Addiction Science Center

College of Public Health

Addiction Science Center

 

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The ETSU Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment, established in 2016, enters the new year with a new name, the ETSU Addiction Science Center (ASC). The change is part of a concerted effort to keep pace with the evolving nature of the opioid crisis, whereby heroin and fentanyl are now the leading cause of unintentional overdose death in the US, not prescribed pain medications. In addition, the new name provides an opportunity to expand research efforts to include the study of co-morbid health conditions and poly-substance misuse incorporating studies focused on the resurgence of methamphetamine use across the country. 

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RESTORE

In August 2019, ETSU, Virginia Tech, and WVU, working as the Opioids Research Consortium for Central Appalachia (the ORCCA) submitted a MacArthur Foundation 100&Change proposal. Our proposal, called Reinvestment from an Expanded System to Treat Opioid Use Disorder: Reclaiming the Epicenter (RESTORE) seeks to establish a new, scaled network of non-profit opioid addiction treatment clinics that reinvest clinic revenue into prevention services in highest need Central Appalachian communities identified through precision data science, geographic risk assessment and readiness algorithms. It was named a Top 100 project idea and is included in a public database for donors called the Bold Solutions Network.  Click to learn more!

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