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  • States require doctors to use prescription drug monitoring systems for patients

    January 15, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Prescription drug mointoring programs provide a doctor with information about a patient’s prescriptions and—in some states—drug-related hospitalizations and arrests. With this tool, doctors are better able to identify drug-seeking behavior and intervene with at risk patients.

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  • Solutions to Homelessness

    January 01, 2018 |

    This is Reno |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Reno, Nevada

    Reno, Nevada, like many other cities in America, is facing a rise in homelessness and a lack of affordable housing. This podcast discusses various solutions implemented by Reno officials, including Washoe County's Crossroads program and other non-profit programs to provide comprehensive services for the homeless.

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  • Iceland has largely kicked teen drinking. What can it teach other countries?

    December 29, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Iceland

    In the late 1990s, Iceland had both a high rate of teen alcohol abuse and a lackadaisical attitude towards that abuse. Responses to these issues included instituting a curfew, investment in after school activities, and programs to change parent attitudes. The result has been a large decrease in alcohol use among teens and a strengthening of family relationships.

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  • The Stigma

    December 28, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    For the tens of thousands of individuals struggling with opioid addiction in the United States, breaking their drug habit is never easy, and is often inhibited even by fellow addicts in recovery programs who stigmatize the use of prescribed medications to aid the recovery process, despite their measured success. In Philadelphia, a group called Porch Light is the city's first ever 12-step program to embrace those on a medication-assisted recovery journey, helping to break stigmas and encourage those on the path to a clean start.

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  • He overcame drug addiction. Now he works to save the lives of other addicts on the street

    December 27, 2017 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    The state of Utah passed legislation in 2016 that made Naloxone, a life-saving overdose reversal drug, available over the counter to non-medical personnel as part of an initiative to reduce opioid related overdose deaths. An organization called One Voice Recovery brings Naloxone kits to addicts in heavily drug addicted areas in an attempt to reduce harm. In addition, One Voice Recovery helps addicts who want to seek treatment get the help they need.

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  • ‘I Never Thought That Would Happen in Our Family'

    December 27, 2017 |

    Gulfshore Life |

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    Response Location: United States, North Naples, Florida

    A network of pediatric care providers and mental health specialists are teaming up to offer comprehensive mental health services for children in Florida, something that has previously been neglected. The Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida establishes mental health checkups are part of the primary health care for children with their Beautiful Minds initiative, which also creates the network of integrated care. Today the Healthcare Network has psychologists in all 16 of their pediatric and adult practices and as a result has seen behavioral health visits jump from 964 in 2013 to 4,606 in 2016.

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  • At ground zero for the opioid epidemic, schools are helping students overcome the odds

    December 24, 2017 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    A public-private initiative has successfully increased graduation rates and decreased teen pregnancies in West Virginia's opioid-ridden hills. Reconnecting McDowell brings together nonprofits, government representatives, teachers, coal businesses, and others to provide mental health services, high speed internet, expanded dental care in schools, and other offerings. But, still in its early stages and working to establish a unified voice, the collaboration is threatened by the Trump administration's plans to cut relevant federal funding.

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  • Lessons from Seattle: How this alternative to jail may be a solution for Utah

    December 20, 2017 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    A program piloted in Seattle and now replicated in several cities nationwide aims to redirect low-level drug offenders into a case management system that can help them change their lives by connecting them with social services and advocating for their wellbeing. The program is called Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, or LEAD, and police officers can direct people into it if they are suspected of having committed a drug crime.

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  • Kenton Women's Village Provides Homes To Homeless Women

    December 18, 2017 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Providing people with safety and stability can help to break the poverty cycle. In the Kenton neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, the Kenton Women’s Village provides shelter and support for homeless women. The community is supported by staff of the Catholic Charities and the Kenton Neighborhood Association, but is largely run by the women who live there.

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  • Rethinking Rikers

    December 16, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In the ongoing challenge to reform New York’s Rikers Island prison complex, many have turned to Chicago’s Cook County jail as a model. While Rikers has made some reforms – including group therapy for those with mental health concerns and doing away with solitary confinement for inmates under 22 – there is more that they can do to follow in Chicago's footsteps. There, they have introduced the use of real-time data collection to map violence, made mental health care a key component of their services, and trained guards in verbal de-escalation.

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