More than 321,000 U.S. children lost a parent to drug overdose from 2011 to 2021
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New from CDC -- MMWR supplement presents a standard framework for evaluating large health care data and related resources, including constructs, criteria, and tools that investigators and evaluators can apply and adapt.
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State COVID-19 Policies and Drug Overdose Mortality Among Working-Age Adults in the United States, 2020
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A little flashy on the headline but glad to see this paper get the news coverage it deserves.

College students want to help during an opioid overdose but don’t know how health-reporter.news/college-studen…

To help prevent overdose, governments should fund community-based SSPs: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Hear from Dr. Hargons on #HotGirlScience and community-based research approaches to Black sexual and mental health next week! The talk will be held on May 16th from 1-2:30 PM CT via Zoom. Nebraska Psychology MHDI

Learn More & Register: ow.ly/PioU50RaQC8

From 2016 to 2021, the odds of prescribing buprenorphine among clinicians in the OCHIN network increased significantly. The increase was largest for NPs and PAs, particularly in urban clinics.
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For International Harm Reduction Day, 7 Intersections of Harm Reduction and Safer Supply from National Safer Supply Community of Practice
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For today, International Harm Reduction Day, we share with you these messages from our members 1/3 #IHRD24 #harmreduction #druguserrights #euronpud #nothingaboutuswithoutus

Mpox cases are spiking again in NYC, health department says
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On our Vital Stories blog: We spoke with Dr. Sheila Vakharia Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW, author of the new book The Harm Reduction Gap about some misconceptions on harm reduction and how we can help end the overdose crisis in the U.S.

Read the Q&A. vitalstrat.org/3TJKuZQ

Join us on May 15 for Session 1 of Drug Policy Alliance's Drug War Profiteers series! Explore how treatment and recovery industries profit from the drug war and how profit-driven policies impact client care.

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Join us May 23 12pET for a Health x Housing Lab Population Health Zoom seminar:
'Homecoming Realities: Understanding Housing Insecurity & Health after Incarceration.' Featuring @DanyaKeene Dallas Augustine 🍉 Giselle Routhier, PhD #FayOwens (@UrbanJustice). Register: tinyurl.com/mrytrrys

Join us for a virtual special guest this week! brown.zoom.us/j/97453976416

By connecting our participants to an array of life-changing services, our Harm Reduction Navigators make a lasting difference in the lives of our community members - and you can be part of this important team. Apply here. bit.ly/3PsJkRd

❓Did you miss the March workshop on #HIV and #WomensHealth research? Video recordings are now available on #NIH VideoCast. Topics include HIV prevention, treatment, and cure; comorbidities; community-led research; and more. Access VideoCast links here: go.nih.gov/vzzwQRy

'It is possible for fentanyl to cause seizures, but it's very rare. Meanwhile there are a lot of other drugs for which seizures during overdose are pretty common, particularly synthetic cannabinoids, methamphetamine and cocaine.'

By Topical Depression Kastalia:
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Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigators Betty Kolod and Jeffrey Weiss - “It’s Like A Partnership”: Exploring the Primary Care Experiences and Patient-Defined Goals of People Who Use Drugs
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I carry Narcan with me, in my bag. Who wants to be on an airplane with someone overdosing, without Narcan?
(when I was addicted, which happens to tens of millions of Americans, I would have appreciated this!)

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'Outbreak' of opioid overdoses in Austin, Texas, linked to 8 deaths and over 50 emergency calls
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