The Road Back: Insights on Medications for Opioid Recovery
A stigma-free newsletter for people with opioid use disorders and anyone who cares about them.
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A Sad Update (opens the original)
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In my introductory email, I explain that there are two people close to me who struggled with opioids for many years and whose lives have improved dramatically over the last decade after they found methadone.One of those people was my big brother, who turned 40 earlier this year. About two month ago, he passed away. He had had a very difficult 18 months health-wise and there are pieces to his story that we don’t yet know. I hope to share more once I have more answers, but for now what I can tell
Opioid Use Disorder Declined. Only 1 in 6 Received Medication Treatment. (opens the original)
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By Libby Jones, Associate Vice President, Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), Overdose Prevention InitiativeHello all! While I typically conduct my own interviews and write my own posts, I’ve made an exception this time around, and invited Libby Jones of the Overdose Prevention Initiative to share her thoughts on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health here while I continue to take some time away for maternity leave. Her guest post for The Road Back is below.-Emma The latest <a href="htt
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