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Massachusetts would have been the third state, behind Oregon and Colorado, to decriminalize the use of some psychedelics. One stark lesson learned from Oregon, the first to legalize, was that the cost of setting up its system of oversight made the opportunity out of reach for many residents, with one psychedelics session typically costing more than $1,000. #mentalhealth #psychedelics #decriminalization #massachussetts #colorado #publichealth https://lnkd.in/dx7kfeq8

"At the California Department of Justice, we are committed to holding entities, like Kroger, accountable for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic," State Attorney General Rob Bonta said. "Today's announcement builds on our commitment in our continued fight for justice and relief." #california Kroger #opioids #settlement #publichealth https://lnkd.in/gckAygZb

RFA: Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing Challenge Grant The Colorado Department of Law, Colorado Attorney General's Office announces that it is seeking applications for collaborative, community-driven projects in coordination with schools that increase protective factors for children and youth to decrease vaping. The focus of this funding opportunity is to support educational institutions and programs that build school/community connectedness and belonging for youth, promote the skills of trusted adults to support youth, and/or promote positive school climates and student resiliency. DEADLINE: Complete applications must be submitted no later than January 15, 2025. #grants #youth #health #schools #vaping #publichealth https://lnkd.in/gNukzdVA

These results suggest that community-focused, data-driven interventions that scale up evidence-based practices with a communications campaign may collectively contribute to successes in addressing the evolving nature of some opioid-involved polysubstance overdose deaths. #stopoverdose #treatment #publichealth #opioids https://lnkd.in/eZRCA8tm

Research shows that, when taken as prescribed, medications for opioid use disorder — such as methadone and a similar medicine, buprenorphine — can reduce dangerous drug use and cut overdose fatalities by more than half. Other studies have found the risk of overdose and death increases when treatment is interrupted. #medicaid #opioids #treatment #publichealth #coverage https://lnkd.in/dxW_jDZP

There are nearly 3 million direct care workers who are predominantly female (87%) and low-wage (65%); over one-quarter are Black (28%) and over four in ten are 50 years old or more (41%). #healthcare #healthequity #ltss #publichealth https://lnkd.in/dKraTXvb

In all, nearly 5,000 more people of color died from overdoses in 2023 than in 2021, while deaths among white people dropped by more than 6,000, according to the analysis of provisional data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of early this year, based on partial counts, Black and Native people remain the hardest hit, having earlier in the pandemic surpassed white rates. Hispanic and Asian people are still experiencing more overdose deaths as well. #healthequity #stopoverdose #publichealth https://lnkd.in/dTRQYSDm

The U.S. health care system, “by its very design, delivers different outcomes for different populations,” said a June report from the The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Those racial and ethnic inequities “also contribute to millions of premature deaths, resulting in loss of years of life and economic productivity.” Over a recent two-decade span, mounting research shows, the United States has made almost no progress in eliminating racial disparities in key health indicators, even as political and public health leaders vowed to do so. #publichealth #healthequity #healthcare https://lnkd.in/gQPWDrwy

“There are a lot of things that both parties can point to, as far as progress that’s been made in addressing overdoses: We’ve seen bipartisan efforts to expand access to treatment, to expand access to health services for people who use drugs..." #fentanyl #politics Maritza Perez Medina, Esq. Erika Franklin Fowler #publichealth #harmreduction https://lnkd.in/gZcVH6vz

But this box, and the almost a dozen others that have popped up in various locations in Summit County since September, don’t contain newspapers. Instead, these boxes contain a life-saving antidote: naloxone. #naloxone #harmreduction #colorado #publichealth Maggie Seldeen #stopoverdose https://lnkd.in/gFRnsnUx