September 2019 Newsletter
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Save the Date!
Hepatitis C and the Opioid Crisis: A Berkshire County-Focused Public Health Seminar
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019; 8:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Berkshire Hills Country Club,
500 Benedict Road, Pittsfield, MA 01201
Use this link to register: https://hcvseminar-berkshirecounty.eventbrite.com
Click here to view the event flyer or share it with your network
All You Will (Ever) Need to Know about Hepatitis C: A Primer for the Primary Care Provider
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019; 5:30 – 8:00PM
Country Club of Pittsfield
639 South St., Pittsfield, MA 01201
Use this link to register: https://www.neaetc.org/events/view/13953
Click here to view the event flyer of share it with your network
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Berkshire DA, Brien Center medical director talk fighting opioid crisis
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/berkshire-da-brien-center-medical-director-talk-fighting-opioid-crisis,582515?fbclid=IwAR1bIDEV6mpWub-t1qaVNcn5Gkn8r2iE5rc_rYk9nwj3_LVF5y6jeFztKgQ
Data Brief: Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Programs
Released August 2019 – MA Department of Public Health
Full Report:
https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2019/08/21/OEND-Supplemental-Data-Brief.PDF
Click here for the Pittsfield Farmer’s Market Food Justice Card.![](https://boapc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/b3021cdf-f5c7-4cbd-a1ec-ecd34d044306-360x202.png)
This includes information on the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP), SNAP, WIC, and the Summer Eats program all available at the market.
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iBerkshiresTV Discusses Domestic Violence, Opioids on Latest Episode
https://www.iberkshires.com/story/60617/iBerkshiresTV-Discusses-Domestic-Violence-Opioids-on-Latest-Episode.html
Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States:
2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
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Seizures Of Methamphetamine Are Surging In The U.S.
Martha Bebinger, WBUR – July 29, 2019
For a link to the CDC study referenced: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db345-h.pdf
Naloxone, a drug that reverses overdoses, can save lives. Here’s why you should learn how to use it.
Erin Blakemore, Washington Post – August 17, 2019
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/naloxone-a-drug-that-reverses-overdoses-can-save-lives-heres-why-you-should-learn-how-to-use-it/2019/08/16/c2d32c96-bea2-11e9-a5c6-1e74f7ec4a93_story.html
Unwatched, a sober home business boomed. Then they found the bones
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/08/03/bones-found-backyard-former-sober-home/CmMGTaOUswbyTwyvqOKkSJ/story.html?fbclid=IwAR0i-SF0xcyoswINOroqp6pCpZ4l_nkqA87pVKV1SLu6oHMkf8vrDjuf0qA
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Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Are Slowing The Flow Of Pills — But Progress Is Slow
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/14/751292697/opioid-prescribing-guidelines-are-slowing-the-flow-of-pills-but-progress-is-slow
Save the Date!
Recovery Coach Academy coming to Pittsfield
October 21st, 2019 – October 25th
http://www.cvent.com/events/recovery-coach-academy-pittsfield-application-form-013-/event-summary-cd4096a800534c50ab4426b133c5e941.aspx
The Trevor Project released its inaugural National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health
“This is our first wide-ranging report from a cross-sectional national survey of LGBTQ youth across the United States. With over 34,000 respondents, it is the largest survey of LGBTQ youth mental health ever conducted and provides a critical understanding of the experiences impacting their lives.”
Among Hurdles For Those With Opioid Addictions: Getting The Drug To Treat It
Supervised injection sites gain favor worldwide. Could they exist in Berkshires?
By Amanda Drane and Haven Orecchio-Egresitz, The Berkshire Eagle
Updated national surveillance data demonstrate increases in new cases of viral hepatitis A, B, and C driven by the opioid crisis, and racial disparities in the number of deaths.
https://nvhr.org/sites/default/files/NVHR_PressRelease_CDC2017Surv_0.pdf
Mass. AG refuses to join other states in Purdue Pharma settlement
https://www.wcvb.com/article/mass-ag-refuses-to-join-other-states-in-purdue-pharma-settlement/29009203
New York Uncovers $1 Billion in Sackler Family Wire Transfer
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/health/sacklers-purdue-opioids.html
Opinion | Treatment Facilities’ Aren’t What You Think They Are
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/opinion/opioid-jails-treatment-facilities.html?fbclid=IwAR0tBZQCuoYhmo_yqaxV48m1TSeWecYLrDuASlZF1BAx1FdBYEyMwUtTuN4
Hearing in U.S. House Education and Labor Early Childhood Subcommittee addresses intersection of trauma and education
https://www.acesconnection.com/blog/hearing-in-house-education-and-labor-early-childhood-subcommittee-addresses-intersection-of-trauma-and-education
New study details the long shadows cast on children after parents are locked up
https://www.centerforhealthjournalism.org/2019/08/23/when-parents-are-locked-their-children-face-slew-health-risks-and-disadvantages