Famcare

JULY 13, 2022

COVID 19 and January 6th have all but eliminated the opioid addiction epidemic from our front-page view. The new data documents that estimated overdose deaths from opioids increased to 75,673 in the 12-month period ending in April 2021, up from 56,064 the year before. However, the crisis has not gone away.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 3, 2022

Social workers have been finding shelter for homeless covid patients, providing treatment for people with addiction disorders made more challenging by pandemic-related social isolation, and comforting bereaved family members who have lost loved ones to the twin epidemics of covid and opioids. The Washington Post. Jury’s out.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

AUGUST 14, 2022

← Why we won't see Jeffrey Epstein's list and why it doesn't matter. The day a story about three major opioid manufacturers winning in court plastered my Facebook newsfeed, a picture of my niece when she was fourteen showed up in my memories. . In 1999, I was doing a final paper for my sociology classes.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

AUGUST 14, 2022

In the picture, she stands in front of a mural of an ocean scene with a lighthouse that was supposed to be inspirational; that’s where the group home staff insisted we take pictures of the children we visited. The ACE Study breakthrough In 1999, I was doing a final paper for my sociology classes.

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