Psychedelics May Help Reduce Opioid Addiction, According To New Study
From the Huffington Post: Psychedelics May Help Reduce Opioid Addiction, According To New Study by Jag Davies The criminalization of people who use psychedelics is rooted in myths that are the vestiges of colonialism and the drug war – and, one by one, those myths are crumbling down. We’ve learned in recent years that people […]
ACA Replacement Will Slash Behavioral Health Services
From the National Council Capitol Connector: ACA Replacement Bill Slashes Medicaid, Behavioral Health Services By Stephanie Pellitt On Monday, the U.S. House released the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill contains provisions that, if enacted, could devastate Americans’ mental health and addiction coverage and care. […]
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ACA’s repeal would devastate fight against opioid addiction, researchers find
From The Morning Call: ACA’s repeal would devastate fight against opioid addiction, researchers find by Sam Kennedy Funding for mental illness and opioid addiction treatment in Pennsylvania will take a big hit if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, according to research published this week by Harvard Medical School. More than 181,000 Pennsylvania residents with […]
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Maryland’s opioid epidemic grows
From WTOP/Capital News Service Maryland’s Heroin and Opioid Crisis Reaches an All-Time High by Hannah Lang Barbara Allen signs her emails with the names of her family members she has lost to addiction. Jim’s mom, Bill’s sister, Amanda’s aunt. Her son, Jim, died from a heroin and alcohol overdose in 2003 after battling substance abuse […]
Occasional cigarettes still cause harm, study finds
From the Washington Post: Forget those occasional cigarettes: There is no safe smoking level, by Laurie McGinley There’s bad news for people who think it’s safe to smoke a few cigarettes a day or even a week: They face a substantially higher risk of earlier death compared with people who don’t smoke, according to a […]
Dialogue Connections Corner, November 2016 – Linda Rose Frank, PhD, MSN, ACRN, FAAN
Dr. Linda Frank is an Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Public Health with secondary appointments in School of Nursing, Community and Health Systems, the School of Medicine, Center for Translational Science Institute & the Center for Russian & Eastern European Studies. She is currently the […]
New ATTC web page highlights opioid misuse-related materials
The ATTC Network is committed to taking action to address opioid misuse. A new web page has been created that highlights opioid misuse-related materials, including online courses, recorded webinars, toolkits, articles, and newsletters. http://attcnetwork.org/projects/opioid.aspx