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• Maine to launch 'rapid response team' to combat opioid crisis

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  State officials said the team would conduct outreach to overdose patients and use near-real-time EMS and hospital data to track overdose numbers

• NC EMS reports increase in naloxone use, plans leave-behind program

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  Wilson County EMS will begin rolling out a program to leave behind kits that contain naloxone and materials to help dispose of opioids after overdose calls

• Opioid overdoses skyrocket in Chicago area during pandemic

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  Experts say stronger drugs and scarce treatment are leading to a sharp increase in opioid overdoses and deaths in Cook County

• Ohio officials agree on plan to split any opioid settlements

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  Under the OneOhio plan, 30% of the money would go to community recovery efforts handled by local governments.

• Amid opioid, vaping suits, Kansas looks to curb local action

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  The proposal, modeled after a law Texas enacted last year, would give Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office oversight of local officials' decisions to hire outside attorneys.

• As suicide rates climb, crisis centers expand

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  Other states are starting to emulate what has become known as the “Arizona model” for crisis care

• What your community can do about the growing suicide epidemic

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  Suicide is a complicated subject – with no easily identifiable, one-size-fits-all solution – but that hasn’t stopped communities all over the country from making meaningful strides to help those citizens who would intentionally self-harm

• $6 Million Opioid Emergency Grant Will Help More Mainers Enter the Drug Treatment Field

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  Some of the money could also pay for an expansion of career counseling and skills training for people in jail or recently released from jail.

• Female-Focused Approaches Are Big Draw for Minn. Women Seeking Help With Substance Abuse

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  As more women in Minnesota seek out help for addiction, serv­ice providers are stepping up to help reduce barriers to treatment.

• Local Governments in Ohio Seeking Unity in Opioid Litigation

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  There have been signs of discord between state and local governments across the country about how any settlements would be divided among them. Ohio officials are hoping to avoid this with a preemptive agreement.

• Opioid Victims, Governments Can Begin Filing Claims Against Purdue Pharma

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  Lawyers for plaintiffs say people should file claims even if they're not sure Purdue's drugs were involved in their injuries.

• Keeping Families Together: Medication-Assisted Treatment Shows Promise for Mothers, Children of Opioid Crisis

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  "They were coming to the hospital, no prenatal care, no medication-assisted treatment, so the babies were worse. (But now) the moms are getting treated. We're trying to relationship build, get them on their right two feet," said nursing manager Lisa Shafer.

• Opioid crisis: Akron paramedics leave behind lifesaving naloxone with patients, family members

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  The Akron Fire Department responds to 90 to 100 overdoses each month, with about 10 percent ending in deaths

• These communities are tracking drug overdoses in real time to save lives

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  The Hudson Valley Interlink Analytic System is among a number of surveillance systems being adopted around the country by police, government agencies and community groups

• This Walk-in Clinic for Opioid Addiction Offers Meds First, Fast

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  An Olympia doctor is working to spread an opioid addiction treatment philosophy called "medication first." The surprising approach scraps requirements for counseling, abstinence or even a commitment to recovery. But this may be a tough sell in other parts of the country.

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