Wood County Prevention Coalition
Uniting For A Drug-Free Community Since 2004
To Address Substance Use Among Adolescents, Look To Pediatric Primary Care
Health Affairs Blog Sharon Levy Aug 9, 2016
The rising rates of opioid deaths and the legalization of marijuana sale and use for adults have made substance use a prominent topic from local governments to presidential politics. As illustrated by numerous articles in Health Affairs’ June 2016 theme issue on behavioral health, substance use policy debates are now focused as never before on prevention and treatment. At the same time, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has begun creating momentum to incorporate behavioral health initiatives into primary care, calling upon primary care physicians to expand counseling and advice about substance use, detect patients with substance use disorders, and link them with treatment.
Responding to these developments, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recently reaffirmed recommendations for universal screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment—an approach commonly referred to as SBIRT—to prevent, delay, or decrease substance use by adolescents.
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New Law Opens The Way For Drug Implants To Treat The Opioid Addiction Crisis
Earlier this month, Congress passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA). Part of this new legislation concerns treating opioid addiction, and the changes to the law make it a lot easier to offer treatment that itself involves medication.
Previously, doctors could only prescribe treatment drugs to 100 patients per year. While those caps haven’t been explicitly raised, the rules have changed so that the limit only applies to patients who take their medication home. This means that many more patients can be directly treated in the doctor’s office.
CARA also allows another innovation that will work in conjunction with the relaxation of treatment law: drug implants.
The buprenorphine implants, which come from Princeton, New Jersey-based Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, are marketed under the name Probuphine. Probuphine is designed to be used on patients who have already proved to be stable on long-term, low-dosage buprenorphine products.
Wood County Prevention Coalition Meeting on Sep 16th (Please RSVP below)
Wood County Prevention Coalition Meeting
Friday, Sep 16, 2016, 08:30 AM
Wood County Educational Service Center 1867 N Research Drive, Bowling Green, OH, United States
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About Us
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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