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A record 72,000 overdose deaths in 2017. A Siena poll found 1 in 4 New Yorkers knows someone who has died after overdosing on opioids and more than half have been directly touched by opioid abuse.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/upshot/opioids-overdose-deaths-rising-fentanyl.html?emc=edit_nn_20180816&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=8704830020180816&te=1 …
This is a public health crisis that requires treating addiction in our community as a medical illness.
.@ChathamCares4U is an excellent model for how we can address this crisis at a local level by working with law enforcement for innovative solutions. As Chatham Police Chief Volkmann said, "We can’t arrest our way out of this; it’s just impossible.https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/04/how-one-small-town-ended-its-drug-war/557321/ …
Just a note that opioid addiction takes many forms and doesn’t always look like “abuse.” Millions of people die because of interactions between prescribed painkillers and anti-anxiety meds.
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