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The Mobile based health organization known as The Helios Alliance is partnering with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. The goal of the partnership is to create a comprehensive approach to prevention, treatment, education, and recovery for those addicted to opioids.
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National Recovery Month occurs each year during September. As the month ends, Alabama officials are offering information for people recovering from substance use disorders or mental health conditions.
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With the growing opioid crisis in Alabama and across the country, health and harm reduction experts say it’s important to have a medication on hand and ready to use in the case of an overdose.
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Alabama hospitals have seen an uptick in reports of overdoses of the synthetic drug Tianeptine over the past few years. It’s also known as Zaza or Tianna.
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Alabama’s Central Data Repository says over sixteen thousand Alabama residents were treated for substance abuse in 2021. Close to two thousand of those were in Baldwin County. Limited resources also make recovery even harder in south Alabama. Most of the leaders in local recovery have been there themselves.
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Several of Alabama’s government heads have announced their plan for fighting the opioid epidemic currently gripping the state.The Alabama Opioid Overdose…