Treatment, Recovery & Prevention
Spectrum News: Studies find that even as opioid overdose deaths level off, death rate rises for Black individuals
WAVE: Addiction recovery group prepares for rise in demand for treatment
Spectrum News: Addiction recovery center filling souls and stomachs
NPR: More than a million Americans have died from overdoses during the opioid epidemic
WPSD: New outpatient addiction treatment center opens in Benton
mHealth Intelligence: Homelessness Drives Up No-Show Rates for Virtual Addiction Treatment
WHAS: Overdose deaths are down in Jefferson County, still above pre-pandemic levels
WLKY: Volunteers of America and JCPS launch pilot program to lead students down a better path
Charleston Gazette-Mail (WV): Hollis Lewis: WV must focus on addiction prevention in 2022 (Opinion)
Courier-Journal: Opinion: Kentucky stories of addiction are powerful part of Sam Quinones’ new book ‘The Least of Us’
Seattle Times: To fight opioid crisis, UW researchers take new shot at developing vaccine against addictive drugs
Verywell Health: How Did COVID Change Addiction Treatment?
Medscape: Many Clinicians Feel Ill-Prepared for Drug Overdose Deaths
Workforce
TN. gov: TDMHSAS TennCare Publish Public Behavioral Health Workforce Report
SHRM: Substance Abuse Got Worse Amid the Pandemic and Remote Work
Circleville Herald (OH): Ohio Mental Health, Addiction Services Agency awards $5 million in CARES Funding
Public Policy & Legislation
Congress.gov: S.2796 – Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
Congress.gov: H.R.2379 – State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2021
New York Times: Pharmaceutical Company Is Found Liable in Landmark Opioid Trial
News Medical: Study highlights opioid use disorder treatment access disparities based on Medicaid prevalence
STAT News: Opinion: Opioid overdoses are killing Americans. Improving access to methadone can save lives
The Hill: Opinion: After a brutal year of overdose deaths, the US needs urgent, coordinated action
WKYT: What’s happening in Frankfort? Here’s a list of prefiled bills that could affect you
Policy & Medicine: HHS OIG Report Finds Many Medicare Beneficiaries Are Not Receiving Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder
Pew Charitable Trusts: Telehealth Can Lower Barriers to Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
USA Today: Opinion: Don’t forget the opioid epidemic as we battle COVID-19 pandemic