For months, I tracked the impact of two hospital closures on communities in West Virginia. At first, the loss of emergency services captured my attention. But the overlooked story was about the impact on mental health care. Now, I hope you'll read it: mountainstatespotlight.org/2020/10/15/thi…

The devil is in the details...“Functional racism is still racism...Racism is itself a public health crisis.”

So glad I spent this am at #PHS2020. Dr. Trevon D Logan’s keynote was a powerful synthesis of historical and persistent racism in the US, its pervasive influence on social inequity and the relationship to our current health crisis. #BlackLivesMatter

In this study, only 1 in 4 people needing #opioid treatment received medication for their opioid use disorder. Medication was especially low for ages 12-17 and 50+. Pia Mauro Hillary Samples Sarah.Gutkind @ErinAnnunziato Columbia Epidemiology Rutgers Institute for Health ja.ma/36ILZ5G

In our nationally representative study, only 1 in 4 people who may have needed opioid use disorder treatment reported medication (buprenorphine, methadone, naltrexone). Hillary Samples Sarah.Gutkind @ErinAnnunziato Columbia Epidemiology Rutgers Institute for Health. Free article JAMA Network Open (1/4)

TY Last Week Tonight John Oliver for highlighting how insanely counterproductive drug criminalization, stigma & misinfo is. & what needs to be done to save lives amid record overdose deaths. Policymakers: ICYMI, we clipped some of those solutions here 👇

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