Song for Charlie www.songforcharlie.org Help Promote Song for Charlie’s Snapchat Campaign! Song for Charlie is among the select group of expert contributors to Snap’s new Head’s Up Portal that includes Shatterproof, SAMHSA, and the CDC. Starting this month, if someone on Snapchat searches for drug-related keywords, Heads Up will show relevant educational content designed to prevent harm to […]
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New Resources October 5th SAMHSA TIP 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder – Executive Summary Fentanyl Documentary Dead on Arrival New Data Resource for Tracking Opioid Deaths The CDPH Substance and Addiction Prevention Branch (SAPB) has recently released a new data resource that will provide death data to our partners more quickly. This preliminary statewide monthly count data is presented by substance and will be
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On behalf of the Statewide Overdose Safety (SOS) Workgroup and partners, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is releasing the attached action notice to share widely as appropriate. This action notice for providers details best practices to consider and offers supportive resources to use when inheriting patients on opioid therapy due to facility
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DHCS Announcement: Updated Guidelines for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder “The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) released a focused update to the National Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in 2020. The updated guideline is intended to inform and empower clinicians, health system administrators, criminal justice system administrators, and policymakers who are interested
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On April 28, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released new Practice Guidelines for the Administration of Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid Use Disorder. The new guidelines exempt eligible physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists and certified nurse midwives from federal certification requirements related to training,
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Addiction Free CA is a valuable resource for getting Data on opioid use. The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has created this website to offer vaulable local information on opiods. The website has been completely redone and improved! https://addictionfreeca.org
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We have updated our website to include more pages and resources! Our web address is still the same and so is our purpse! Explore our website to find new resources!
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The Sacramento County Opioid Coalition is partnering with the California Opioid Prevention Network in their Coalition Accelerator program. We are working to expand coalition reach and reduce opioid overdose deaths. Here is a summary of our work with them.
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The Department of Health and Human Services had announced the removal of the X-waiver requirement increasing access to treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. Buprenorphine is a medication prescribed to treat in Medication Assisted Treatment(MAT), a gold standard for treating Opioid Use Disorder. The Biden administration reversed this move. The requirement of extra training to
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The Truth Initiative depicts just how hard addiction is. Addiction to Opioids can happen just after five days.
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