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TASC News Chicago Tribune Editorial – The opioid crisis in Illinois: How to combat drug overdoses Chicago Tribune Editorial – The opioid crisis in Illinois: How to combat drug overdoses	Related Issues Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019, provides annual “big picture” view of confinement in the U.S. Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019, provides annual “big picture” view of confinement in the U.S.	TASC News Reduced Recidivism, Deflection from Justice Involvement, Family Reunification among TASC 2018 Highlights Reduced Recidivism, Deflection from Justice Involvement, Family Reunification among TASC 2018 Highlights	TASC News Illinois Treatment Outcomes Highlight Effectiveness of TASC Specialized Case Management Illinois Treatment Outcomes Highlight Effectiveness of TASC Specialized Case Management
TASC News Nearing 1,000 Served, Supportive Release Center Changes Lives Nearing 1,000 Served, Supportive Release Center Changes Lives	Related Issues U.S. drug overdose death rates the highest among wealthy nations, USC study finds U.S. drug overdose death rates the highest among wealthy nations, USC study finds	TASC News Training for Law Enforcement on Substance Use Disorders: Issue Brief by TASC Center for Health and Justice Training for Law Enforcement on Substance Use Disorders: Issue Brief by TASC Center for Health and Justice	TASC News Governor Pritzker Establishes New Justice, Equity and Opportunity Initiative Governor Pritzker Establishes New Justice, Equity and Opportunity Initiative

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TWITTER Keep up to date with what's going on at the intersection of #health and #justice - read and subscribe to TASC's Health & Justice in the News. Today's issue: Medicaid; NIH Opioid Grants; Mental Health Urgent Care; More. https://t.co/TLjS9FugJl Apr 22, 2019	TWITTER RT @800273TALK: Call @800273TALK for help and support. We're here for you. 💚📲 https://t.co/AZx5RjX3p0 Apr 22, 2019	TWITTER RT @CDCInjury: Do you know the signs of an #opioid overdose? If so, you could save a life. Learn more here: https://t.co/cfMIYTt7I4 https:/… Apr 22, 2019	TWITTER @AmerMedicalAssn urges removing all barriers to medication-assisted treatment, including prior authorization. “As we know from our patients, delayed treatment can have deadly consequences.” #OpioidCrisis #addiction https://t.co/D6TPMtM7JN Apr 19, 2019

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Keep up to date with what's going on at the intersection of #health and #justice - read and subscribe to TASC's Health & Justice in the News. Today's issue: Medicaid; NIH Opioid Grants; Mental Health Urgent Care; More. https://t.co/TLjS9FugJl

Apr 22, 2019

TWITTER

RT @800273TALK: Call @800273TALK for help and support. We're here for you. 💚📲 https://t.co/AZx5RjX3p0

Apr 22, 2019

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RT @CDCInjury: Do you know the signs of an #opioid overdose? If so, you could save a life. Learn more here: https://t.co/cfMIYTt7I4 https:/…

Apr 22, 2019

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@AmerMedicalAssn urges removing all barriers to medication-assisted treatment, including prior authorization. “As we know from our patients, delayed treatment can have deadly consequences.” #OpioidCrisis #addiction https://t.co/D6TPMtM7JN

Apr 19, 2019

TWITTER RT @AddictionPolicy: .@GroupMosaic’s Fast Track program initiates medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in the Emergency Department and conne… Apr 19, 2019	TWITTER RT @lac_news: US govt recently reported 80% of roughly 2M people w/ #opioid addiction NOT being treated w/ medications most likely to save… Apr 19, 2019	TWITTER Today's Health & Justice in the News: Employer Healthcare; Drug Takeback Day; Federal Funds to Combat IL Opioid Crisis; More. Read, subscribe, share! https://t.co/77JSECK5pb Apr 18, 2019	TWITTER RT @PTAC_Collab: PTACC Ticker: Week of April 17 - Deflection Avoids Net Widening; Police - Mental Health Collaborations; Opioids and Race i… Apr 17, 2019

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RT @AddictionPolicy: .@GroupMosaic’s Fast Track program initiates medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in the Emergency Department and conne…

Apr 19, 2019

TWITTER

RT @lac_news: US govt recently reported 80% of roughly 2M people w/ #opioid addiction NOT being treated w/ medications most likely to save…

Apr 19, 2019

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Today's Health & Justice in the News: Employer Healthcare; Drug Takeback Day; Federal Funds to Combat IL Opioid Crisis; More. Read, subscribe, share! https://t.co/77JSECK5pb

Apr 18, 2019

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RT @PTAC_Collab: PTACC Ticker: Week of April 17 - Deflection Avoids Net Widening; Police - Mental Health Collaborations; Opioids and Race i…

Apr 17, 2019

TWITTER New on our blog: excerpt from @chicagotribune editorial, in which @TASC_Pam is cited. Investing in programs that deflect people away from the justice system & into drug treatment isn't "just a matter of dollars and cents. It’s a matter of life and death.” https://t.co/ZVbj8WVMI0 Apr 16, 2019	TWITTER @TASC_Pam mentioned in the @chicagotribune editorial on the #opioidcrisis. Access to #addiction treatment is vital. #Deflection programs allow law enforcement to divert people with substance use conditions away from the criminal justice system & into community-based treatment. https://t.co/dTr8Xsq3ye Apr 15, 2019	TWITTER Today's #Health & #Justice in the News: TASC in the News; ACA; Justice-Involved Youth; More. Click to read and subscribe! https://t.co/nbGxyE4G52 Apr 15, 2019	TWITTER RT @usedgov: It's #SecondChanceMonth and we're answering the most frequently asked questions about #SecondChancePell. What is Second Chance… Apr 15, 2019

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New on our blog: excerpt from @chicagotribune editorial, in which @TASC_Pam is cited. Investing in programs that deflect people away from the justice system & into drug treatment isn't "just a matter of dollars and cents. It’s a matter of life and death.” https://t.co/ZVbj8WVMI0

Apr 16, 2019

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@TASC_Pam mentioned in the @chicagotribune editorial on the #opioidcrisis. Access to #addiction treatment is vital. #Deflection programs allow law enforcement to divert people with substance use conditions away from the criminal justice system & into community-based treatment. https://t.co/dTr8Xsq3ye

Apr 15, 2019

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Today's #Health & #Justice in the News: TASC in the News; ACA; Justice-Involved Youth; More. Click to read and subscribe! https://t.co/nbGxyE4G52

Apr 15, 2019

TWITTER

RT @usedgov: It's #SecondChanceMonth and we're answering the most frequently asked questions about #SecondChancePell. What is Second Chance…

Apr 15, 2019

TWITTER

Keep up to date with what's going on at the intersection of #health and #justice - read and subscribe to TASC's Health & Justice in the News. Today's issue: Medicaid; NIH Opioid Grants; Mental Health Urgent Care; More. https://t.co/TLjS9FugJl

Apr 22, 2019
TWITTER

RT @800273TALK: Call @800273TALK for help and support. We're here for you. 💚📲 https://t.co/AZx5RjX3p0

Apr 22, 2019
TWITTER

RT @CDCInjury: Do you know the signs of an #opioid overdose? If so, you could save a life. Learn more here: https://t.co/cfMIYTt7I4 https:/…

Apr 22, 2019
TWITTER

@AmerMedicalAssn urges removing all barriers to medication-assisted treatment, including prior authorization. “As we know from our patients, delayed treatment can have deadly consequences.” #OpioidCrisis #addiction https://t.co/D6TPMtM7JN

Apr 19, 2019

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TASC News

Chicago Tribune Editorial – The opioid crisis in Illinois: How to combat drug overdoses

Chicago Tribune Editorial – The opioid crisis in Illinois: How to combat drug overdoses

Related Issues

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019, provides annual “big picture” view of confinement in the U.S.

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019, provides annual “big picture” view of confinement in the U.S.

TASC News

Reduced Recidivism, Deflection from Justice Involvement, Family Reunification among TASC 2018 Highlights

Reduced Recidivism, Deflection from Justice Involvement, Family Reunification among TASC 2018 Highlights

TASC News

Illinois Treatment Outcomes Highlight Effectiveness of TASC Specialized Case Management

Illinois Treatment Outcomes Highlight Effectiveness of TASC Specialized Case Management

TASC News

Nearing 1,000 Served, Supportive Release Center Changes Lives

Nearing 1,000 Served, Supportive Release Center Changes Lives

Related Issues

U.S. drug overdose death rates the highest among wealthy nations, USC study finds

U.S. drug overdose death rates the highest among wealthy nations, USC study finds

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