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How addiction recovery specialists adapted during COVID-19 pandemic

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How addiction recovery specialists adapted during COVID-19 pandemic - North Carolina Health News

While some addiction service providers have been forced to cut programs, others have adjusted to the pandemic changes to assist people using drugs and those in early addiction recovery.

By Taylor Knopf In his 20 years at Healing Transitions, Chris Budnick has never turned away someone seeking help. But in late March after three false-positive tests for COVID-19 at the residential addiction recovery program in Raleigh, the program director made the tough call to stop all new admissions to the campuses and overnight detox. […]

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For some opioid users in NC, jail doesn’t mean detox

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For some opioid users in NC, jail doesn’t mean detox - North Carolina Health News

To prevent overdose deaths, some counties are allowing inmates to continue medication-assisted treatment.

Taylor Knopf For most people using substances, time in jail means forced detox. This is also true for those trying to improve their lives with opioid addiction programs, such as medication-assisted treatment (MAT). More and more North Carolinians are entering these MAT programs, where they receive daily doses of drugs, such as methadone or buprenorphine […]

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Pastors say to address the opioid crisis, expand Medicaid

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Pastors say to address the opioid crisis, expand Medicaid - North Carolina Health News

The NC Council of Churches and others lobbied in Raleigh for Medicaid expansion as a way to get more people with substance use disorder into treatment.

By Taylor Knopf Rebekah Paulson found God in jail. As a former heroin user with a criminal record, she faced a lot of barriers when she got out. She wanted to attend church but discovered that many in the pews around her didn’t understand what she had been through. She eventually found Source Church in […]

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