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Map of opioid overdoses in PA

Increases in opioid overdoses in Pennsylvania varied by county during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 21, 2023

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. It originally appeared in The Conversation and was written by Brian King, Andrea Rishworth, Louisa M. Holmes, and Ruchi Patel The big idea The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the opioid epidemic, according to our new research, which…
News Topics: OpioidsSubstance Use
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Personal connections matter to families taking care of kin during opioid crisis

Mar 7, 2023

For family members unexpectedly taking care of a relative’s child during the opioid crisis, it can be difficult to navigate the legal waters of assuming custody. The process may be easier — and come with more support — if these caregivers have personal connections to local resource institutions,…
News Topics: OpioidsSubstance UseCSUAFamily
Woman holding prevention is better than cure sign.

Penn State leads multi-state project to help prevent opioid misuse

Feb 8, 2023

Opioid use disorder continues to wreak havoc across the United States. Opioids were involved in more than 68,000 overdose deaths in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Penn State recently received a $1.3 million, two-year grant from the Substance Use and Mental…
News Topics: Substance UseOpioids
Headshot of Glenn Sterner with short brown hair, white shirt, red, white, and blue tie, and blue jacket.

Sterner honored by Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health for work on opioid crisis, human trafficking

Jan 5, 2023

Glenn Sterner, a Social Science Research Institute co-funded faculty member through the Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction and assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Abington, received the 2022 Rural Health Hero of the Year Award by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health for…
News Topics: CSUASubstance UseRural HealthRural CommunitiesOpioidsHuman Trafficking
Headshot of Glenn Sterner with short brown hair, white shirt, red, white, and blue tie, and blue jacket.

Sterner contributes to article about opioid settlement funds reaching rural communities 

Dec 14, 2022

Glenn Sterner , a Social Science Research Institute co-funded faculty member and assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Abington, contributed to an article on CNN and KHN about how opioid settlement funds are often shortchanged by rural communities. The article mentions that…
News Topics: CSUASubstance UseAddictionOpioids

Ensuring fair distribution of the $1 billion+ opioid settlement in Pennsylvania

Nov 30, 2022

To ensure fair and impartial distribution of the $1.07 billion that was awarded to Pennsylvania as part of 2021’s massive settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors, a team of interdisciplinary researchers from Penn State worked with counties across the commonwealth to develop the…
News Topics: OpioidsSubstance UseEvidence-to-Impact CollaborativeCenter for Health Care Policy Research
Louisa Holmes

Holmes interviewed on WTAJ

Oct 13, 2022

SSRI cofund Louisa Holmes was recently interviewed on WTAJ about how her research on lack of naloxone is linked to increased overdose deaths in smaller Pennsylvania communities. Policymakers may wish to consider using opioid settlement funds to expand access to naloxone in communities, says Holmes.
News Topics: SSRI cofundsOpioidsSubstance Use
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Substance use disorder summit jumpstarts the discourse on stigma reduction

Sep 29, 2022

The Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction’s (CSUA) hosted the first annual Substance Use Disorder Stigma Reduction Summit recently at the HUB-Robeson Center in University Park. Organized by the Substance Use Stigma Reduction Collaborative, the event brought in researchers, practitioners and…
News Topics: CSUASubstance UseOpioidsStigma Summit
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Lack of naloxone led to increased overdose deaths in rural Pa., study finds

Sep 29, 2022

Pennsylvania has one of the highest rates of opioid overdose in the nation, and, according to Penn State researchers, one’s chances of surviving that overdose can depend on where the person lives. Using data from the Pennsylvania Overdose Information Network from the years 2018-20 and American…
News Topics: CSUAOpioidsSubstance Use
Stigma Summit

Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction to Host Stigma Reduction Summit

Sep 8, 2022

The Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction (CSUA)’s will host the 2022 Summit on Substance Use Disorder Stigma Reduction at Penn State University on Sept. 22. The event will take place in-person from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the HUB-Robeson Center located at the University Park Campus. …
News Topics: CSUAOpioidsSubstance Use
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Stigma work by researchers showcased at Shatterproof’s Addiction Stigma Summit

Aug 26, 2022

Two faculty members at Penn State Berks, Jennifer Murphy, associate professor and chair of the criminal justice department, and Brenda Russell, professor of psychology, had their stigma work with students showcased at Shatterproof’s Stigma of Addiction Summit earlier this summer. Shatterproof is a…
News Topics: CSUAOpioidsSubstance Use
Diana Fishbein head shot in a suit

Prevention is our best — and most underrated — weapon against opioids

Jul 18, 2022

By Diana Fishbein for The Hill The United States is in the midst of an unprecedented “syndemic” — multiple simultaneous crises — that has ravaged communities across the nation. COVID-19 took the country by storm, causing more than 1 million deaths, economic devastation and unimaginable suffering.…
News Topics: Substance AbuseOpioids
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How stigma acts as a barrier to overcoming the opioid crisis

Jul 18, 2022

The United States is in the midst of a significant, decades-long opioid epidemic, with more than 2.6 million Americans meeting the criteria for opioid use disorder (OUD). Opioid-related overdoses have also been on the rise, along with stigma related to OUD and is one of the biggest barriers to…
News Topics: OpioidsSubstance Use
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Penn State team leads effort to prevent youth substance misuse in PA

Apr 11, 2022

A team of Penn State experts from Evidence-based Implementation and Intervention Support (EPIS) is leading the five-year Opioid Misuse Prevention Project (OMPP) to support community-based partnerships throughout Pennsylvania to help prevent substance misuse and promote healthy development in young…
News Topics: PRCOpioidsSubstance UseAddiction
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Examining the opioid epidemic through the lens of crime data

Jan 25, 2022

The opioid overdose epidemic in the United States remains a critically important public health issue that continues to worsen as time goes on. The estimated death toll in 2021 has reached the historical high of 100,000 overdose deaths from all drugs and over 75,000 deaths from opioid overdoses. We…
News Topics: CSUAOpioidsSubstance Use
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Youth with mental illness, substance-misuse histories at risk of opioid misuse

Nov 23, 2021

Opioid misuse is a devastating problem in the U.S. and a leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults. Penn State College of Medicine researchers found young people with certain mental health conditions and histories of substance misuse may have an increased risk of being diagnosed…
News Topics: OpioidsSubstance UseCSUA
Woman typing on laptop with stethascope nearby.

Education project to help improve data on drug overdose deaths

Sep 27, 2021

A new Penn State-led project is educating coroners, medical examiners, and others in the death certifier community in Pennsylvania about the reporting of substances associated with accidental overdose. The project, known as the Death Certifier Education Project, is a collaborative effort with the…
News Topics: Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Research CenterCSUASubstance UseOpioidsAddiction
woman doing yoga with a laptop

Can mindful yoga reduce opioid dependence?

Sep 27, 2021

With more than 100 people dying from opioid overdoses each day in the U.S., new approaches to treating opioid-use disorders are needed. Emma Rose, assistant research professor with Penn State's Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, is leading a study that adds twice-weekly mindfulness-…
News Topics: OpioidsCSUASubstance UseAddiction
Young adult alone in a tunnel.

Family ties protect young adults from substance misuse

Mar 29, 2021

Opioid use disorders now affect over 2.1 million people in the United States, and rates of drug overdose have skyrocketed over the past three decades. In a collaboration between the Penn State Population Research Institute and Syracuse University’s Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion,…
News Topics: Substance AbuseOpioidsPRI
Insights from Experts graphic

Impacts of the pandemic on opioid-related drug overdose

Jan 5, 2021

Opioid-related drug overdose is a leading cause of death and injury in the United States. When we consider individuals who use opioids, social factors including poor access to healthcare, unstable housing and employment, and social isolation may double as risk factors for infectious disease…
News Topics: COVID-19OpioidsSubstance Abuse
Insights from Experts graphic

Impacts of the coronavirus on student athlete substance abuse

Nov 5, 2020

College is a well-known risk environment for problematic alcohol use and substance abuse. In this post, Katherine McLean, associate professor of criminal justice at Penn State Greater Allegheny, outlines why student athletes may be at particular risk for higher levels of alcohol consumption and…
News Topics: Substance AbuseOpioidsCriminal Justice
EIC Podcast #5

EIC Podcast on the opioid crisis is now available

Sep 2, 2020

The fifth episode of the new Evidence-to-Impact Podcast features a discussion with Glenn Sterner, PhD, assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Abington, and Stephen Forzato, deputy chief for tStatewide Drug Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General about reducing the…
News Topics: EIC PodcastSubstance AbuseOpioids
Congressional briefing attendants.

​The Real Dangers of Equating Opioid Dependence with Addiction

Jan 22, 2020

The National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives (NPSC) and the Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus (ATR)  co-hosted a briefing with internationally recognized experts to discuss the dual challenges of addiction and dependence in developing policy responses to the…
News Topics: CCSAAddictionOpioids
Patricia “Sue” Grigson and Scott Bunce

Researchers receive nearly $5 million to curb opioid cravings

Dec 10, 2019

Opioid overdoses take the lives of tens of thousands of Americans annually. Two researchers from Penn State College of Medicine have received nearly $5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study whether an already-approved drug can be used to reduce cravings and prevent relapse…
News Topics: OpioidsCollege of MedicineAddiction
Photo of people around a conference table and a laptop screen open to a video conference with a logo for Project ECHO at Penn State College of Medicine on the wall in the background.

Penn State's Project ECHO awarded $1.5M to address substance abuse

Nov 22, 2019

Project ECHO at Penn State College of Medicine will use a $1.5 million federal grant to address underage drinking and opioid use in 10 rural counties in central Pennsylvania. The five-year grant was awarded by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Blair, Bradford,…
News Topics: Penn State ResearchCollege of MedicineSubstance AbuseMental HealthAddictionOpioids

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