Wood County Prevention Coalition
Uniting For A Drug-Free Community Since 2004
It’s easier to get a prescription for drugs that cause opioid addiction than those proven to treat it
Confronting America's opioid epidemic
By Caitlin Dickson February 23, 2016 4:35 AM Yahoo News
This month, President Obama announced a proposal for $1.1 billion in federal funding to combat the country’s heroin and opioid abuse epidemic — $1 billion of which is to be used in the expansion of access to treatment.
A study published in October 2015 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that despite the drastic rise in fatal opioid deaths over the past 10 years, the number of people receiving treatment for heroin and prescription painkiller abuse had not changed.
“We found that 80 percent of people with an opioid addiction are not getting treatment,” said the study’s leader Brendan Saloner, PhD, who pointed to limited access to medication assisted treatments like buprenorhine as one explanation for this major disparity.
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Podcast Series With David J. Schonfeld, MD, FAAP
The Morning Show Broadcasting Live from the WCESC
2016 Wood County Youth Survey Press Conference
Wood County Prevention Coalition Meeting
Friday, May 13, 2016, 08:30 AM
Wood County Educational Service Center 1867 N Research Drive, Bowling Green, OH, United States
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Our Vision: Helping youth be drug-free, productive and responsible citizens.
Our Mission: We are a coalition of compassionate community members working together to coordinate high quality programs for the prevention of youth substance abuse in Wood County.
Email: mkarna@wcesc.org
Website: wcprevention.org
Location: 1867 Research Drive, Bowling Green, OH, United States
Phone: (419)-354-9010
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