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State Office of Addiction Recovery outlines overdose reduction strategies, MOUD expansion and naloxone distribution
Summary
Jeremy Drecker, state director for the Office of Addiction and Recovery, briefed the Beltrami County board on statewide efforts to reduce overdoses, expand medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and distribute naloxone, including a naloxone portal and a federal reentry waiver application.
Jeremy Drecker, director of Minnesota’s Office of Addiction and Recovery, told the Beltrami County Community Health Board on Oct. 21 that the office’s work focuses on coordinating state agencies to reduce overdose deaths and expand prevention, treatment and recovery services.
“The Office of Addiction Recovery is not a funder,” Drecker said, describing the office’s role in aligning agencies and advising the governor on policy. He said the office chairs an interagency subcabinet and convenes work groups on issues such as unsheltered individuals with substance use disorder and justice-involved people.
Drecker highlighted several…
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