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Announcing the HEALing Communities Awards

Posted on April 18th, 2019 by Dr. Francis Collins

HEALing Communities press conference — Along with (left to right) Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Elinore McCance-Katz, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, and Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir; I was pleased to take part in a news conference on April 18, 2019 to announce the awardees for our HEALing Communities Study. The study will aim to reduce opioid overdose deaths dramatically in some of our nation’s hardest-hit communities. Credit: HHS

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Tags: Alex Azar, Brett Giroir, Elinore McCance-Katz, HEALing Communities Study, SAMSHA

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Mike Hasan says:

April 18, 2019 at 7:19 pm

Very good event

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nolmar says:

April 25, 2019 at 4:19 pm

Don’t most opioid-related deaths involve illicit drugs? Not prescribed to the deceased; perhaps most from black markets? How often can we reasonably ascertain accidental v. suicidal, or even murder? Do autopsies typically rule out lethal allergic reactions to either opioids themselves? other meds? Whatever black market opioids are laced with?

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