><p><em>"...Buprenorphine and methadone are both opioids. Both reduce cravings for heroin and synthetic opioids while minimizing withdrawal symptoms. But buprenorphine is less potent and <a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/5/e007629" target="_blank">less likely to result in fatal overdoses</a> than methadone. California doctors have more flexibility in prescribing it than with methadone or naltrexone, another medication used to treat addiction."</em></p></div>SAY NO TO STIGMA...A federal judge ruled last week that the nation’s first proposed safe injection!!https://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/say-no-to-stigma-a-federal-judge-ruled-last-week-that-the-nation-2019-10-11T17:54:28.000Z2019-10-11T17:54:28.000ZNavah Steinhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/NavahStein<div><p>Federal Judge Approves First Safe Injection Site</p><p>"A federal judge ruled last week that the nation’s first proposed safe injection site does not violate the 1986 Controlled Substances Act, giving communities one more tool to fight the opioid epidemic. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had sued to stop Philadelphia’s Safehouse operation, which features medically-supervised injections to prevent overdoses and easy referrals to treatment. The judge wrote, “the ultimate goal of Safehouse’s proposed operation is to reduce drug use, not facilitate it.” Studies found similar facilities in Canada and Europe have curbed HIV transmission, averted lethal overdoses, and helped people enter treatment." NASHP News</p><p> </p><p>Read to memorandum @ <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6444521-2019-10-02-Memorandum-on-Safehouse.html">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6444521-2019-10-02-Memorandum-on-Safehouse.html</a></p></div>NIH awards $945 million in research funds to battle opioid epidemichttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/nih-awards-945-million-in-research-funds-to-battle-opioid-epidemi2019-10-10T22:27:55.000Z2019-10-10T22:27:55.000ZJoshua C. Rubinhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/JoshCRubin<div><h1 id="page-title" class="title">NIH awards $945 million in research funds to battle opioid epidemic</h1><p>Link: <a href="https://www.medicaleconomics.com/news/nih-awards-945-million-research-funds-battle-opioid-epidemic">https://www.medicaleconomics.com/news/nih-awards-945-million-research-funds-battle-opioid-epidemic</a></p><p>Excerpt:</p><p>The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the award of $945 million in 2019 funding to battle the opioid epidemic through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative.</p><div id="dfp-ad-sky_1_160_600-wrapper" class="dfp-tag-wrapper"> </div><p>The research funds, split between 375 awards to 41 states, aim to improve the treatment of chronic pain, curb the rate of opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose, as well as helping patients achieve long-term recovery from addiction, according to a news release from NIH.</p><p>The release says an estimated 50 million U.S. adults suffered from chronic pain in 2016, while two years later an estimated 10.3 million people aged 12 or older misused opioids in the United States.</p><p>“President Trump’s approach to the opioid crisis and HHS’s strategy have both been based in the best science we have,” HHS Secretary Alex Azar says in the release. “We have effective tools, such as medication-assisted treatment, but we still need better ways to treat opioid addiction and manage pain in an effective, personalized way. This historic investment by NIH was made possible by funding secured from Congress by President Trump, and will support our work in the current crisis and lay the work for a healthier future.”</p></div>"Sesame Street" addresses opioid crisis as Muppet's mother battles addictionhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/sesame-street-addresses-opioid-crisis-as-muppet-s-mother-battles-2019-10-10T22:21:14.000Z2019-10-10T22:21:14.000ZJoshua C. Rubinhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/JoshCRubin<div><p>"Sesame Street" addresses opioid crisis as Muppet's mother battles addiction</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sesame-street-addiction-childrens-show-addresses-opioid-crisis-as-muppets-mother-battles-addiction/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sesame-street-addiction-childrens-show-addresses-opioid-crisis-as-muppets-mother-battles-addiction/</a></p><p>Excerpt:</p><p>"Sesame Street" is teaching kids how to talk about an especially difficult topic — <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-opioid-epidemic-who-is-to-blame-60-minutes-2019-08-25/">the opioid crisis</a></span>. In a series of new segments, Muppet Karli reveals she's been living in foster care because her mother is battling addiction.</p><p>Karli, a six-year-old yellow-haired Muppet introduced in May, lives with her foster parents, Dalia and Clem. She will tell her backstory in online-only segments as part of the "<a href="https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/" target="_blank">Sesame Street in Communities</a>" initiative, Sesame Workshop announced Wednesday. </p><p>"In new videos and other content, favorite 'Sesame Street' characters like Elmo and Abby Cadabby learn what Karli is going through and help their friend to cope," <a href="https://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-room/press-releases/sesame-workshop-launches-initiative-support-children-affected-parental" target="_blank">Sesame Workshop said in a press release</a>. </p></div>What’s New in Civic Tech: Ohio Opioid Technology Challengehttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/what-s-new-in-civic-tech-ohio-opioid-technology-challenge2019-09-04T17:54:36.000Z2019-09-04T17:54:36.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Ohio has announced this year’s prize recipients for its <a href="https://ninesights.ninesigma.com/servlet/hype/IMT?userAction=Browse&documentId=dc1d6fac529d7127bddbb57e6788f4de&templateName" target="_blank">Opioid Technology Challenge</a>, an event that calls on companies, scientists, health-care institutions and concerned citizens to help address the country’s opioid crisis with tech.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Hundreds of researchers, caregivers, service providers and average citizens from across Ohio, the U.S. and nine countries participated in the Idea Phase, submitting bold and creative ideas to help address this problem affecting communities across the world. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">See Ohio's vision here:</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://youtu.be/jkmq-lEZSNU">https://youtu.be/jkmq-lEZSNU</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Read more on the challenge at: </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://ninesights.ninesigma.com/servlet/hype/IMT?userAction=Browse&documentId=dc1d6fac529d7127bddbb57e6788f4de&templateName">https://ninesights.ninesigma.com/servlet/hype/IMT?userAction=Browse&documentId=dc1d6fac529d7127bddbb57e6788f4de&templateName</a></span></p></div>Opioid Crisis: A Brief Overviewhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/opioid-crisis-a-brief-overview2019-08-05T21:25:41.000Z2019-08-05T21:25:41.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">It begs the question on funding for research, when in this recent <a href="https://nrvnews.com/opioid-crisis-a-brief-overview/" target="_blank">article</a> interconnections are touched on:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>...Another area of concern, which is still under the radar, is the connection between <strong>opioid addiction and gun violence.</strong> According to the study, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, opioid addicts are more prone to carry or become victims of gun violence than alcohol-dependent individuals. The study was conducted in Massachusetts and found that the rate of gun possession is more than twice among opioid-dependent respondents than the rate of regular residents. Majority of the addicted population have carried gun for self-protection and have involved in gun-related violence. This is especially concerning as Massachusetts presents the least number of gun-related casualties in the nation. This is another tier of threat that opioid-addiction presents to our society. </em><strong><a href="https://nrvnews.com/opioid-crisis-a-brief-overview/" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></span></p></div>$16.4 million awarded to support medication assisted treatment projects across Californiahttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/16-4-million-awarded-to-support-medication-assisted-treatment-pro2019-07-19T21:40:56.000Z2019-07-19T21:40:56.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">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 ensure that the delivery of MAT facilitates positive treatment outcomes, safe management of care transitions and long-term recovery for people with opioid and other substance use disorders.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://www.shfcenter.org/news/1152">https://www.shfcenter.org/news/1152</a></span></p></div>Patterns of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in California, 2011-2017https://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/patterns-of-opioid-related-overdose-deaths-in-california-2011-2-12019-07-18T17:58:19.000Z2019-07-18T17:58:19.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><a href="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">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</a></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Male opioid-related overdose death rates are significantly higher than females in California as well as Prescription opioid and heroin related overdose death rates among Native Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites. What are others seeing across the country?</span></p></div>Faced with an outcry over limits on opioids, authors of CDC guidelines acknowledge they’ve been misappliedhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/faced-with-an-outcry-over-limits-on-opioids-authors-of-cdc-guidel2019-07-12T18:13:52.000Z2019-07-12T18:13:52.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/24/cdc-opioid-prescribing-guidelines-misapplied/">https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/24/cdc-opioid-prescribing-guidelines-misapplied/</a></p><p>How do we all get on the same page to manage abuse and ensure those that need medications aren't harmed? </p></div>Patterns of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in California, 2011-2017https://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/patterns-of-opioid-related-overdose-deaths-in-california-2011-2012019-07-09T21:46:55.000Z2019-07-09T21:46:55.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">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 differences among different types of opioid overdoses.</span></p><p><a href="https://discovery.cdph.ca.gov/CDIC/ODdash/_w_d259abb064ac3d9857657f2db3f31db9f5d963c17c3f0c59/Opioid%20Overdose%20Deaths%202011-2017.pdf">https://discovery.cdph.ca.gov/CDIC/ODdash/_w_d259abb064ac3d9857657f2db3f31db9f5d963c17c3f0c59/Opioid%20Overdose%20Deaths%202011-2017.pdf</a></p></div>The California Youth Opioid Response (YOR California) projecthttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/the-california-youth-opioid-response-yor-california-project2019-07-02T16:26:50.000Z2019-07-02T16:26:50.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3181868395,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3181868395,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3181868395?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="587" /></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.cibhs.org/yorcalifornia">https://www.cibhs.org/yorcalifornia</a></p><p>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 local communities and other stakeholders to prevent and reduce opioid overdose deaths and opioid use disorders (OUD) among youth (ages 12–24).</p><p>Key Principals can be found at <a href="https://www.cibhs.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/keyprinciples_508final.pdf">https://www.cibhs.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/keyprinciples_508final.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Resources avaliable:</p><ul><li><strong>Subgrants</strong>. DHCS has allocated $11 million to support local and statewide efforts to expand access to youth.</li><li><strong>Professional Resources</strong>. YOR California has identified protocols, guidelines, toolkits and other relevant resources that help improve services for youth. YOR California will bring together stakeholders to discuss best practices in statewide learning sessions.</li><li><strong>Educational Materials</strong>. YOR California will post resources that have been developed for youth, families, and communities on the risks of opioid use and other relevant topics.</li><li><strong>Partnerships and Convenings</strong>. YOR California is available for limited consultation and support on improving youth access to MAT and reaching and engaging youth.</li></ul></div>STAT: Insys Therapeutics, opioid maker implicated in major kickback scheme, files for bankruptcyhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/stat-insys-therapeutics-opioid-maker-implicated-in-major-kickback2019-06-12T16:55:56.000Z2019-06-12T16:55:56.000ZJoshua C. Rubinhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/JoshCRubin<div><p>STAT: Insys Therapeutics, opioid maker implicated in major kickback scheme, files for bankruptcy</p><p><span class="big-cap-wrap"><span class="big-cap">I</span></span>nsys Therapeutics (<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=insys+ticker&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS580US580&oq=insys+tic&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l2.1704j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">INSY</a>) announced Monday it had <a href="http://freepdfhosting.com/18b61564d4.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">filed for bankruptcy</a> and will sell most of its assets, just days after agreeing to pay $225 million to <a href="https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2019/06/06/insys-bribes-opioids-kickbacks/" rel="">settle charges</a> of bribing doctors to boost prescriptions of its addictive painkiller.</p><p>The filing, which was widely signaled, also comes weeks after a federal jury in Boston convicted Insys founder and former billionaire John Kapoor, along with four other former executives, of racketeering charges that contributed to the opioid crisis ravaging the U.S.</p><p>The move marks a striking reversal of fortunes for a company that reportedly was responsible for the best-performing initial public stock offering in 2013. However, its controversial business practices — which federal prosecutors charged were engineered by Kapoor — have led to its undoing.</p><p>Link: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2019/06/10/insys-opioids-bankruptcy-subsys/">https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2019/06/10/insys-opioids-bankruptcy-subsys/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Overdoses in California prisons up 113% in three years — nearly 1,000 incidents in 2018https://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/overdoses-in-california-prisons-up-113-in-three-years-nearly-1-002019-06-07T20:31:09.000Z2019-06-07T20:31:09.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><a rel="nofollow" href="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">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</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">...Nearly 1,000 men and women in California prisons overdosed last year and required emergency medical attention in what officials acknowledge is part of an alarming spike in opioid use by those behind bars, according to records obtained by The Chronicle.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2824494401,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2824494401,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="440"/></a></span></p></div>National Judicial Opioid Task Force- Resource center for the courts!https://hub.nic-us.org/groups/opioid-epidemic/forum/national-judicial-opioid-task-force-resource-center-for-the-court2019-06-05T18:33:30.000Z2019-06-05T18:33:30.000ZNavah Steinhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/NavahStein<div><p><a href="https://www.ncsc.org/Topics/Court-Management/Leadership-and-Change-Management/Opioids-and-the-Courts/Opioids-and-the-Courts-Resource-Center.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Judicial Opioid Task Force</a></p><p>Resource center for the courts!</p><p>As an effort to find solutions for the current opioid crisis, the National Center for State Courts has developed an evolving resource center which provides information and resources focused on the justice system and the opioid crisis.</p><p>Do you know of any similar initiatives? If so, please share them with us!</p></div>