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Beyond the Stigma: Residential recovery centers offer refuge to NH moms struggling with addiction

Shawne K. Wickham

May 12, 2018 |

New Hampshire Union Leader |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Mothers who struggle with addiction often fear losing their children if they seek help. In New Hampshire, the Moms in Recovery program is seeing success by offering new mothers access to residential recovery centers. In these centers, mothers support each other and are incentivized to discontinue drug use.

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We really do have a solution to the opioid epidemic — and one state is showing it works

German Lopez

May 10, 2018 |

Vox |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

In order to tackle opioid addiction, the state of Virginia found a way to make drug treatment accessible to people with medicaid by boosting “reimbursement rates to addiction treatment providers.” Historically, drug treatment hasn’t been covered by health insurance. Virginia is changing that. Already, “the percent of Medicaid members with an opioid use disorder who received treatment went up by 29 percent from April to December 2017 compared to the same period the previous year.”

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Instagram's Queer Appalachia brings love — and services — to those who need it most

Heather Dockray

May 10, 2018 |

Mashable |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, West Virginia

The Queer Appalachia Instagram account has created a virtual community combating the isolation and fear that are often present in the lives of queer people living in Appalachia. In a region particularly hard-hit by the opioid crisis, it has also created a network of sponsors for those in recovery through a telehealth program managed by the account.

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Fresh Times at Rehab High

Britni De La Cretaz

May 04, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Brockton, Massachusetts

Forty recovery high schools in the United States have improved the lives for students who have addiction or mental health challenges. According to research, the relapse rate is only 30 percent, as opposed to 70 percent for students taken out of schools for treatment and then return. Despite this success, these schools have challenges in raising funds to support them, finding the transportation for the students, and letting people know that they exist.

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Fighting for life: Coalition works to reduce opioid deaths and help addicts recover

Claire Mitzel

April 29, 2018 |

Columbia Missourian |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Columbia, Missouri

The Fighting for Life Coalition works to prevent overdose deaths in Missouri. From counseling to buprenorphine treatments, the group is committed to harm reduction principles of reducing harms even when people engage in dangerous behavior. The state also has a group that meets users in the hospital and mobilizes to get them started in treatment within 24 hours.

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How safe-injection sites work

Jennifer Long

April 26, 2018 |

WGME-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

The city of Montreal, Canada is testing how safe injection sites can be used in the fight against opioid overdoses. Montreal has 4 total sites, and one of them, called Cactus Montreal, has already supervised thousands of users in less than a year without a single death. Cactus is often busy with about 100 visitors each day, and they say that their services also prevent public injections and litter of used needles.

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A ray of hope: Fighting codeine and tramadol abuse in Kano state

Bashar Abubakar

April 23, 2018 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

Two groups in Nigeria are helping young men recover from drug addiction. The Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) uses their own process: embrace, sensitize, and rehabilitate by hosting weekly meetings for the recovering addicts. The Youth Awareness Forum Against Drug Addiction (YAFODA) has used multiple approaches to help 252 recovering addicts. The alarming statistic that “7 out of 10 youths in Kano state are involved in drug abuse” underscores the great need for these programs.

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30,000 Copies and Counting: This Newspaper Helps Inmates Prepare for Life on the Outside

Shaima Shamdeen

April 19, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

In Cincinnati, a resource guide helps those currently or previously incarcerated find resources like housing and employment so they can transition back to the community. The newspaper, called Re-enter into Society Empowered, or RISE, was created by a woman who struggled with addiction and incarceration. It features stories of recovery as well as resources in the community and the staff provide peer mentoring and advice to current inmates.

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Police in Illinois Are Helping Substance Abusers Get Into Rehab Instead of Arresting Them

Bill Myers

April 18, 2018 |

Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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Response Location: United States, Dixon, Illinois

Dixon is the second police department in the United States to stop jailing drug addicts and start helping them check into rehab centers instead. “We’re changing the way law enforcement views addiction — to see it as a disease, not a crime,” says Police Detective Jeff Ragan. At least 267 people have gone through the Safe Passage program so far, some multiple times, but the program seems to be working. Residential burglaries, retail thefts, and drug arrests have dropped.

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There's a New 12-Step Group: Medication-Assisted Recovery Anonymous

Jillian Bauer-Reese

April 17, 2018 |

Slate |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Medication-Assisted Recovery Anonymous is a new 12-step group for people in recovery while taking prescribed methadone or suboxone. While many Narcotics Anonymous chapters stigmatize or dismiss people in medication-assisted recovery, MARA provides a place for community and peer support.

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