How Local Organizations Are Adapting To Meet Opioid Crisis Challenges During The Pandemic

April 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the lives of people struggling with substance use disorder, which has been accelerated by factors like increasing rates of anxiety, depression, social isolation, work from home orders, high rates of unemployment and housing instability, as the CDC reports a record number of over 87,000 overdose deaths between September 2019 and September 2020, while organizations are adapting to provide mobile medicine sites, food, masks, rental assistance, and virtual support groups.

Source: WESA

Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the lives of people struggling with substance use disorder, which has been accelerated by factors like increasing rates of anxiety, depression, social isolation, work from home orders, high rates of unemployment and housing instability, as the CDC reports a record number of over 87,000 overdose deaths between September 2019 and September 2020, while organizations are adapting to provide mobile medicine sites, food, masks, rental assistance, and virtual support groups.

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