Substance-related disorders

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Expands Addiction Services to Arizona, New Mexico

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

Hazelden Betty Ford recently was approved to provide insurance-eligible virtual intensive outpatient (IOP) addiction treatment services to individuals and families throughout Arizona and New Mexico.

Key Points: 
  • Hazelden Betty Ford recently was approved to provide insurance-eligible virtual intensive outpatient (IOP) addiction treatment services to individuals and families throughout Arizona and New Mexico.
  • To access Hazelden Betty Fords treatment previously, residents of Arizona and New Mexico had to travel to a facility in another state.
  • A year later, Hazelden Betty Ford has now provided virtual outpatient care to thousands of people throughout the United States.
  • The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is a force of healing and hope for individuals, families and communities affected by addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

Workit Health Expands Digital Addiction and Mental Health Care to Oregon

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

Through Workit's mobile and web apps, people struggling with addiction in Oregon will be able to receive insurance-covered clinical and counseling services.

Key Points: 
  • Through Workit's mobile and web apps, people struggling with addiction in Oregon will be able to receive insurance-covered clinical and counseling services.
  • Workit Health was founded in 2015 by Robin McIntosh and Lisa McLaughlin, two women in long-term recovery from addiction themselves.
  • Workit Health is an addiction healthcare B-corporation offering online, on-demand evidence-based addiction treatment including telehealth medication for opioid use disorder.
  • Workit Health partners with healthcare organizations to deliver an innovative digital health solution that blends the best of human-centered design, technology, and science.

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Expands Addiction Services to Wyoming, Idaho

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Its collaborators include organizations such as the Curran Seeley Foundation in Wyoming, a preferred provider in the Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network .

Key Points: 
  • Its collaborators include organizations such as the Curran Seeley Foundation in Wyoming, a preferred provider in the Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network .
  • Hazelden Betty Ford recently was approved to provide insurance-eligible virtual intensive outpatient (IOP) addiction treatment services to individuals and families throughout Idaho and Wyoming.
  • To access Hazelden Betty Fords treatment previously, residents of Idaho and Wyoming had to travel to a facility in another state.
  • The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is a force of healing and hope for individuals, families and communities affected by addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

Switching Isn't Quitting - Allen Carr's Easyway Supports World Health Organization's Call to Regulate E-Cigarettes

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

The report finds that children who use these products are up to twice as likely to use tobacco products in the future.

Key Points: 
  • The report finds that children who use these products are up to twice as likely to use tobacco products in the future.
  • As such, both WHO and Allen Carr's Easyway recommend tighter regulations to stop non-smokers from starting to use them, to prevent renormalization of smoking in the community and to protect future generations.
  • The WHO report on The Global Tobacco Epidemic, presents new data on electronic nicotine delivery systems, such as 'e-cigarettes'.
  • In fact, WHO will soon publish a paper calling on countries to invest in tobacco cessation with the recommended interventions."

Reverse the Silence Campaign Casts a National Spotlight on Overdose Risks Associated with Opioid Use

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Monday, July 26, 2021

An accidental opioid overdose can happen to anyone taking opioids, across any community.

Key Points: 
  • An accidental opioid overdose can happen to anyone taking opioids, across any community.
  • We are proud to team up with Dani Schaffer, Darren Waller, and this alliance of national nonprofit organizations to help reverse the silence and lessen the stigma of opioid overdoses, which are often accidental.
  • For more information about Reverse the Silence and how to help stop overdoses, visit ReverseSilence.org .
  • These national nonprofit organizations share a commitment to combat drug abuse and to spare other Americans of the opioid epidemic that has devastated so many communities across the country.

Levitee Labs Signs Definitive Agreements to Acquire Clinics, Pharmacies, and a Telemedicine Company in Alberta

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Friday, July 23, 2021

A leader in addiction and substance abuse treatments, ACT Medical hosted more than 35,000 patient visits in the past 12 months.

Key Points: 
  • A leader in addiction and substance abuse treatments, ACT Medical hosted more than 35,000 patient visits in the past 12 months.
  • Share purchase agreement to acquire BlockMD LTD. (BlockMD), which operates a leading telemedicine platform used by addiction patients to access doctors and order prescriptions in Alberta, for $1,475,000 (the BlockMD Purchase Price).
  • Through these acquisitions, we expect Levitee will become the largest non-government provider of addiction treatment services in Alberta.
  • Levitee also aims to include psilocybin- and ibogaine-based treatment options as soon as it is legally possible to do so.

Next Generation Labs Cancels R-S Synthetic Nicotine Cessation Patent Contribution Agreement with Kaival Brands Innovation Group and Kaival Labs., Inc.

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Friday, July 23, 2021

The Patent Contribution Agreement related to the acquisition and commercial exploitation by Kaival of Next Generation Labs' innovative IP portfolio on combinational use of synthetic R- and S-isomer nicotine ratios in tobacco cessation products.

Key Points: 
  • The Patent Contribution Agreement related to the acquisition and commercial exploitation by Kaival of Next Generation Labs' innovative IP portfolio on combinational use of synthetic R- and S-isomer nicotine ratios in tobacco cessation products.
  • As a result of inaccurate and misleading statements relating to the use of patented synthetic nicotine for tobacco cessation products appearing on the Kaival Labs website, Next Generation Labs wants to clarify that as a consequence of Kaival's failure to perform its obligations under the Patent Contribution Agreement, all rights to the R-S synthetic nicotine cessation patent portfolio fully reverted to Next Generation Labs in May, 2021.
  • Additionally, Kaival executed a Confirmatory Transfer Agreement with Next Generation Labs relinquishing all rights to the Next Generation Labs patent portfolio for the commercialization of combinational TFN R-S nicotine relating to tobacco cessation products.
  • Next Generation Labs is pleased to have reclaimed all of its rights in this international portfolio of tobacco cessation (nicotine replacement therapy "NRT") patents.

Next Generation Labs Granted Australian Patent for the Use of TFN® Combinational R- and S-Isomer Synthetic Nicotine in Tobacco Cessation Products

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

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Key Points: 
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    From its inception, Next Generation Labs has "committed itself to the development of synthetic nicotine technology that can be used in modern nicotine delivery products.
  • The Company first started producing bulk synthetic nicotine in 2014, at a time when there was no commercial availability of isolated R- and S-isomer nicotine.
  • *S-isomer nicotine is the nicotine form that naturally occurs in tobacco and that is often processed into tobacco derived nicotine liquids, or used in pharmaceutical nicotine cessation products such as patches and gums.
  • NGL's TFN products are manufactured under strict conditions to meet cGMP, USP and EU standards to achieve a level of 99.97% pure synthetic nicotine.

Alter Health Group Awarded FEMA CalHOPE Contract to Provide Emotional Support for Californians Impacted by COVID-19

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

We are pleased to have Alter Health Group reach residents in their area with critical crisis counseling services.

Key Points: 
  • We are pleased to have Alter Health Group reach residents in their area with critical crisis counseling services.
  • To launch this timely initiative, Alter Health Group hired 43 new full-time employees and created www.BeWellLine.com .
  • Alter Health Group has built a name for its proven substance abuse and mental health residential and outpatient recovery centers throughout Orange County, Calif.
  • ABOUT ALTER HEALTH GROUP: Founded in 2019, Alter Health Group is a leading Orange County, Calif. residential behavioral health treatment program that specializes in treating substance use disorder, primary mental health, and co-occurring disorders, specializing in offering autism-informed care.

Government of Canada is investing nearly $7.5 million to support the health of people who use substances across Canada

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Friday, July 16, 2021

Tragically, many jurisdictions across Canada have reported significant increases in overdose deaths and related harms since the onset of the pandemic.

Key Points: 
  • Tragically, many jurisdictions across Canada have reported significant increases in overdose deaths and related harms since the onset of the pandemic.
  • Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, announced nearly $7.5 million for 13 projects across Canada toincrease the number of skilled health and social workers available to help people who use substances.
  • Together, these projects will help ensure Canadians who use substances have access to appropriate, timely and effective care during the pandemic and beyond.
  • The Government of Canada is committed to ensuring that all Canadians, including people who use substance, have the supports they need to live a healthier life.