Good News: Opioid Overdose Deaths Are Leveling Off

Update: 2019-02-05

Description

Overdose deaths are decreasing in many areas. Listen in to this opioid recovery support group as they discuss why this may be.

Discussion Guide:

In your experience, are opioid overdose deaths leveling off?

Why would opioid overdose deaths decrease?

Overdose deaths are on the rise from other substances. Which ones? Why?

Supplemental Reading:

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Carla K. Johnson, US Health Chief Says Overdose Deaths Beginning to Level Off, https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2018-10-23/us-health-chief-says-overdose-deaths-leveling-off

Abby Goodnough, This City's Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/health/opioid-overdose-deaths-dayton.html

Katia DMitrieva, Cocaine Deaths Hit Records in U.S. as Opioid Overdoses Level Off, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-23/cocaine-deaths-hit-record-in-u-s-as-opioid-overdoses-level-off

Comments

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How’s Your Recovery? Take a Test

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Should Counseling Be a Required Component of MAT?

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Addiction Is A Family Disease

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2019-04-0249:22

Exercise is a Relapse Prevention Tool

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There is a Discrepancy Between What is Actually Harmful and What is Made Illegal

2019-02-1248:51

Good News: Opioid Overdose Deaths Are Leveling Off

2019-02-0548:56

What To Expect In Early Recovery

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Recovery Support Groups Are Important

2019-01-2236:14

It Could Take Eight Years to Achieve One Year of Abstinence

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Group Members Check In

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Is Addiction a Disability?

2019-01-0101:09:13

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What is Addiction?

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After An Overdose, Patients Should Be Offered MAT

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Can Teens Utilize MAT?

2018-11-1331:10

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2018-11-0646:45

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Good News: Opioid Overdose Deaths Are Leveling Off

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Good News: Opioid Overdose Deaths Are Leveling Off