DrBob, 🧠MechanicRegarding #Maine
-16% reduction in mortality (first time in 5 years.)
- 430,000 Naloxone doses
- 50 people on ground, working on street to reach out to OD survivors and those at risk
- Treatment vs recurrent arrests!
- 1,000 Lives Campaign in Maine (through Maine Medical Society)
- Recover Out Loud program (vs AA, NA)
#medmastodon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Ns_d5KkQE
#Fentanyl #Xylazine #addiction #iverdose #AmerMedicalAssn #StateAdvocacySummit
Recovering Out Loud | Teri Smith | TEDxCherryCreekWomen
#Fentanyl, Stimulants, Hallucinogens and Other Substances
- Traci Green
- 111,000 OD Deaths
- 100 year problem
- Disparity: Younger, More stimulants, toll of life expectancy
- Unregulated drug supply toxic
- #Xylazine
- #1 Risk Factor for OD: Stigma
- Kaiser Survey
- https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/opioid-overdose-deaths/
- 2/3 individual or family dealing with drug or alcohol #addiction
- 3 in 10 individual or family member associated with Opioid Addiction
- 1 in 10 individual or family member drug #iverdose
- https://www.health.com/americans-drug-addiction-overdose-poll-7724703
