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Welcome to the e-Newsletter from Barnstable County Regional Substance Abuse Council. This newsletter is designed to provide timely information on substance abuse and other related topics for people living and working in Barnstable County.
This publication will be sent out periodically to our mailing list. Please forward this newsletter to your friends and colleagues who may be interested in this information. If you are not on our mailing list, you can join by clicking on the button to the left.
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| NEWS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE | |  President Obama Proposes $1.1 Billion in New Funding to Address the Prescription Opioid Abuse and Heroin Use Epidemic
The President's FY 2017 Budget takes a two-pronged approach to address this epidemic. First, it includes $1 billion in new mandatory funding over two years to expand access to treatment for prescription drug abuse and heroin use.
This funding will boost efforts to help individuals with an opioid use disorder seek treatment, successfully complete treatment, and sustain recovery. This funding includes:
- $920 million to support cooperative agreements with States to expand access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders
- $50 million in National Health Service Corps funding to expand access to substance use treatment providers
- $30 million to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment programs employing medication-assisted treatment under real-world conditions and help identify opportunities to improve treatment for patients with opioid use disorders
To learn more about this proposed budget, please click here.
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| UPCOMING EVENTS | | Public Forum on Substance Abuse: Addiction as a Disease
February 6th, 1:00 PM
Wellfleet Preservation Hall
The Citizens for Community Policing and the Wellfleet Police Department present a free public forum on addiction. For more information or to view the event flyer click here.
Public Forum on Substance Abuse Prevention
February 16th, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Mattacheese Middle School, S. Yarmouth
Calmer Choice's Speaker Series presents a forum on substance abuse prevention. The event is free but registration is required. Space is limited.
For more information or to register, please click here. |
| FORUM: OPIOID CRISIS | | Opioid Crisis: Thinking Outside the Box
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 | 8:30 am - 12:30 PM
Back Bay Events Center, Boston
The event is hosted by William James College and co-sponsored by the Association for Behavioral Healthcare, the Massachusetts Public Health Association, and the US Department of Health and Human Services.
This Forum will present the opioid crisis from policy, academic, and frontline perspectives. Our target audience is policymakers, clinic administrators and clinicians. Opioid abuse has risen to epidemic proportions in Massachusetts and across the nation.
The Forum will focus on innovative harm reduction strategies, approaches to racial and ethnic disparities in access to treatment, and state of the art prevention and early intervention programs.
For more information and registration, please click here. |
| LOWER CAPE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP | | | Community Forum and Speaker
Wednesday, May 11th | 6:30-8:00 PM
Monomoy Regional High School - Auditorium
Community forum and speaker event. Kevin Hill, MD, psychiatrist and addictions researcher from McLean Hospital will be talking about underage drinking, teens and marijuana, and opioids.
To learn more about the Lower Cape Prevention Partnership, please click here.
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| NEWS FROM MASSTAPP | |  Free online communications planning toolkit now available
MassTAPP has developed an interactive toolkit to help you to apply communications strategies to your work in prevention.
This toolkit distills key concepts and evidence-based strategies into short, easy-to-read sections; offers interactive activities to help you to understand how these concepts relate to your community's work in substance abuse prevention; and provides tips, exercises, and worksheets that will guide you to apply what you are learning to the context of your community.
To start using the toolkit now, click here. |
| FROM SAMHSA | |  New Publications:
Revised Opioid Overdose Toolkit Now Available
SAMHSA has released a revised version of the Opioid Overdose Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to educate first responders, physicians, patients, family members, and community members on ways to prevent opioid overdose.
The revised content now includes information on the first FDA-approved nasal spray version of naloxone hydrochloride, a life-saving medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
The updated toolkit is available for free download on the SAMHSA Store. 
 Pocket Guide: Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
SAMHSA is pleased to announce the release of a new pocket guide for health professionals, Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder.This pocket guide offers:- A checklist for prescribing medication
- Approved medications for use in the treatment of alcohol use disorder
- Standard drink sizes/amounts and recommended limits.
Medications are underused in the treatment of alcohol use disorder. SAMHSA created this pocket guide to help address this issue.Download or order your copy here. |
| RESEARCH AND REPORTS | |  Vital Signs: Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies - United States, 2011-2013 - Alcohol can cause adverse reproductive outcomes for women, and serious, lifelong problems persons exposed to it prenatally. Data from the 2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth found that during a 1-month period, approximately 3.3 million women in the United States were at risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy.
Neurobiologic Advances from the Brain Disease Model of Addiction - The review article summarizes recent scientific advances in the neurobiology of addiction, including prevention and treatment strategies, as well as related developments in public policy. To read an article summarizing the findings of this report, click here.
Predictors of transition to heroin use among initially non-opioid dependent illicit pharmaceutical opioid users - In a NIDA-funded study, researchers tracked young adult illicit prescription opioid users who were not dependent on opioids and had never used heroin or injected any illicit drug. The study examined the transition to heroin use among people misusing pain medications in order to understand the factors that predict such a transition. To read an article summarizing the findings of this report, click here.
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| FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL | |  Draft CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is publishing new guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain. The agency is working for timely release of the guideline while ensuring that the development process: 
- Meets scientific standards
- Includes expert consultation
- Allows for appropriate stakeholders to provide input
- Facilitates partnership development to enhance dissemination and uptake
The purpose of the CDC guideline is to provide recommendations for the prescribing of opioid pain medication for patients 18 and older in primary care settings. Recommendations focus on the use of opioids in treating chronic pain (i.e., pain lasting longer than 3 months or past the time of normal tissue healing) outside end-of-life care.
For more information and to view the guidelines, click here.
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| NEWS FROM THE MA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | |  Updated Overdose Data
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has released this week new and updated data on overdose deaths as part of their work to track the progression of the opioid crisis and target services.
The newly released data includes updated 2014 overdose death data, demographic information, estimate data for the first nine months of 2015. To view this updated data, please click here. |
| FROM THE REGIONAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL | |
 Where We Stand - Addiction on Cape Cod
" Where We Stand - Addiction on Cape Cod" is an information/resource document about the work our community has been doing to address substance use issues on Cape Cod, basic facts about addiction, and links to local resources.Please share this resource with others who may find it helpful and informative!
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BARNSTABLE COUNTY REGIONAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL
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The next meeting of the Barnstable County Regional Substance Abuse Council is scheduled for:
Thursday, February 4, 2015 - 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Harborview Conference Room in the Barnstable County Complex, 3195 Main Street, Barnstable Village
These meetings are open to the public. Meeting agendas are posted publicly on the Barnstable County website, in front of the Barnstable Superior Courthouse, and are available upon request.
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| E-NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE | | |
Did you know that a full archive of the previous editions of this e-Newsletter are available on the Barnstable County Human Services Department website?
View past editions of the Regional Substance Abuse Council e-Newsletter and the Human Services Department e-Newsletter at www.bchumanservices.net and click on "E-Newsletter". |
| MUTUAL SUPPORT GROUPS | |
For a downloadable PDF version of the information listed below, please click here.
 Learn to Cope
Learn to Cope is a support group for parents, family members, spouses, and caregivers who have a family member who is addicted to opiates, alcohol, or other drugs.
Learn to Cope offers experienced facilitators, resources, informational material, guest speakers (in long term recovery or professionals in the field), overdose education, and Narcan enrollment at all weekly meetings.
Weekly meetings are held on Tuesdays 7:00-8:30 PM at the Yarmouth Police Station, One Brad Erickson Way. For more information call (508) 738-5148 or visit their website.
Parents Supporting Parents  Parents Supporting Parents is a group of people who have come together as parents and family members coping and dealing with children/loved one's addiction.
Their mission is to support, strengthen, and educate one another as they share their lives. Their goal is to help their loved ones find and live in recovery, and for all members to live a healthy lifestyle.
Weekly meetings are held on Monday 6:30-8:30 PM at
Mashpee Chamber of Commerce,
02649. To learn more, view the Parents Supporting Parents Facebook page. Mothers Helping Mothers
Mothers Helping Mothers is a support group for women struggling with the emotional difficulties associated with addiction and recovery during the pregnant and postpartum phases of life.
Free childcare is provided during the meetings by The Children's Study Home. Anyone planning on attending the meeting and needing childcare is asked to call ahead. All ages are welcome.
Weekly meetings are held every Tuesday 7:30-9:00 PM at the John Wesley Methodist Church in Falmouth at 270 Gifford Street and every Monday 5:30-7:00 PM at the 83 Pearl Street in Hyannis.
For more information, contact Deborah at (774) 392-0446 or Danielle at (508) 209-7533.
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Alateen is a fellowship of young Al-Anon members, usually teenagers, whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking.
Nar-Anon
Nar-Anon Family Groups is a twelve step fellowship that offers a recovery program for those affected by someone's addiction. The only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of addiction in a relative or friend.
Nar-Anon is adapted from Narcotics Anonymous and uses Nar-Anon's Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions, and Twelve Concepts.
Weekly meetings are held Friday nights 6:00-7:00 PM at St. David's Episcopal Church in South Yarmouth. For more information, visit the Nar-Anon website.
Gosnold Family Support Groups
 The Gosnold Reaching Out program is a resource for family members and loved ones affected by addiction. It assists the family at all stages of addiction through education, intervention, and support. Information and Education Forums help family members gain a basic understanding of the signs and symptoms of addiction, treatment options, and stages of recovery. An educated and supportive family has a positive impact on treatment outcomes.
Tuesday 6:00-7:30 PM
Gosnold Counseling Center
1185 Falmouth Road
Centerville, MA 02632 | Wednesday 6:00-7:30 PM
Gus Canty Community Center
790 Main Street
Falmouth, MA 02540
| Sunday 11:00-12:30 PM
Scituate Senior Center
27 Brook Street
Scituate, MA 02066 | Sunday 4:00-5:00 PM
(Educational Group)
Falmouth Hospital - Faxon Center
100 Ter Heun Drive
Falmouth, MA 02540 | Monday 6:00-7:30 PM
Harwich Police Department
183 Sisson Road
Harwich, MA 02645
| Wednesday 6:00-7:30 PM
(Grief and Addiction)
Gosnold Counseling Center
1185 Falmouth Road
Centerville, MA 02632
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For more information, contact Mary Fisher, 844-558-4357, mfisher@gosnold.org.
Other Resources
Al-Anon - The primary purpose of Al-Anon is to help families and friends of alcoholics. Members of Al-Anon learn to live happily whether the alcoholic continues to drink or not. We learn that alcoholism is a disease and that we are not alone.
Alcoholics Anonymous - Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem.
Narcotics Anonymous - NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using.
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| MASSACHUSETTS SUBSTANCE ABUSE HELPLINE | | |
For tens of thousands of Massachusetts resident struggling with alcohol and other drug related issues, (800) 327-5050 is an important number.
The Massachusetts Substance Abuse Information and Education Helpline provides free and confidential information and referrals for alcohol and other drug abuse problems and related concerns. The Helpline is committed to linking consumers with comprehensive, accurate, and current information about treatment and prevention services throughout Massachusetts.
Services are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Language interpreters are always available.
For online service and more information, click here.
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By visiting one easy-to-remember website address, HealthyConnectedCapeCod.org users can link to:
- BCHumanServices.net - Our flagship website highlights community announcements, updates from our regional partners, and Department reports and publications
- Behavioral Health Portal - Features mental health and substance abuse information, state and federal legislation, self-help guides, and a robust directory of services
- Health and Wellness Portal - Provides an overview of health data about our region, including County health rankings, and model practices
- Mass211 Service Directory - Links users to essential resources and a basic needs service directory
- Human Services e-Newsletter - Spotlights regional events and pertinent news for our community
 A healthy community is a connected community, so check out some of the information you'll be connected to on HealthyConnectedCapeCod.org today! |
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