IN THE NEWS: Number of Us Overdose Deaths Appears to Be Falling
Rebecca Haffajee Quoted by ABC News
U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary numbers suggest.
Opioids
Opioids Study Shows High-Risk Counties Across the Country, Suggests Local Solutions to Epidemic
New Research from Rebecca Haffajee
In a study of more than 3,000 counties across the U.S., researchers found that residents of 412 counties are at least twice as likely to be at high risk for opioid overdose deaths and to lack providers who can deliver medications to treat opioid use disorder.
Growing Life Expectancy Inequality in US Cannot Be Blamed on Opioids Alone
New Research from Arline Geronimus
A new University of Michigan study challenges a popularized view about what's causing the growing gap between the lifespans of more- and less-educated Americans—finding shortcomings in the widespread narrative that the United States is facing an epidemic of "despair."
IN THE NEWS: Responses to the Opioid Epidemic Vary Across the Country -- But A Few Themes Stand Out
Rebecca Haffajee Interviewed by Bustle
There’s no one easy answer for how to respond to the opioid epidemic. Cities, counties, and states across the country have tried to be innovative in their approach to the public health crisis ever since concern over opioid and heroin use began to grow.
Points of Impact
Q&A with Angela Beck
Demand for behavioral healthcare in the United States is greater than ever, taxing the already strained capacity of the broad range of professionals who provide prevention, treatment, and recovery services for mental health and substance use disorders.
Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with New Knowledge: U-M Teams Up with Harvard, National Academy of Medicine
With 130 Americans dying every day from opioid overdoses, and 2 million suffering from disorders related to prescription and non-prescription opioids, the University of Michigan is ramping up efforts to make an impact on the opioid epidemic through the research and expertise of its faculty and their teams.