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  • School-Based Counselors Help Kids Cope With Fallout From Drug Addiction

    Rachel Gotbaum

    December 05, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

    In order to deal with the opioid crisis, schools in Massachusetts are hiring counselors to support teachers and their students. In Cape Cod alone, 17 schools hired outside counselors, while 50 schools throughout the state did the same. The schools that are offering these services reported improvements in academic performance. "Their day runs smoother. They can get out their anxiety while they're in school instead of bottling it up, and then go back to class and continue learning.”

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  • Art museum offers healing to families hurt by addiction

    Shawne K. Wickham

    December 03, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    The Currier Museum of Art began offering the "Art of Hope" program to families living with addiction. In group sessions, a docent guides discussion around works of art in the collection and then everyone participates in a hands on activity. The sessions build community among people living with addiction and create a safe space to reflect.

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  • Recovery group helps young people establish new lifestyles

    Mary Shinn

    November 30, 2018 |

    Durango Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    Many people struggle with some form of addiction, but not many will seek help. Young People in Recovery aims to change that by not replacing other avenues of help, but rather "enhance other forms of care" by providing a place for support through meetings, events and activities.

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  • One of the biggest challenges of kicking addiction is getting and keeping a job

    Lenny Bernstein

    November 27, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Employers are creating “recovery friendly’ workplaces by providing support for employees with substance use disorders in the same manner as they would for employees who needed support for any other disease. A job and the support of an employer bring valuable stability to someone in recovery as well as provide a sense of belonging and self-worth.

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  • The for-profit company that turned around Maine's failing addiction treatment initiative

    Jackie Farwell

    November 26, 2018 |

    Bangor Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    Groups Recover Together is a for-profit clinic in Maine that helps treat people addicted to opioids. It prescribes buprenorphine, provides weekly counseling, and serves around 600 people a week at 60 clinics in the country. Its retention rates are well above the national average.

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  • This City's Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It?

    Abby Goodnough

    November 25, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Dayton

    Fatal overdoses in Dayton, Ohio have fallen 50% in the past year. The city's success is a combination of multiple factors, including cooperation between health workers and police agencies, widespread availability of Nalaxone, Medicaid expansion, and more; however, whether these changes can be replicated and stay successful in the long-term is yet to be proven.

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  • How 'fixing rooms' are saving the lives of drug addicts

    Mattha Busby

    November 21, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Denmark

    In Denmark, drugs users can safely get high inside “drug consumption rooms.” One of those is Skyken, users have access to clean needles, are allowed 24 hour access, and nurses can treat overdoses with antidotes. Evidence shows these types of rooms reduce deaths. “Drug consumption rooms reduce the risk of fatal overdose, reduce public injecting, and increase access to health and treatment services.”

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  • Denver Becomes the Latest City to Take Mental Healthcare Into Its Own Hands

    Jason Plautz

    November 21, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Colorado has recently adopted a new .25 percent sales tax to create a pool of funding for mental health and addiction services. The initial funds are earmarked to create a new mental health center, while the overall vision for the funds is to create services to move addiction to a public health rather than a criminal issue.

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  • The Gym Fighting Drug and Alcohol Addiction with Exercise

    Daliah Singer

    November 20, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    A Phoenix gym uses CrossFit classes as an effective way to keep people in subustance use disorder recovery. The class provides non-judgmental support, community, and exercise all of which can have a beneficial effect reversing the impact of substance use on the brain.

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  • Rhode Island Prisons Push To Get Inmates The Best Treatment For Opioid Addiction

    Andrea Hsu Ari Shapiro

    November 19, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Rhode Island

    In order to reduce opioid related deaths, Rhode Island has taken a rare step among state prisons: offer medication and drug counseling to opioid addicts. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections gives small doses of either methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone to inmates, as well as drug counseling. "I still have to fight the other drugs… But at least I have something to help with one of the ones that's brought me closer to death than anything else." Evidence show the program is working. There was "a significant drop in overdose deaths among people recently released from prison."

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