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Governors Association Launches Opioid Treatment Pilot Targeted at Prisons

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The National Governors Association is bringing opioid treatment strategies that have seen good results in Massachusetts correctional facilities to a number of other states. Massachusetts’ anti-opioid policies have drawn attention nationally. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 65 percent of U.S.

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Leading a Staff That Works Everywhere

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According to ARCUS’ website , its headquarters is in Fairbanks, Alaska. But less than half of its 15-person staff works there, and its executive director, Dr. Robert Rich, CAE, is based in Washington, DC. Others are located at other remote points elsewhere in Alaska, as well as in California, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

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