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Where are the overdose prevention centers Cuomo promised?

Anastassia Gliadkovskaya

October 12, 2019 |

The Bronx Ink |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Overdose prevention centers, common in Europe and Canada, give drug users a place to inject drugs safely. Though U.S. laws make them challenging to run, many have appeared in various states, including in New York. A yearslong attempt to institutionalize the practice in New York has been blocked by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, despite clear evidence that lives are saved when drug users have clean needles and safe spaces to use, and where overdoses can be treated immediately.

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At This Camp, Children Of Opioid Addicts Learn To Cope And Laugh

Kavitha Cardoza

October 09, 2019 |

NPR |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Dayton, Ohio

Building connections and learning to cope can help to break the inter-generational cycle of addiction. The nonprofit Eluna operates a camp in Dayton, Ohio, for children whose families have been ravaged by addiction. In addition to receiving the support of adult mentors, the children also engage in activities designed to teach them skills to manage their emotions. With funding from government subventions and private donations, Eluna plans to open several more camps nationwide.

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A Decade Of Diversion: Franklin County's Court For Addiction Recovery

Paige Pfleger

September 26, 2019 |

WOSU |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

Merging accountability with treatment promotes recovery for those charged with drug possession. In Franklin County, Ohio, the municipal court system operates a program called Helping Achieve Recovery Together. The court recovery program provides a two-year track for participants to receive mental health support from peers and the courts, with the goal of moving them from the criminal justice system and into treatment.

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States Lack Standards for Treating Opioid Dependent Pregnant Women -- Experts Say That's Ok

Kara Leigh Lofton

September 18, 2019 |

West Virginia Public Broadcasting |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, West Virginia

States typically do no employ an exact protocol for treating opioid-dependent pregnant women, but several states including Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky are working on addressing this gap in health care. Although each approach is fairly limited at this time, efforts to increase education amongst health care providers in order to reduce stigma and offering medication-assisted treatment, are practices that are still showing some promise.

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Pregnant Women Struggling with Addiction Say Doctors Turned Them Away. This Appalachian Clinic Is Changing That.

Jess Mador

September 17, 2019 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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Response Location: United States, Knoxville, Tennessee

The University of Tennessee Medical Center clinic has engaged a specific set of experts to form the High Risk Obstetrical Consultants team that focuses on treating opioid-addicted pregnant women as well as the infant after childbirth. The goal of the program is to stabilize the mother and then offer a choice for the rest of the pregnancy of either completely detoxing or remaining on medically assisted treatment.

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This East Tenn. Program Aims to Stop NAS by Reaching Women Behind Bars

Jess Mador

September 17, 2019 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tennessee

In Tennessee, health officials are fighting against the the opioid epidemic by educating opioid-affected pregnant women about neonatal abstinence syndrome. Although several approaches have been implemented, the Voluntary Reversible Long Acting Contraceptive Jail Initiative specifically provides resources to incarcerated women since studies show "women serving time in jails face a high risk of giving birth to a baby with NAS."

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Two Rural Counties Take Diverting Paths to Jail Reform

Laine Kaplan-Levenson

September 16, 2019 |

70 Million |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Alamosa, Colorado

Two southern Colorado counties responded differently when drug abuse, poverty, and mental illness contributed to overcrowding in their old, decrepit jails. Pueblo County's sheriff has gone to voters three times seeking approval of a near-doubling of his jail's capacity. Alamosa County's sheriff did the same, and succeeded in a renovation that nearly doubled capacity. But those extra cells turned out to be unnecessary because that county's criminal justice and community agencies collaborated on jail alternatives, significantly reducing how many people get jailed.

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DHMC's recovery-friendly pediatrics program supports parents struggling with addiction

Nora Doyle-Burr

September 02, 2019 |

Valley News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Lebanon, New Hampshire

For parents recovering from addictions, maintaining care for children can be a challenge, so a hospital in New Hampshire changed how they practice primary care in order to help. Dubbed “recovery-friendly pediatrics," the program helps to connect parents with resources on a regular basis.

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Colorado emergency rooms are trying something new to stem the opioid crisis: addiction treatment

Jesse Paul

August 28, 2019 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Hospitals in Colorado are changing their approach to opioid crisis by treating patients that come in as emergent cases and rushing them into medication-assisted addiction treatment. The model has proved so successful that doctors are now looking to expand this approach to methamphetamine users as well.

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Portugal's Wildly Successful Decriminalization Experiment

Carlyn Zwarenstein

August 24, 2019 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Portugal, Porto

Since introducing both the decriminalization of a range of substances like heroin and cocaine and new harm-reduction strategies in 2001, Portugal has seen success in driving down HIV cases, overdoses, and needle sharing. The country attributes their progress to treating the issue of drug use as a human rights issue rather than a criminal one, because they consider external factors that contribute to addiction like gender, class, or race.

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