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Treatment Magazine Highlights California’s MAT Expansion Efforts
A recent article in Treatment Magazine highlighted concurrent efforts in California aimed at expanding access to treatment in emergency rooms (through the BHPP) and providing naloxone statewide (through the Naloxone Distribution Project).
California to receive $210 Million for State Opioid Response over 2 Years
On August 27th the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the Distribution of funds for the first year of the FY 2020 State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program. California will receive...
Naloxone Distribution Project credited with overdose reversals in Santa Barbara
A local Santa Barbara news outlet reported that naloxone, from the Naloxone Distribution Project (NDP), was administered by the Santa Barbara Police Department to reverse an opioid overdose for a man who was reported unconscious. According to the article, the Santa...
Visit the DHCS News Releases page to view past news releases from the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on the DHCS Opioid Response.
Visit the Newsletters page to view past DHCS Opioid Response newsletters.