Health Affairs

Going Local: Opportunities To Address The Opioid And Overdose Crisis In Communities

By learning the lessons of previous successes, increasing access to treatment, supporting those in recovery, and ...
MedCity News

Overlooked in the Overdose Crisis: Addressing Substance Use Treatment for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities

Amid an escalating overdose crisis, growing attention has turned to racial and ethnic disparities in the accessibility of medication-assisted treatment (MAT), such as buprenorphine. Most existing ...

Needle Exchange Programs Reach Only 21 of 575 Tribes Despite High Overdose Rates

Despite Indian Country bearing some of the highest fatality rates of the overdose crisis, there is a woefully insufficient ...
Morningstar

Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts Announces New Funding Opportunity for Community-Based Organizations Addressing Opioid Use Disorder

New York, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) is announcing a new Request for Proposals (RFP) to support community-based organizations (CBOs) working to ...
WBOC

Maryland Awards Over $12M to Combat Opioid Use and Overdoses

MARYLAND - Lieutenant Governor Aruna K. Miller, along with the Office of Overdose Response, has announced the award of $12.4 million in grants to numerous programs and organizations to address ...
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Treating opioid addiction in jails: Study reports fewer overdoses and reduced reincarceration after release

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...
Statesman Journal

Opioid addiction services program launches at Marion County hospitals

Hospitals in Marion County have been selected to take part in a new, six-month pilot program run by the Oregon Health Authority to improve addiction care in emergency settings. OHA partnered with the ...
News Medical

Treating opioid use disorder during incarceration improves post-release outcomes

A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...
MedPage Today

Treating Opioid Addiction in Jails May Cut Overdose Deaths Later On

People who leave jail and prison are at extremely high risk of a drug overdose, research shows. In this study of people with probable opioid use disorder in Massachusetts county jails, those who ...
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Massachusetts opioid overdose deaths down 36% in 2024

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said the reduction in fatal overdoses is likely contributed to by significant investments to expand access to services. The department cited housing ...
Boston Herald

Massachusetts opioid overdose deaths down 36% in 2024

Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to provisional CDC data. In 2024, Massachusetts had 1,340 confirmed opioid-related ...