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  • Baclofen: the controversial pill that could 'cure' alcoholism

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

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

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

    September 07, 2016 |

    Slate |

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    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

    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

    September 01, 2016 |

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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

    August 30, 2016 |

    Akron Beacon Journal |

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    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

    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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  • California Court Helps Kids By Healing Parents' Addictions

    August 24, 2016 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Signs indicate that a recent surge in the number of children entering the foster system is related to the opioid epidemic. Using the power of keeping families in tact as motivation, the Early Intervention Family Drug Court in Sacramento County works with addicted parents to receive comprehensive early addiction intervention in an attempt to prevent their children from being entered into the foster system.

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  • How Community Networks Stem Childhood Traumas

    August 17, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Walla Walla, Washington

    The development of the ACE score in the late 1990s revealed that the causes behind many serious social issues-- from violence to graduation rates to poverty-- were rooted in trauma and stress experienced by the individuals enacting them. The Family Policy Council based in Washington State examined the connections between social problems and related issues and found that community networks, armed with this new ACE information, provided valuable knowledge on how to improve conditions across a spectrum of issues, even with modest resources.

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