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    Best Practices: Medication-Assisted Treatment
    • Aug 10, 2018

    Best Practices: Medication-Assisted Treatment

    It's essential that we use the scientific process to guide how we implement treatment.
    Best Practices: Recovery
    • Aug 10, 2018

    Best Practices: Recovery

    There are 23 million Americans that are in recovery and we need to make sure that everyone, families included have resources and support.
    Best Practices: Addiction in America
    • Aug 10, 2018

    Best Practices: Addiction in America

    We have 21 million Americans right now who are struggling with a substance use disorder.
    Best Practices: SBIRT - Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment
    • Aug 10, 2018

    Best Practices: SBIRT - Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment

    SBIRT is a concept that has been utilized in other disease processes but really addiction is its primary usage.
    Best Practices: What is Addiction?
    • Aug 10, 2018

    Best Practices: What is Addiction?

    Nobody chooses addiction. This isn't a choice for us. We aren't here because we're bad people, we're here because we have an illness.
    The Addiction Series: Episodes 1-3
    • Aug 8, 2018

    The Addiction Series: Episodes 1-3

    ADDICTION episodes 1-3 dispel the myths. Stories that turn the science of addiction into stories that stick.
    The Addiction Series: Episode 3, Understanding Severity
    • Jul 31, 2018

    The Addiction Series: Episode 3, Understanding Severity

    Like other chronic illnesses, substance use disorders get worse over time. There are 3 levels of severity: mild, moderate, and severe.
    The Addiction Series: Episode 2, Whirlpools of Risk
    • Jul 24, 2018

    The Addiction Series: Episode 2, Whirlpools of Risk

    People have different risk factors that make them more vulnerable to developing SUDs.
    The Addiction Series: Episode 1, The Hijacker
    • Jul 17, 2018

    The Addiction Series: Episode 1, The Hijacker

    “The Hijacker,” learn about how substance use disorders (SUDs) affect tissue function in two main parts of the brain.
    The Hijacker
    • Jul 17, 2018

    The Hijacker

    “The Hijacker” explainer video breaks down how repeated substance misuse changes the brain
    Animated video series from Addiction Policy Forum on Addiction
    • Jul 7, 2018

    Animated video series from Addiction Policy Forum on Addiction

    Animated video series from Addiction Policy Forum turns the science of addiction into stories that stick Series seeks to debunk myths &...
    Best Practices for Emergency Departments to Address Addiction
    • May 14, 2018

    Best Practices for Emergency Departments to Address Addiction

    We have 21 million Americans right now who are suffering with a substance use disorder.
    Maryland Overdose Response Program
    • Apr 12, 2017

    Maryland Overdose Response Program

    Maryland Overdose Response Program developed to address rising drug overdose deaths throughout the state.
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