How Germany Averted An Opioid Crisis
“Deaths of Despair” – Prevention for a Growing Crisis
https://www.milbank.org/2019/01/deaths-of-despair-prevention-for-a-growing-crisis/
"...to be effective we must recognize the economic and social equivalents of public health prevention – the opioid
Read more…Municipal water testing as an innovative approach to track + measure drug use.
Key Findings:
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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Opioid use in pregnancy tied to severe birth defects:
There is a possible link between opioid use and a specific birth defect: “gastroschi
Read more…“For the first time on record, your odds of dying from an accidental opioid overdose are greater than dying in a motor vehicle crash.”
https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/individuals/Pages/State-Targeted-Response-to-Opioid-Crisis-Grant.aspx
