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Heroin Crisis: Nevada Becomes First State to Install Syringe Vending Machines

In a new approach to combat rising heroin and HIV rates, Las Vegas has implemented vending machines of clean needles. The syringe...

May 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • White Paper: Local Efforts to Mitigate Human and Financial Costs of Opioid Epidemic

    West Virginia is in the midst of an unprecedented heroin and opioid epidemic that is disrupting the lives of not only individuals and...

    Apr 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • State of the Opioid Epidemic: Local Public Health as the First Line of Defense

    This week, January 23–29, 2017, marks National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Although this annual observance is aimed at engaging teens...

    Jan 27, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • MMWR – Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States,...

    From 2014 to 2015, the death rate from synthetic opioids other than methadone, which includes fentanyl, increased by 72.2%, and heroin...

    Jan 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    • Behavioral Health, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health, Opioid Overdose Epidemic, Opportunity

    Request for Information: Addressing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder in Maternal Health

    As part of the Promoting Innovation in State MCH Policymaking (PRISM) project, implemented in partnership with the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), NACCHO is interested in learning about, promoting, and supporting policies and practices that address mental health and substance use disorder within local health department (LHD) Maternal and Child Health (MCH) […]

    Feb 18, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Research & Reports

    2018 STD Surveillance Report: STIs Rates Rapidly Increased Again

    On October 8, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance Report, 2018. Devastatingly, rates of reportable STDs, syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea, surged for the fifth year in a row.

    Oct 08, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Tools & Resources, Infectious Disease, Opioid Overdose Epidemic

    CE: Wound Botulism Outbreak Among Persons Who Use Black Tar Heroin — San Diego County, California, 2017–2018

    CDC’s MMWR and Medscape are proud to introduce a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity. The goal of this activity is to describe a wound botulism outbreak in California during 2017–2018 among persons who use black tar heroin. A CDC analysis of 2017–2018 data reported in MMWR is the basis of the activity. This CE […]

    Jun 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Opioid Overdose Epidemic

    MMWR: Intersection of Syphilis and Drug Use

    Today, February 14, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new national analysis in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) finding that drug use more than doubled among heterosexuals with syphilis from 2013-2017. Additionally, there is a supplement to the STD surveillance report addressing this data. The MMWR article analyzed self-reported […]

    Feb 14, 2019 | Samantha Ritter

    Funding Opportunity, Opioid Overdose Epidemic

    SAMHSA Funding Opportunity: Medication-Assisted Treatment—Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released a grant funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled, “Targeted Capacity Expansion: Medication-Assisted Treatment—Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction.”  The short title for this program is “MAT-PDOA.”  Applications are due no later than July 9, 2018!  Details on the FOA are outlined below and also...

    May 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Heroin Crisis: Nevada Becomes First State to Install Syringe Vending Machines

    In a new approach to combat rising heroin and HIV rates, Las Vegas has implemented vending machines of clean needles. The syringe exchange vending machines, a first in the United States, aren’t open to just anyone walking by; they are accessible to clients of Trac-B Exchange, a program run by the Las Vegas Harm Reduction […]

    May 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    White Paper: Local Efforts to Mitigate Human and Financial Costs of Opioid Epidemic

    West Virginia is in the midst of an unprecedented heroin and opioid epidemic that is disrupting the lives of not only individuals and families, but also entire communities and regions. A recent white paper developed by the West Virginia Association of Local Health Departments explores how local health departments (LHDs) are leading with a Public Health 3.0 […]

    Apr 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    State of the Opioid Epidemic: Local Public Health as the First Line of Defense

    This week, January 23–29, 2017, marks National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Although this annual observance is aimed at engaging teens in events that debunk myths about drugs and alcohol, NACCHO is instead taking this opportunity to provide a sneak-peek into our Winter NACCHO Exchange issue, “On the Frontlines: Local Public Health versus America’s Opioid […]

    Jan 27, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    MMWR – Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2010–2015

    From 2014 to 2015, the death rate from synthetic opioids other than methadone, which includes fentanyl, increased by 72.2%, and heroin death rates increased by 20.6%. Rates of death involving heroin and synthetic opioids other than methadone increased across all demographic groups, regions, and in numerous states. Natural/semisynthetic opioid death rates increased by 2.6%, whereas, […]

    Jan 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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