How the Bad River Tribe Flipped the Script on the Native American Opioid Crisis
Highlights the harm reduction strategy one Wisconsin tribe has implemented to reduce mortality from the opioid crisis. Discusses stigma, the high rates of overdose deaths for native people in Wisconsin, and the potential for harm reduction to lead to effective treatment. Describes their successes as a model for other Indigenous communities as well as harm reduction in general. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 16, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Opioid Rx Down, but Overdoses and Deaths Up, AMA Report Shows
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 -- Opioid prescribing by physicians and other health professionals has decreased for the 13th consecutive year, down nearly 50 percent since 2012, while overdoses and deaths related to illicitly manufactured fentanyl,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Investigating uses of peer-operated Virtual Overdose Monitoring Services (VOMS) beyond overdose response: a qualitative study - Rider N, Safi F, Marshall T, Jones S, Seo B, Viste D, Taplay PE, Rioux W, Ghosh SM.
BACKGROUND: Virtual overdose monitoring services (VOMS) are novel technologies that allow remote monitoring of individuals while they use substances (especially those who use alone) electronically.OBJECTIVES: The authors explored key partner perspe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Overdose prevention centers, crime, and disorder in New York City - Chalfin A, Del Pozo B, Mitre-Becerril D.
IMPORTANCE: The first government-sanctioned overdose prevention centers (OPCs) in the US opened in New York City (NYC) in November 2021 amid concerns that they may increase crime and disorder, representing a significant political challenge to OPCs. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Addiction Societies Issue Guidance on Stimulant Use Disorder
(MedPage Today) -- In light of recent increases in overdose deaths involving stimulant drugs, two addiction medicine societies have jointly issued a clinical practice guideline on the management of stimulant use disorder (StUD).
The guideline... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
