The Bottom Line Residential addiction treatment centers for adolescents are costly and unevenly distributed across the U.S., with more than 60% of facilities that accept Medicaid already at capacity. With fentanyl leading to a rising overdose crisis in this age group,...
The Bottom Line When cities and towns in Massachusetts with high rates of emergency overdose responses implemented post-overdose outreach programs, those same municipalities were associated with lower opioid overdose death rates over time. Context Over the last...
An estimated 107,500 individuals lost their lives to a drug overdose between July 2021 and July 2022, with more than 81,000 of those deaths attributed to opioids and, in particular, fentanyl. To better understand the crisis and put forth suggested policies to reduce...
The Bottom Line Young adults (ages 18-25) with opioid use disorder (OUD) are likely to strongly consider their family’s opinions when it comes to treatment options—especially medication for OUD (MOUD). Interventions that target these views and consider the importance...
Filing a petition to commit his father involuntarily to addiction treatment in a prison was the hardest thing Tyshaun Perryman, CARC, has ever had to do. But at the time, he felt it was necessary because the situation had grown out of control. In Massachusetts,...