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Eliminate Systemic Inequities for Black Mothers With SUD

Eliminate Systemic Inequities for Black Mothers With SUD

Between 2010 and 2017, the U.S. saw a 131% increase in maternal opioid use disorder at delivery. There also was an 83% rise in cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome due to prenatal opioid exposure. Additionally, between 2016 and 2020, there was a 3.6% increase in...

Updated NC Statewide Overdose Surveillance Reports for September

Updated NC Statewide Overdose Surveillance Reports for September

The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, fentanyl-positive deaths, and provisional data on Emergency Department (ED) visits for overdose reports. While the year-to-date...

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Addiction Medicine Spring and Fall Conferences provide up-to-date substance use related education, applicable across general medical as well as addiction specialty practices.