The medical field is expanding to treat substance use disorder, or SUD, with leading addiction medicine specialists and researchers promoting the safety and efficacy of medication assisted treatment.
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The future of an epidemic: No easy answers
According to those in the treatment and recovery communities, there are no quick fixes for substance use disorder. However there are things that can be done, and are being done, in Door County to combat it locally.
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Drug treatment court program celebrates two graduates
On Aug. 14, Jennifer Singer and Jaylen Wilz became the third and fourth participants to make it through Door County’s fledgling adult drug treatment court program, a treatment-based alternative to incarceration and the standard probation model.
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Help available, but roadblocks exist for Door County residents experiencing opioid and meth addiction
Like virtually every community in America, Door County has residents who are suffering from substance use disorder. Gaps in services, staffing shortages, and persistent stigma around people dealing with addiction complicate the problem in Door County right now.
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A drop in the wave: One woman’s story of addiction and recovery
Jennifer Singer’s experience with addiction over the past two decades reflects what was happening throughout the country, in what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls an opioid epidemic.
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‘We are now there’: Door County catches up with national opioid, meth trends
Opioid and meth use has become an increasing concern in Door County over the past several years, as the county has caught up to addiction trends in other parts of the state and country. Local officials in law enforcement and health and human services, as well as those involved in recovery programs, say they’re alarmed by trends in opioid use and polysubstance use locally.