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2. Markey, others want expanded methadone access: What the ... - AOL

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   Similar to fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid, methadone stimulates opioid receptors, making it possible to overdose on the medication, said Matthew Rogalski, an addiction medicine ...

3. State government response to the opioid epidemic in the ...

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   Opioid overdose mortality grew by over 90% in some parishes in Louisiana due to the coronavirus pandemic which has affected the capacity of many state residents to remain drug-free. State officials feared this would lead to still more overdose-related deaths and a long-term effect of more addiction-related disease, ushering in more homelessness ...

4. Prescription monitoring program - Wikipedia

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   Prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, are an example of one initiative proposed to alleviate effects of the opioid crisis. [1] The programs are designed to restrict prescription drug abuse by limiting a patient's ability to obtain similar prescriptions from multiple providers (i.e. “doctor shopping”) and reducing diversion of controlled substances.

5. List of addiction and substance abuse organizations - Wikipedia

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   Day Report and Treatment (DART) - Helping people with substance use disorders by providing comprehensive alcohol and drug, mental health, and case management services. DART is a bail monitoring program and collaborates with the Mental Health Center of Dane County and Dane County Human Services.

6. California will supply first responders, universities with ...

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   California will provide first responders, universities and other qualifying organizations with a generic version of Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal drug, for free, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced ...

7. How access to opioid treatments is growing across the country

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   According to a study by the NIH and CDC, just over 1 in 5 adults with opioid use disorder received medication-based treatment, namely buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone, in 2021. The study ...

8. California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a ...

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   Annual opioid overdose deaths in California more than doubled since 2019, reaching 7,385 deaths at the end of 2022. California began giving away naloxone kits for free in 2018. State officials say the Naloxone Distribution Project has given out 4.1 million kits, which have reversed a reported 260,000 opioid overdoses.

9. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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   Eleven state Medicaid programs put lifetime treatment limits on how long addicts can be prescribed Suboxone, ranging between one and three years. Multiple state Medicaid programs have placed limits on how much an addict can take per dose. Such restrictions are based on the mistaken premise that addiction can be cured in a set time frame.