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  • Could Managed Consumption Be a Better Form of Treatment for Alcoholism?

    Sasha Chapin

    February 08, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

    A facility in Ottawa called The Oaks gives alcoholics small amounts of alcohol throughout the day, and a place to live, to help them manage their addiction. Although research on the effectiveness of alcoholic recovery programs is limited, facilities like The Oaks that don't force abstinence from alcohol actually end up costing taxpayers less. This is because alcoholics in these facilities take fewer trips to the emergency room and have fewer run-ins with law enforcement, because they aren't on the streets binge drinking.

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  • What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn

    Maggie Jones

    February 07, 2018 |

    The New York Times Magazine |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Teenagers consume a large amount of pornographic media at the same time that they are developing ideas about their sexual identity and preferences. A “porn literacy” class offered to Boston high school students helps them to better understand the dynamics of what they are seeing and avoid the growth of potential harmful ideas about body image, consent, and expectations.

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  • Episode #1806

    Maria Hinojosa

    February 02, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Heroin purchased on the street is now commonly laced with fentanyl, a powerful narcotic, which has a much smaller lethal dose than heroin. Tino Fuentes spends his time in a place called "the hole" in the Bronx educating users about the dangers of fentanyl and testing their supply for this lethal drug with "fentanyl strips".

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  • Can Food Hubs Scale Nationally and Stay True to the Cause?

    Lisa Held

    January 31, 2018 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Common Market in Philadelphia is an example of a thriving food hub. A 2017 study showed there are at least 360 active food hubs in America that are helping small farmers sell their produce while helping people access healthy food. Now that the model has been proven at a local level, it remains to be seen whether these food hubs will have success with national expansion, though the Common Market is demonstrating success in three markets already.

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  • One Couple's Long, Bumpy Road From Opioid Addiction to Sober Living

    Joseph Darius Jaafari

    January 30, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

    Justin Ponton was a drug user in a town with a high incidence of opioid addiction. After he got clean he dedicated his life to helping others do the same—he runs a recovery home that doesn't turn anyone away for lack of funds.

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  • Treating the Lifelong Harm of Childhood Trauma

    David Bornstein

    January 30, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Childhood trauma has lasting effects on development and stress response, but these can be treated with behavioral therapy and proper interventions. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris of the Center For Youth Wellness insists that part of general care should be ACE assessments for childhood trauma. The effects of intervening when trauma is recognized has serious, positive, lifelong implications for patients.

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  • ER Use Goes Down As Hospital Program Pays Homeless People's Rent

    Miles Bryan

    January 30, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The University of Illinois piloted a program to fund housing for homeless patients who frequent the ER as a means to get off the street, and seek treatment for their chronic health conditions. Maintaining stable housing for these patients actually reduces the long term cost to the ER because homelessness is associated with chronic conditions such as asthma, and simply having housing can eliminate a lot of the side effects of these conditions. This solution is saving the hospital money and improving the health outcomes and living situations of the patients.

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  • Can Emergency Rooms Solve the Opioid Epidemic?

    Virginia Pelley

    January 23, 2018 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Emergency rooms across the country are initiating programs that address addiction and substance abuse. Usually emergency rooms are not equipped with mental health counselors, but to curb the opioid crisis, several are seeing increased uptake into therapy and programs when there are counselors available in the emergency rooms.

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  • Tracking The Air We Breathe

    Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

    January 19, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    While asthma has a large impact—including being the most common reason for school absence—data on the disease can be difficult to collect. An app called Propeller has been developed which tracks medication use among people with asthma and analyzes usage against 30 different environmental factors that can impact air quality and respitory health.

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  • This Map of New Orleans Might Save a Life

    Jared Brey

    January 19, 2018 |

    Next City |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    By relying more heavily on data analysis, New Orleans officials decreased ambulance response time in many parts of the city from 12 minutes to 8 minutes. This is just one successful project of many from the non-profit group Results for America. The group works with local governments to use data and evidence to solve urban issues, and it has seen successes in New Orleans, Atlanta, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.

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