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Online LearningWeb Portal, Teaching Resource 2018Course: The Opioid Crisis in America
This self-paced online course from HarvardX challenges preconceptions about addiction and about who can become …
This self-paced online course from HarvardX challenges preconceptions about addiction and about who can become addicted to opioids, which are part of a drug class that includes heroin as well as pain relievers such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, codeine, fentanyl, and others. Students learn about the origins and spread of opioid use, misuse, and addiction. The course covers the appropriate ways in which prescription opioid drugs can be used to treat specific pain conditions, and…
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ArticlePublication 2017How ACA Repeal Would Worsen the Opioid Epidemic
As the U.S. Surgeon General’s recent report on addiction highlights, the United States faces a …
As the U.S. Surgeon General’s recent report on addiction highlights, the United States faces a serious opioid epidemic that shows no signs of abating. The rate of death due to opioid-related overdose has increased by more than 200% over the past 15 years, and we are now losing more Americans to overdose deaths each year than we did to AIDS during the peak of that epidemic. The authors of this editorial argue that an effective…
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ReportPublication 2015Opioid Dependence: Final Report
This report from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) examines the comparative effectiveness and value …
This report from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) examines the comparative effectiveness and value of interventions for the management of opioid dependence. The goals of the report are to document the federal and New England state regulations affecting treatment options, provide an overview of existing clinical guidelines and payer coverage policies, and summarize the evidence on the different management approaches for opioid dependence, including special considerations for adolescents. An appendix is provided by ICER.…
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Online LearningVideo, Teaching Resource 2017Forum. The Opioid Crisis: A Governors Roundtable
Opioid overdoses claim the lives of 91 Americans every day, according to the Centers for …
Opioid overdoses claim the lives of 91 Americans every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This Forum - The Opioid Crisis: A Governors Roundtable, is part of the series, Policy Controversies, and was presented jointly with PRI’s The World & WGBH News. In this multimedia forum, four former governors offered candid insights into how government policy can help, exploring what works and what doesn’t. They spoke about experiences within their own…
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ReportPublication 2017World Drug Report 2017
The World Drug Report 2017 is produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and …
The World Drug Report 2017 is produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in a five-booklet format. Booklet 1 summarizes the content of the four subsequent substantive booklets and presents policy implications drawn from their findings. Booklet 2 deals with the supply, use and health consequences of drugs. Booklet 3 focuses on the cultivation, production and consumption of the three plant-based drugs (cocaine, opiates and cannabis) and on the impact of new…
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ArticlePublication 2017Cost-Effectiveness of ED-Initiated Treatment for Opioid Dependence
In a recent randomized trial, patients with opioid dependence receiving brief intervention, emergency department (ED)-initiated …
In a recent randomized trial, patients with opioid dependence receiving brief intervention, emergency department (ED)-initiated buprenorphine and ongoing follow-up in primary care with buprenorphine (buprenorphine) were twice as likely to be engaged in addiction treatment compared with referral to community-based treatment (referral) or brief intervention and referral (brief intervention). This study evaluates the relative cost-effectiveness of these three methods of intervening on opioid dependence in the ED. Measured health-care use was converted to dollar values. The…
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Lesson/ModuleWeb Portal, Teaching Resource 2017NY Times: Investigating the Heroin and Prescription Opioid Epidemic
This lesson plan produced by The New York Times focuses on the heroin and prescription …
This lesson plan produced by The New York Times focuses on the heroin and prescription opioid epidemics in the United States. Focusing on statistics, social issues, and health, the lesson plan offers discussion questions, activities, and resources for further learning.
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