Non-alcoholic bars are cool, say the Brits. Will we follow suit? The owners of the upcoming Counterfeit Bar in Phoenix, AZ, say yes.
Pew’s Public Safety Performance Project at Work in Pennsylvania
Aided by IRETA, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections develops performance measures for prison mental health services.
Study finds methadone clinics don’t increase crime in Baltimore neighborhoods
Methadone is a federally-regulated medication that, by law, is dispensed only by licensed treatment settings when used to treat opioid addiction. It has been studied exhaustively and many of its benefits are undisputed in the research literature.
Get High or Die Trying
Maxim Furek sent us an article titled “Get High or Die Trying in the Summer of 2006,” which he wrote on spike in overdose deaths a few years back caused by a mixture of heroin and fentanyl. The overdose outbreak that hit Pittsburgh in 2006 sounds a lot like today.
Dr. Westley Clark on Overdose
Prevention of prescription drug abuse can start with education about the risk of overdose death.
SLAM is a Recovery High School in the Making
Advocacy continues for a high school in New York City that specifically supports abstinence.
We know a lot about treating pregnant opioid users and we’re still losing ground
Many indicators show that drug use during pregnancy is trending upward. The lack of screening, access, and coordinated care hinders the implementation of effective treatment.
All in how you look at it
The blame game doesn’t work on an individual level, but it’s an essential ingredient for improving public health.
IRETA’s Year in Review, 2013
Happy Holidays from all of us at IRETA! “Best Of” lists proliferate this time of year–and we’re jumping wholeheartedly onto the bandwagon. Here, from our staff, are some of the best IRETA moments of 2013.
To improve public health, researchers “program a world”
Agent-based modeling simulates the interaction between people and the environment – and may offer valuable insights about preventing substance use-related harms.
