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The Bend Bulletin, Oct. 20, 2016 The abuse of prescription pain killers and illegal drugs has tripled the rate of opiate overdoses in the U.S. since 2000. Every day, 78 people die of heroin or prescription opiate overdose, a rate of about one person every 20 minutes. Yet, the nation’s capacity to treat opioid addiction […]
The Register-Guard, Aug. 22, 2016 At White Bird’s Chrysalis Behavioral Health clinic, clients who battle substance abuse meet with people who share similar struggles in group counseling sessions. Others get help in one-on-one meetings with a mental health professional. And these same clients also may be found doing something a little less expected on their […]
KVAL, July 13, 2016 The recent death of the musician Prince highlights a national problem with opioid overdoses, which on average kill 78 Americans per day. “We know that we have people dying from this,” Dr. Patrick Luedtke with Lane County Public Health said. “We know that we have car accidents being caused by excess […]
KVAL, July 13, 2016 Drug overdoses now kill more people than car crashes in Oregon, Washington and 34 other states, according to a report from Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. And researchers say that has a lot to do with a rise in the abuse of opioids, a type of […]
KVAL, July 13, 2016 Transcript of Sen. Ron Wyden on Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 If ever there was an issue that should be unifying to the Congress – that should bring Democrats and Republicans together to surmount a challenge – it should be the raging crisis of opioid addiction in America. This […]
The Daily Astorian, May 30, 2016, updated June 7, 2016 It didn’t take long for Vincent Davidson-Gilbert’s life to fall apart once he starting using drugs again. The former Seaside resident had a house, a good job and an eight-year marriage. Though he went to prison at 18 for a spate of crimes committed during […]
The Register-Guard, Jan. 24, 2016 Grand Opening When: Serenity Lane’s ribbon cutting is at 10:30 a.m. March 11; tours that day run until 2:30 p.m.; a general open house is from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 12; patients move in March 14 Where: 91350 Industrial Way, Coburg Group tours: For a tour before then, […]
Portland Business Journal, Dec. 1, 2015 A group of more than a dozen hospitals, clinics and Coordinated Care Organizations announced Tuesday they will adopt a community-wide standard for the safe prescribing of opioids in order to combat an epidemic of abuse and addiction. The guidelines, developed over the course of the past year, are designed […]
The Register-Guard, Nov. 18, 2015 To the outside world, Nate Mart had his life together. He attended Southern Oregon University; he played football; he had a job. But Mart kept a secret: He was an addict — smoking pot, drinking alcohol and using cocaine. Every dollar he made working different odd jobs he spent on […]
MedicineNet.com, August 7, 2015 Traditional face-to-face support groups are better than increasingly popular online support groups at helping people with substance abuse problems stay sober, a new study finds. Researchers surveyed 141 women and 55 men, aged 18 to over 60, who used both types of support groups. More than 90 percent of the participants […]
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