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Opioid overdoses should be treated like attempted suicides - STAT
Opioid overdoses should be treated like attempted suicides - STAT
Opioid overdoses aren't highs gone wrong. Someone revived from one deserves the same attention as someone rescued from a suicide attempt: an emergency hold.Create the crisis. Then create the Cure. Largest opioid lawsuit not coming from painkillers, but from the substances created to address the problems these same people created.
us.cnn.com/2019/07/12/health/opioid-lawsuit-reckitt-benckiser-bn/index.html
Drugmaker to pay $1.4 billion in largest US opioid treatment settlement
Reckitt Benckiser Group has agreed to pay up to $1.4 billion to resolve a long-running United States federal investigation into the company's sales and marketing of Suboxone, a prescription drug used to treat people addicted to heroin, painkillers and other opioids."My view, in short, is that an ethic of personal responsibility is the wrong justification for health policy. If a person is injured in a motor vehicle accident in which she was speeding, we don’t thereby refuse a life-saving operation. Although she chose to speed and is responsible for her actions, it is not the case that she should therefore be forced to accept the potentially deadly consequences. That’s not how we do, or should, think about medicine and health care."
www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/09/treat-opioid-users-with-compassion-not-judgment-column/...
To fight opioid epidemic, treat drug use with compassion, not judgment
I know from personal experience: We can't expect people who use drugs to get better on their own or overnight. We need to meet them where they are.25 Brené Brown Quotes on Courage, Vulnerability, and Shame
25 Brené Brown Quotes on Courage, Vulnerability, and Shame
A researcher and a powerful speaker, Brené Brown has become an inspiration for millions of people. Here are our favorite 25 Brené Brown quotes.Southeastern launches first and only public university collegiate recovery program in Louisiana
Southeastern launches first and only public university collegiate recovery program in Louisiana
Southeastern Louisiana University will soon host the first and only collegiate recovery program at a public institution in the state of Louisiana. Launching this fall, “Lion Up Recovery” is recognized by the Association of Recovery in Higher Education and is a voluntary program to help students ...Here is a link to the registration of the recovery symposium coming up this weekend. It is a free event however, we need you to register in order to get a head count for lunches, so if you have not registered please do so now.
www.eventbrite.com/e/south-florida-recovery-forum-tickets-62121829063?aff=eand