Over the past four years, more than 200 people have died annually of overdoses in Oakland. Yet just across the Bay, San Francisco’s drug epidemic is deadlier. Although Oakland has more people per capita living below the poverty line and nearly double the number of people per capita living in tents and vehicles, San Francisco's [...]
Patients who struggle with opioid addiction and who are treated by California emergency department physicians are remarkably successful at achieving long-term engagement in treatment and recovery, according to an original investigation recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Emergency physicians are rising to the challenges posed by the opioid epidemic and [...]
The New York Times Magazine began reporting on substance use disorder treatment at Alameda Health System in late 2023. Their research focused on opioid use disorder and treatment at The AHS Bridge Clinic. Read the resulting article, “An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn't It Used More?" published today in The New [...]
