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Truckers take on human trafficking

Carl Segerstrom

August 20, 2018 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The group Truckers Against Trafficking launched in 2009 to enlist the help of truck drivers to spot and report cases of human trafficking, which was common at many truck stops. The group trains truckers through video tutorials using experts on trafficking to offer tips on how to spot people being coerced into prostitution. Eight states now require the training and parts of the program are used in nearly 40 states, while truckers have helped identify more than 1,000 trafficking victims.

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Peers guide addicts toward recovery

Jordyn Grzelewski

August 20, 2018 |

The Vindicator |

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Response Location: United States, Youngstown, Ohio

Those that struggle with addiction can have a difficult time feeling like they're being understood by those they talk to about their problems. In Ohio, however, federal funding has gone towards a program that uses peer to peer support in order to connect addicts with recovered addicts, which so far, has shown promising results.

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Rural Risk: Mobile Clinics Help Tackle Multifaceted Opioid Crisis

Aaron Payne

August 20, 2018 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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Response Location: United States, Kentucky

To combat the opioid epidemic in rural areas, Appalachian states are using mobile health clinics. In Kentucky, a mobile pharmacy housed in a van has distributed 1,300 doses of Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal drug. A mobile testing van reaches rural residents at risk for Hepatitis and HIV.

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In San Francisco, Opioid Addiction Treatment Offered on the Streets

Abby Goodnough

August 18, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

San Francisco health workers can hand out prescriptions to opioid treatment buprenorphine on the street as part of a $6 million program called Street Medicine Team. The program aims to treat homeless, long-term drug users who don't come to clinics. So far, 20 of the first 95 patients are still in the program.

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This E.R. Treats Opioid Addiction on Demand. That's Very Rare.

Abby Goodnough

August 18, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Eight California hospitals use government funds to play for the E.D. Bridge program. They dispense buprenorphine on demand in an effort to address the gap in care between withdrawals and entry into rehabilitation programs. Then the hospital connects patients to larger treatment centers for ongoing care. A Yale-New Haven Hospital study shows that patients given a dose of buprenorphine in the emergency room are twice as likely to be in treatment a month later.

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Dane County Jail is treating heroin, opioid addictions with Vivitrol. Here's what other Wisconsin counties can learn.

Ashley Luthern

August 16, 2018 |

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

In Dane County, Wisconsin, the jail is trying a new opioid treatment program. Usually, people who are recently released from jail are at high risk for overdose if they’ve suffered from addiction. This program takes advantage of the forced detoxification of jail time and provides access to Vivitrol, an opioid-inhibiting drug. Over the last 5 years, over 200 people have been part of the program and almost half of them have successfully reached their treatment goals.

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Searching For A Cure For Japan's Loneliness Epidemic

Marc Prosser

August 15, 2018 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: Japan

Japan is using robots to combat excessive national loneliness. Many people live, age, and die alone. Though experts say that nothing replaces meaningful human contact, family members report that relatives who use the robots have an improved quality of life.

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Her rapist was convicted because of a rape kit. So why are so many kits untested?

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

August 15, 2018 |

KUOW Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Ohio

Ohio has invested heavily in new technology and processes to improve and streamline the testing of rape kits. As Washington grapples with limited resources and lab inefficiencies, it looks to Ohio as an example of productivity and efficiency. After passing a bill requiring the processing of all rape kits, crime labs in Washington are facing a backlog that, without changing their ways, could take up to six years to complete.

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‘Life Changing Food': This eatery hires only people recovering from addiction

Katie Wedell

August 14, 2018 |

Dayton Daily News |

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Response Location: United States, Lexington, Kentucky

DV8 Kitchen in Lexington, Kentucky has twenty-five employees, all of whom are in recovery from drug addiction. The eatery's "second chance hiring" policy and general business take into consideration the special needs of those in recovery, including closing when employees need to go to recovery meetings and splitting tips evenly into employee paychecks. The owner also engages in a workshop series for the employees, covering topics such as health and wellness, financial responsibility, and mindfulness.

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The right to disconnect: The new laws banning after-hours work emails

Rich Haridy

August 14, 2018 |

New Atlas |

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Response Location: United States

France, Italy, Germany, and now the U.S. are passing “anti-stress” laws, which make it illegal or harder for workers to receive emails after work. Research shows that when employees expect to be contacted after work through email, their levels of anxiety and stress go up. "I think this will lessen a lot of the anxiety that goes with having a job in the city and allow people to draw their own lines about when work ends."

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