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Eleven organizations have signed a letter to Idaho's congressional delegation urging them to support two measures that would increase access to drug treatment for people who are incarcerated or recently released.
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Those struggling with nonmedical opioid use and their families often face stigmatization. Researchers at Utah State University are working to understand how family members cope with stigma, to better inform practitioners on how to support them.
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A groundbreaking new study is the largest clinical trial to show that a psychological intervention can reduce opioid misuse in people with chronic pain.
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Researchers at the University of Utah have shown that Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement (M.O.R.E.) therapy helps reduce opioid misuse in chronic pain patients.
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People with substance use disorders face enormous internal and external challenges on the journey to recovery. Harm reductions services aim to keep people…
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Mindy Vincent started Utah’s first syringe exchange program in 2016. That was right after the state legalized it. “People were appalled,” said Vincent,…
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 70,000 Americans died of an overdose in 2017, over 47,000 of which involved opioids. The Utah…
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In 2016, Utah was ranked 16th in the nation for opioid-related deaths. If you look at the top ten counties that misuse opioids in Utah, you’d see that…
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The number of heroin-related overdose deaths in Utah decreased for the first time in six years, according to the Utah Department of Health. The data also…
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Last week, Weber County joined ten other Utah counties to file a lawsuit against opioid distributing and manufacturing companies after claims of false…