News

MHealthy resources can help prevent opioid misuse (The University Record)

Michigan surgeons offered more money to limit opioids for pain (Bridge)
Featuring: Mike Englesbe

Simple Conversations Can Reduce Opioid Prescriptions After Hysterectomy (Health News Digest)
Featuring: Sawsan As-Sanie

Stigma of opioids a hurdle to solving crisis (The Harvard Gazette)
Featuring: Chad Brummett and Amy Bohnert

This overdose-reversal medicine could reduce opioid deaths – so why don’t more people carry it? (The Conversation)
Featuring: Tarlise Townsend and Freida Blostein

Three U-M faculty elected to National Academy of Medicine, one of nation’s highest honors for health researchers (Michigan Medicine)
Featuring: Rebecca Cunningham

Resources

Exploring Multigenerational Approaches to Fostering Children’s Health and Well-Being: The Opioid Crisis as a Case Study: Proceedings of a Workshop (2019) (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)

In Opioid Settlements, Suboxone Plays a Leading Role (PEW)

Opioid And Illicit Drug Use Among The Hispanic/Latino Populations (SAMHSA)

The Real Cost Of The Opioid Epidemic: An Estimated $179 Billion In Just One Year (NPR)

Washtenaw Opioid Summit Takes Aim At The Stigma Surrounding Substance Use Disorder (Washntenaw Health Initiative)