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Oregon Detective Pioneers New Sexual Assault Reporting Program

Avery Lill

September 22, 2016 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, Ashland, Oregon

In Ashland, Oregon, the police department has launched a program that better serves sexual assault survivors by putting them at the center. The program, called You Have Options, considers the challenges that survivors face and works to help them through the reporting process, including letting them report anonymously. In its first year, You Have Options saw a 106% increase in sexual assault reporting and departments across the United States are now seeking to implement it.

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How the Chicanas of Eastside Mujeres Network Are Fighting to End Violence Against Women

Jessica Langlois

September 21, 2016 |

LA Weekly |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The recent revival of feminism, in tandem with increased awareness about violence and sexual abuse, and combined with the power of social media to organize activist groups, is helping various advocacy groups address the serious issues faced by women and minorities, specifically Latina women, in the Los Angeles area. Organizations from anti-gentrification cycling groups to rape crisis hotline dispatchers are combining resources to combat violence against women, provide more comprehensive legal and human services, help victims get a new start, and change the culture of abuse for good.

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How a Throwback Model City in San Diego Could Help Alzheimer's Patients

Linda Poon

September 16, 2016 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

What can you do to enjoy time with Alzheimer’s patients? A suburb near San Diego has recently opened a new town square with architecture designed to look like it is from the 1950s. The space offers aging baby boomers with dementia or Alzheimer’s a place to enjoy and interact with nostalgia.

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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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5-15 Minutes

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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Here's a Smart Way to Reduce Gun Deaths That Many Gun Rights Advocates Actually Support

Lisa Lewis

September 07, 2016 |

Slate |

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Response Location: United States

To prevent suicides, The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the National Shooting Sports Association are teaming up for an education initiative to raise awareness around suicide by firearms. The NSSF will lend the cause credibility against gun owners who may fear that this is gun control. Starting in four states with high suicide incidence, the program plans to scale nationally.

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A New Place to Calm Mental Distress

Leah Todd Lin

September 07, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Alamosa, Colorado

ERs are often ill-equipped to handle mentally ill patients and cause them more stress than they do help, furthermore, these recurring patients are costly. Mi Esperanza, a wellness center in CO, reduces unnecessary and counterproductive ER visits while providing those who are suffering a crisis a calm environment with talk therapy, and life coping strategies.

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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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Communities Nationwide Explore Solutions for Heroin Epidemic

Stephanie Warsmith

August 30, 2016 |

Akron Beacon Journal |

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Response Location: United States

Across the country, various communities are struggling with a heroin usage epidemic. This article highlights communities taking unique approaches to this problem,whether it is innovate treatment recruitment or early prevention.

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Seattle's Potential Solution for Heroin Epidemic: Places for Legal Drug Use

Jonah Engel Bromwich

August 25, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In Seattle, a heroin epidemic is provoking solutions that go beyond the cities needle exchange program. While controversial, a new proposal recommends safe drug-usage zones for those engaging in drug use.

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