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TASC News Police Reforms Cannot Be Fully Actualized without Addiction Treatment and Other Services in the Community	TASC News With Illinois Casinos Reopened, Help is Available for Problem Gamblers	Related Issues Expanded Telehealth Helps Communities Address Opioid Use Disorder During Pandemic	Related Issues COVID-19 cases and deaths in federal and state prisons significantly higher than in general U.S. population
Related Issues No ID, No Job: How Coronavirus Left Parolees in Excruciating Limbo After Leaving Prison	Related Issues The Escalation of the Opioid Epidemic Due to COVID-19 and Resulting Lessons About Treatment Alternatives	Related Issues First-Responder Trauma and the Opioid Crisis	Related Issues 4 Connections Between Opioid Addiction and Nutrition

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TWITTER Monday's Latest News: South Side?s Maternal Health Desert Poses Added Risks For Black Women During Pandemic; Two New Restorative Justice Courts To Open Next Month in Avondale and Englewood; Illinois Vows To Make Life Better For Kids In Prison; More. https://t.co/2rBfkGlMyI https://t.co/499xpKF54b Aug 3, 2020	TWITTER Thursday's News: States Scramble to Deal with the Compounding Covid and Opioid Epidemic; Sesame Workshop Launches New Webinar Series on Substance Use and Parental Addiction; 'Silent Epidemic': Nearly 1 in 3 Kids Exposed To Damaging Levels of Lead More. https://t.co/ebwjqCv2yc https://t.co/quVITFZv1u Jul 30, 2020	TWITTER Get resources & news from the Justice Community #Opioid Innovation Network by signing up at https://t.co/yiogJsfbon. Congrats to the 1st cohort of JCOIN scholars & investigators! https://t.co/lQV7tTZMd0 Jul 28, 2020	TWITTER Monday's News: Four Illinois Counties Put On ?Warning? After Outbreaks of New Coronavirus Cases; Rural Hospitals Hang on as Pandemic Reaches Smaller Communities; Study: 29% of Massachusetts Nursing Homes Rejected Patients with History of Drug Use; More. https://t.co/Ngl6E5Ahb4 https://t.co/vhluhaln8H Jul 27, 2020

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Monday's Latest News: South Side?s Maternal Health Desert Poses Added Risks For Black Women During Pandemic; Two New Restorative Justice Courts To Open Next Month in Avondale and Englewood; Illinois Vows To Make Life Better For Kids In Prison; More. https://t.co/2rBfkGlMyI https://t.co/499xpKF54b

Aug 3, 2020

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Thursday's News: States Scramble to Deal with the Compounding Covid and Opioid Epidemic; Sesame Workshop Launches New Webinar Series on Substance Use and Parental Addiction; 'Silent Epidemic': Nearly 1 in 3 Kids Exposed To Damaging Levels of Lead More. https://t.co/ebwjqCv2yc https://t.co/quVITFZv1u

Jul 30, 2020

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Get resources & news from the Justice Community #Opioid Innovation Network by signing up at https://t.co/yiogJsfbon. Congrats to the 1st cohort of JCOIN scholars & investigators! https://t.co/lQV7tTZMd0

Jul 28, 2020

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Monday's News: Four Illinois Counties Put On ?Warning? After Outbreaks of New Coronavirus Cases; Rural Hospitals Hang on as Pandemic Reaches Smaller Communities; Study: 29% of Massachusetts Nursing Homes Rejected Patients with History of Drug Use; More. https://t.co/Ngl6E5Ahb4 https://t.co/vhluhaln8H

Jul 27, 2020

TWITTER News: Another Problem on the Health Horizon: Medicare Is Running Out of Money; AMA Report Shows Evolving, Deadlier Overdose Epidemic; Substance Use Can Block Veterans From Getting Mental Health Help; The New Jane Crow: Women's Mass Incarceration; More. https://t.co/OEB3QUtsTK https://t.co/OOGKjXqPJx Jul 23, 2020	TWITTER News: Police Reforms Cannot Be Fully Actualized without Addiction Treatment and Other Services in the Community; Former CDC Director Says Without Additional Resources, Children of Color Will Be 'Disproportionately Affected' As Schools Reopen; More. https://t.co/xszSrEUW3u https://t.co/R67uZvJezx Jul 20, 2020	TWITTER News: Opioid Overdoses Have Skyrocketed Amid the Coronavirus, But States are Nevertheless Slashing Addiction Treatment Program Budgets; New CDC Review Finds Cook County Sheriff, Staff Successfully Stemmed Rising Tide of COVID-19 Cases at Jail; More. https://t.co/4zrKPWgTHP https://t.co/NZVil8eEoD Jul 16, 2020	TWITTER As one step, here are a few resources to share: https://t.co/FWmQyvXBOz https://t.co/qgqYmy5HnS https://t.co/y2IHvk7X0i (2/2) Jul 15, 2020

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News: Another Problem on the Health Horizon: Medicare Is Running Out of Money; AMA Report Shows Evolving, Deadlier Overdose Epidemic; Substance Use Can Block Veterans From Getting Mental Health Help; The New Jane Crow: Women's Mass Incarceration; More. https://t.co/OEB3QUtsTK https://t.co/OOGKjXqPJx

Jul 23, 2020

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News: Police Reforms Cannot Be Fully Actualized without Addiction Treatment and Other Services in the Community; Former CDC Director Says Without Additional Resources, Children of Color Will Be 'Disproportionately Affected' As Schools Reopen; More. https://t.co/xszSrEUW3u https://t.co/R67uZvJezx

Jul 20, 2020

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News: Opioid Overdoses Have Skyrocketed Amid the Coronavirus, But States are Nevertheless Slashing Addiction Treatment Program Budgets; New CDC Review Finds Cook County Sheriff, Staff Successfully Stemmed Rising Tide of COVID-19 Cases at Jail; More. https://t.co/4zrKPWgTHP https://t.co/NZVil8eEoD

Jul 16, 2020

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As one step, here are a few resources to share: https://t.co/FWmQyvXBOz https://t.co/qgqYmy5HnS https://t.co/y2IHvk7X0i (2/2)

Jul 15, 2020

TWITTER As many as 1,200 people in Cook County have died already in 2020 from opioid-related overdose, according to the medical examiner's office. As we work together to address challenges that are massive and structural, let's take care of one another. (1/2) https://t.co/UA42NGdS5a Jul 15, 2020	TWITTER Have you checked this out? Expanded Telehealth Helps Communities Address Opioid Use Disorder During Pandemic; Hazardous Waste Sites Often Found Near Federally Funded Housing; Recidivism Rates Flat When People with Drug Convictions Were Freed Early; & More! https://t.co/D05uTeeUxE https://t.co/N34xzwiQfd Jul 13, 2020	TWITTER News: How Pandemic Makes Life Tougher for New Parolees; Coronavirus Deaths & Infection Rates Higher in US Prisons Than General Population; Pandemic Brings New Urgency to the Problem of Illinois Holding Prisoners Long After They?ve Served Their Time; More. https://t.co/gaFbfK4VMr https://t.co/TFmuIe3kTj Jul 9, 2020	TWITTER ICYMI: Drug rehabs around the country have experienced flare-ups of the coronavirus or COVID-related financial difficulties that have forced them to close or limit operations. Click for more. https://t.co/Iw83P3FWMB Jul 7, 2020

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As many as 1,200 people in Cook County have died already in 2020 from opioid-related overdose, according to the medical examiner's office. As we work together to address challenges that are massive and structural, let's take care of one another. (1/2) https://t.co/UA42NGdS5a

Jul 15, 2020

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Have you checked this out? Expanded Telehealth Helps Communities Address Opioid Use Disorder During Pandemic; Hazardous Waste Sites Often Found Near Federally Funded Housing; Recidivism Rates Flat When People with Drug Convictions Were Freed Early; & More! https://t.co/D05uTeeUxE https://t.co/N34xzwiQfd

Jul 13, 2020

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News: How Pandemic Makes Life Tougher for New Parolees; Coronavirus Deaths & Infection Rates Higher in US Prisons Than General Population; Pandemic Brings New Urgency to the Problem of Illinois Holding Prisoners Long After They?ve Served Their Time; More. https://t.co/gaFbfK4VMr https://t.co/TFmuIe3kTj

Jul 9, 2020

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ICYMI: Drug rehabs around the country have experienced flare-ups of the coronavirus or COVID-related financial difficulties that have forced them to close or limit operations. Click for more. https://t.co/Iw83P3FWMB

Jul 7, 2020

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Monday's Latest News: South Side?s Maternal Health Desert Poses Added Risks For Black Women During Pandemic; Two New Restorative Justice Courts To Open Next Month in Avondale and Englewood; Illinois Vows To Make Life Better For Kids In Prison; More. https://t.co/2rBfkGlMyI https://t.co/499xpKF54b

Aug 3, 2020
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Thursday's News: States Scramble to Deal with the Compounding Covid and Opioid Epidemic; Sesame Workshop Launches New Webinar Series on Substance Use and Parental Addiction; 'Silent Epidemic': Nearly 1 in 3 Kids Exposed To Damaging Levels of Lead More. https://t.co/ebwjqCv2yc https://t.co/quVITFZv1u

Jul 30, 2020
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Get resources & news from the Justice Community #Opioid Innovation Network by signing up at https://t.co/yiogJsfbon. Congrats to the 1st cohort of JCOIN scholars & investigators! https://t.co/lQV7tTZMd0

Jul 28, 2020
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Monday's News: Four Illinois Counties Put On ?Warning? After Outbreaks of New Coronavirus Cases; Rural Hospitals Hang on as Pandemic Reaches Smaller Communities; Study: 29% of Massachusetts Nursing Homes Rejected Patients with History of Drug Use; More. https://t.co/Ngl6E5Ahb4 https://t.co/vhluhaln8H

Jul 27, 2020

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Police Reforms Cannot Be Fully Actualized without Addiction Treatment and Other Services in the Community

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With Illinois Casinos Reopened, Help is Available for Problem Gamblers

Related Issues

Expanded Telehealth Helps Communities Address Opioid Use Disorder During Pandemic

Related Issues

COVID-19 cases and deaths in federal and state prisons significantly higher than in general U.S. population

Related Issues

No ID, No Job: How Coronavirus Left Parolees in Excruciating Limbo After Leaving Prison

Related Issues

The Escalation of the Opioid Epidemic Due to COVID-19 and Resulting Lessons About Treatment Alternatives

Related Issues

First-Responder Trauma and the Opioid Crisis

Related Issues

4 Connections Between Opioid Addiction and Nutrition

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