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Bill HB20-1017
HB20-1017 Substance Use Disorder Treatment In Criminal Justice System Concerning treatment of individuals with substance use disorders...
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WE Care Coalition
- Aug 23, 2020
- 1 min
Bill HB20-1065
HB20-1065 Harm Reduction Substance Use Disorders Concerning the use of measures that do not involve schedule I controlled substances to...
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WE Care Coalition
- Aug 23, 2020
- 3 min
Bill SB20-007
SB20-007 Treatment Opioid And Other Substance Use Disorders Concerning treatment for substance use disorders. SESSION: 2020 Regular...
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WE Care Coalition
- Jun 23, 2020
- 6 min
Bill 20-1065
Second Regular Session Seventy-second General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REREVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the...
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WE Care Coalition
- Aug 9
- 7 min
New book chronicles how America's opioid industry operated like a drug cartel
August 2, 202212:37 PM ET Heard on Fresh Air It's estimated that more than 107,000 people in the United States died due to opioid...
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WE Care Coalition
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Denver police chief ‘very disappointed’ by new fentanyl bill
by: Gabrielle Franklin Posted: Mar 24, 2022 / 08:05 PM MDT Updated: Mar 24, 2022 / 08:05 PM MDT DENVER (KDVR) — Stakeholders and...
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WE Care Coalition
- Mar 15
- 5 min
Is it time to update methadone regulations? The pandemic seems to suggest so.
Calls to overhaul methadone distribution intensify, but clinics resist By MARKIAN HAWRYLUK | Kaiser Health News March 3, 2022 at 6:00...
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WE Care Coalition
- Feb 28
- 3 min
Corporate opioid payouts now being finalized would top $32 billion
February 23, 20226:00 AM ET BRIAN MANN Over the next two weeks, some of the biggest U.S. corporations accused of "turbocharging" the...
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WE Care Coalition
- Feb 8
- 5 min
Recent surge in U.S. drug overdose deaths has hit Black men the hardest
BY JOHN GRAMLICH Nearly 92,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2020, marking a 30% increase from the year before, a 75% increase over...
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WE Care Coalition
- Jan 4
- 3 min
New York City will install 10 vending machines that dispense Naloxone & clean needles
Francis Agustin Sun, January 2, 2022, 11:29 AM·3 min read NYC will open public health vending machines to increase access to overdose...
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WE Care Coalition
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Colorado attorney general seeks more resources, stronger penalties to combat fentanyl
Colorado recorded its most overdose deaths ever in 2020 with 1,477, and the state is on pace to break that record in 2021, Attorney...
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WE Care Coalition
- Dec 19, 2021
- 4 min
Judge rejects Purdue Pharma’s sweeping opioid settlement
By GEOFF MULVIHILLDecember 16, 2021 A federal judge rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement of thousands of...
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WE Care Coalition
- Nov 19, 2021
- 7 min
Substance use during the pandemic
Opioid and stimulant use is on the rise—how can psychologists and other clinicians help a greater number of patients struggling with drug...
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WE Care Coalition
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
US overdose deaths topped 100,000 in one year, officials say
MIKE STOBBE November 17, 2021, 9:26 AM NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a...
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WE Care Coalition
- Nov 5, 2021
- 4 min
Overdose deaths are so high that the Biden team is embracing ideas once seen as taboo
Updated October 27, 20215:56 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered The Biden administration is rolling out a new coordinated strategy it...
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WE Care Coalition
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
FDA approves naloxone injection to counteract opioid overdoses
Action: FDA has approved ZIMHI (naloxone hydrochloride) injection as an additional option to treat opioid overdose. ZIMHI is administered...
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WE Care Coalition
- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
Drug overdose death increases straining first responders on the scene
An increase in drug overdose deaths is putting a strain on first responders, prompting the development of new strategies to better help...
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WE Care Coalition
- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
A proposed Biden drug policy could widen racial disparities, civil rights groups warn
Updated October 22, 20215:24 PM ET A coalition of nearly 100 civil rights and criminal justice reform groups is protesting a Biden...
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WE Care Coalition
- Nov 5, 2021
- 5 min
A new index measures the extent and depth of addiction stigma
By Matthew Stefanko, Brea PerryandAnne KrendlOct. 27, 2021 “Ifinally build up the courage to tell the doctor I need help. Staring at the...
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WE Care Coalition
- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
Study IDs Strategies to Help Recovering Alcoholics
November 1, 2021Matt Shipman Lynsey Romolkromo@ncsu.edu Matt Shipmanmatt_shipman@ncsu.edu A recent qualitative study has identified six...
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