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This drug can break opioid addiction. Why aren't we using it?

Julia Laurie

December 07, 2016 |

Mother Jones |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Opioid addiction has increased throughout the United States. A clinic in San Francisco has been offering an opioid replacement drug called buphrenorphine to help wean addicts away from opioids. The clinic’s success at healing addicts has served as a model for clinics in other cities around the country.

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As Seattle eyes supervised drug-injection sites, is Vancouver a good model?

JoNel Aleccia

November 30, 2016 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

King County may become home to the first publicly supervised site in the U.S. where addicts could use illegal drugs such as heroin. The proposal is modeled on Insite, a center in Vancouver, B.C., that has prevented nearly 5,000 overdoses in 13 years and the spread of infectious diseases through supervised injection and a needle exchange program.

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Heroin scourge: ‘Not a thing being done about it'

Pat Beall

November 17, 2016 |

Palm Beach Post |

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Response Location: United States, West Palm Beach, Florida

The 'Heroin Epidemic' has taken many lives due to overdosing and HIV. Establishing needle exchange locations, demanding that public officials carry Narcan (a drug that reverses overdoses), treating addicts whether or not they have insurance, and collecting data are all actions that together can significantly lessen the effects of Heroin on communities.

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‘We Failed Him': Caught in the Revolving Door of Juvenile Detention

Tim Summers, Jr.

November 09, 2016 |

Jackson Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

If juveniles in the Hinds County youth-court system, whose families tend to have limited resources, cannot get sustained, meaningful help at the center, they do not have many other options. But, thanks to a lawsuit on behalf of the juveniles in the facility, the county is starting to address the lack of mental-health services - whether in facilities or starting at home with the family.

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Seattle's epic plan to fight heroin starts with a simple nose spray.

James Gaines

November 04, 2016 |

Upworthy |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Naloxone is a life saving drug for someone who is having a drug overdose but in the past only doctors had naloxone and people overdose in the street. Kings County, Washington, is trying out a new program which give naloxone to cops and the cops have been saving lives.

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Don't Lock 'Em Up. Give 'Em a Chance to Quit Drugs

Caroline Preston

October 25, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In Seattle, the over-policing of drug users has been extensive and frequently racially biased. Looking for a new solution, the LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) program, driven by a harm reduction philosophy, is connecting users with key social services rather than punishment.

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To the Brim: How USC is fighting a stubborn culture of binge drinking

Matt Lemas

September 28, 2016 |

Daily Trojan |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

At the University of Southern California, rates of binge drinking have been on the rise and are now reported as reaching above the national average. To combat this epidemic, the university is offering alternatives to nights out, that aim to create a community and culture around non-drinking.

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Baclofen: the controversial pill that could 'cure' alcoholism

Jessica Reed

September 16, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: France

For some alcoholics, finding a way to quit can be a long and frustrating journey. Baclofen is a new drug in France that has previously been used to treat Multiple Sclerosis but is now being used to 'cure alcoholics'.

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Barrios Unidos, Whole-Family Heroin Treatment Center, Opens in Chimayo

Ellen Berkovitch

September 12, 2016 |

Santa Fe Public Radio (KSFR) |

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Response Location: United States, Chimayo, New Mexico

Chimayo, New Mexico has a heroin overdose rate that is five times the national rate. Barrios Unidos is a community center in Chimayo that offers drug abuse treatment to whole families through community therapy and holistic healing methods.

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Baltimore Explores a Bold Solution to Fight Heroin Addiction

Chris Peak

September 01, 2016 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

There exists an antidote, naloxone, to opioid drug overdoses but only doctors have naloxone and drug addicts overdose in the street. In Baltimore, where more people die of drug overdoses than there are people murdered, a doctor at the George Washington University Hospital created a blanket subscription for naloxone so that anyone could buy the drug and save lives.

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