Last month we praised the vital role of treatment courts in helping those with substance use disorder find alternatives to incarceration on the road to recovery.
For many, these courts are the difference between life and death.
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The Twin Pandemic: Substance Use and Overdoses on the Rise
It may be a new year but, sadly, the heartbreak continues. The U.S. lost more than 815,000 lives to COVID-19 through the end of 2021.
Read MoreOpioid Intervention Court: Removing Shame from Addiction
Richmond, Va. – More than 33,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose in 2015.[1] In 2017, with the help of a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Buffalo, NY started the first Opioid Intervention Court (OIC), overseen by Judge Craig Hannah. The purpose of the court is to link participants to Medication Assisted Treatment […]
Read MoreHow fentanyl and synthetic opioids impact the opioid crisis
Opioid overdose kills tens of thousands of Americans every year. Things have gotten so bad, and the dangers of synthetic opioids in particular are so high, that last year the federal government declared opioids a public health emergency.
Read MoreAverhealth Rolls Out Expanded Fentanyl and CBD Tests
When it comes to substance use monitoring, street drugs laced with fentanyl pose a real testing challenge. Positive Fentanyl test results can have a high rate of unconfirmed positives, in part because of the constant changes illicit labs make to fentanyl formulations. The expanded panel includes 16 different fentanyl analogs, including carfentanil. Because original fentanyl […]
Read MoreStreet Drugs laced with Fentanyl pose a testing challenge
In 2016, synthetic opioids surpassed prescription opioids as the most common drugs in overdose deaths. At 100 times the potency of morphine, fentanyl is a strong synthetic prescription opioid that is also illegally manufactured in clandestine labs in China and Mexico and sold online or transported across the Southern U.S. border.
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