substance use disorder

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline counselors help people who may be on the cusp of taking their own life. But some counselors say that they’re also facing verbal and sexual abuse from a small fraction of callers.

Indiana wants to create rental housing developments with supportive services for people with substance use disorder. The project will be funded by $10 million of National Opioid Settlement funding.

Fentanyl killed 75,000 people in 2022. Now its making one of the few treatments for opioid addiction harder to use.

A state report found a new outreach program identified additional barriers to treatment in local communities and improved community attitudes toward substance use disorders.

State officials announce a new online platform to help Indiana residents find addiction treatment programs.

Rural residents have been disproportionately affected by opioid addiction. The federal government just awarded two rural programs over $1.7 million to reduce overdose risks in rural Indiana.

More than 800 people in Marion County died from fatal overdoses in 2022, according to local officials. “Beyond Substance” is a new podcast from the Marion County Public Health Department that aims to shed light on substance use in Indianapolis.

HB 1462 would require all emergency departments in the state to provide the Indiana Department of Health a plan that will be implemented when patients have a substance use related emergency.

The “Stitching Away Stigma” program provides people who use substances with handmade drawstring bags that can be filled with clean syringes and the overdose reversal medication naloxone.

One Midwest researcher wants to see if theatrical portrayals of life with addiction can help reduce stigma among medical professionals toward people with substance use disorders.