For this year’s annual celebration, we’re sharing two inspirational stories told by a Veterans Treatment Court graduate and a DUI Court Program Coordinator:
For this year’s annual celebration, we’re sharing two inspirational stories told by a Veterans Treatment Court graduate and a DUI Court Program Coordinator:
Darcy Kamau, the Program Coordinator of the Cobb County (GA) DUI Court, tells us in her words how she’s part of the “trifecta of goodness.”
Happy reading, and thank you for all you do to support treatment courts!
Averhealth Updates
Treatment Courts by the Numbers
Our blog looks at treatment courts by the numbers. You can find resources and tools to effectively treat substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health while delivering services for lifelong recovery.
SMS Text Messaging Enhancements for Averhealth Clients
On May 16th, Averhealth launched SMS text messaging enhancements to boost client engagement and compliance.
Your clients receive a text message regarding their test schedule with enhanced text messaging. They’ll receive text reminders on the scheduled testing day. Clients can sign up online or scan a QR code available in our testing locations.
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Upcoming Conferences
Make plans to see Team Averhealth at these upcoming state conferences:
Michigan Association of District Court Probation Officers, May 25-27 at Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville.
Join us for the biggest gathering of the year! We're a proud Platinum Sponsor of NADCP RISE22.
Industry News
Fentanyl Awareness Day
May 10th was the first Fentanyl Awareness Day to raise awareness of the lab-made opioid with deadly consequences. This website provides helpful information about the risks of fentanyl and what you can do to prevent, recognize, and reverse an overdose.
Here’s a scary stat from the website: an estimated 250-500 million pills made with fentanyl are in circulation in the U.S. at any time. Averhealth will explore fentanyl during an upcoming webinar. Look for details soon.
DEA Warnings on Fentanyl
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warns that fentanyl is about 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine. An agency news release notes that fentanyl is “inexpensive, widely available, and highly addictive. Many people who are overdosing and dying don’t even know that they are taking fentanyl.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in the United States, nearly 107,000 people died as the result of a drug overdose in the 12 months ending November 2021, according to the news release. Sixty-six percent of overdose deaths involved synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. DEA has created a special exhibit for its museum, The Faces of Fentanyl, to commemorate the lives lost from fentanyl poisoning. The agency invites the public to submit a photo of a loved one lost to fentanyl by emailing the name and image to fentanylawareness@dea.gov.
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Need a resource?
SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) open 24/7
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) open 24/7
