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Can $395 million break the cycle of opioid addiction in Maryland?

Article by Rick Hutzell Six people working to keep others alive discuss how the massive opioid lawsuit settlement could be a game-changer - or a historic lost opportunity Drinking afternoon coffee from a cracked brown cup, Jessie Dunleavy laughs when she describes herself as a radical. She’s just explained how millions of dollars coming to Maryland from opioid lawsuit settlements...

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Gratitude and Understanding

Thanksgiving kicks off the festival season with high expectations for a cozy and happy time of year. A time for family, friends, giving and gatherings. A time of wide-eyed wonder for children and moms special recipes. It has not always been this way for me. For many years I hid the dark world of my addiction from my family –...

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When Substance Use Leads to Violence

Alcohol and drugs do not mix well with guns. Substances can put you in a state of mind where you are more willing to make poor choices, especially if that drug is alcohol. Once you are impaired the ability to make good choices leaves you and often gives you the excessive confidence (especially at high levels of intoxication) to build up...

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Capital Gazette: Amid Pandemic We Can’t Forget Rising Overdoses

Annapolis resident Jessie Dunleavy says not all drug users are ready or able to seek treatment. Harm reduction aims to prevent the harm that comes from drug use. Jessie Dunleavy Guest columnist As the 2020 International Overdose Awareness Day approaches, I hope — this year more than ever — its message is loud and clear: The tragedy of overdose death...

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Our Say: Ten Years

Ten years, one hundred twenty months, 3650 days of fighting the good fight in Anne Arundel County. Helping those who seek recovery from substance use and helping the community to understand. When I became a participant of this little group I went because my boss asked me to fill in for her. I walked in and thought “I don’t belong...

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Our Say: Project Chesapeake

Did you know that, according to the American Psychological Center, in the past year alone, over 45 million adults in the United States suffered from a mental illness? Did you know that, according to the Centers for Disease Control, over 20 million Americans have a substance abuse problem - and due to the growing opioid crisis, that number is increasing?...

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I Am Evidence Based

What exactly would liberation look like for people in recovery? To me it is a world where people in recovery are no longer looked at as weak minded, pitiful or scary, but rather as people who have powerful gifts to offer the world. To embrace a vision of their potential gifts, we need to remove the stigma both individually and...

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CNN – The opioid crisis is draining America’s workforce

A pack of cigarettes sits on top of a Buffalo Wild Wings application on the kitchen table in front of Mike Harsanyi. After six years struggling with heroin addiction and two spells in prison, Harsanyi has been living in a sober house in Maryland for five months and he’s looking for steady employment.

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National Non-Profit, Facing Addiction selects Recovery Anne Arundel as Pilot Community

Project aims to address the public response to addiction through grassroots driven campaigns Facing Addiction announced today that Annapolis / Anne Arundel County (AACo) has been selected as one of 15 communities to participate in the organization’s pilot community project. The project, first announced by Facing Addiction (www.FacingAddiction.org) in October 2015, will work to reform the public response to the...

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5th Annual Recovery Walk

The goal of this event is to raise awareness to the surrounding community, families and local business owners and show that recovery is possible. Held in September to commemorate National Recovery Month, the event spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover.