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#AugustaME to get 25 units of supportive housing for chronically #homeless people

The City Council approved a financing agreement with the developer of the #Riverlands #AffordableHousing development, making possible the construction of 25 units of long-term housing for people experiencing chronic #homelessness

Ethan Horton, April 7, 2026

Excerpt: "Augusta City Council members have agreed to help finance a 25-unit supportive housing development for people experiencing chronic homelessness, a final step for a first-of-its-kind project in Maine’s capital.
Operated by #VolunteersOfAmerica Northern New England, the Riverlands affordable housing project plans to build a 24/7, year-round supportive services and affordable housing building on Oxford Street, in the Sand Hill neighborhood of Augusta.

[...]

"Only people designated as chronically homeless would be eligible to live in the three-story Riverlands development. A person who is chronically homeless, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has lived without consistent shelter for at least a year or has been homeless four times in the past three years; and has a diagnosable substance use disorder, mental illness or disability."

Read more:
https://www.centralmaine.com/2026/04/07/augusta-to-get-25-units-of-supportive-housing-for-chronically-homeless-people/

Archived version:
https://archive.li/84h5B

#Maine #Unhoused #HomelessServices #SupportiveHousing #AffordableHousing #SubstanceUseDisorder

https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/3383/ Takeaways from the AP’s story about the Trump administration’s effort to end ‘Housing First’ #administration #DonaldTrump #ExecutiveBranch #HomelessAdults #Homelessness #HousingFirst #POTUS #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #SubstanceUseDisorder #TemporaryHousing #USDepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment #WhiteHouse #WhiteHouse&ExecutiveBranch

https://www.europesays.com/ie/667830/ New brain atlas reveals insights into Huntington’s, addiction, and other disorders #Addiction #ArtificialIntelligence #Brain #cancer #Cell #Depression #Dopamine #Drugs #Éire #Gene #Genes #Health #Huntington'sDisease #IE #Ireland #Laboratory #neurology #Neuron #Neurons #Neuroscience #Receptor #RNA #RNASequencing #Schizophrenia #SubstanceUseDisorder

Community support key to rehabilitate drug addicts: J&K L-G

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the proposed ‘Rehabilitation…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #LG ##RehabilitationScheme ##SocioEconomicReintegration ##SubstanceUseDisorder ##VolunteerEngagement #addictionrecovery #communitysupport #DrugRehabilitation #JammuKashmir #LGGroup #mentalhealthawareness #SkillDevelopment
https://www.europesays.com/korea/86212/

Toxic drug response in Surrey called ‘lost opportunity’ | Spare News

B.C. declared the toxic drug crisis a public health emergency in 2016 and a decade later, Fraser Health…
#NewsBeep #News #Surrey #britishcolumbia #CA #Canada #Drug #drugoverdose #FraserHealth #Health #Homelessness #phoenixsocietyforburnsurvivors #recoverymodel #Socialissues #sparenews #substanceusedisorder #surrey
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/746392/

Toxic drug response in Surrey called ‘lost opportunity’ | Spare News

B.C. declared the toxic drug crisis a public health emergency in 2016 and a decade later, Fraser Health…
#Canada #Surrey #britishcolumbia #drug #drugoverdose #FraserHealth #Health #Homelessness #phoenixsocietyforburnsurvivors #recoverymodel #socialissues #SpareNews #substanceusedisorder
https://www.europesays.com/canada/94801/

Early gaming habits and their impact on adult symptoms

A decades-spanning analysis reveals that children who game frequently before age 6 may be more likely to report…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #addiction #AU #Australia #Children #Diagnostic #Internet #Mentalhealth #Substanceusedisorder
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/701978/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/405314/ Khloé Kardashian Says She Punched Lamar Odom Over Drugs #Addiction #Celebrities #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #KhloéKardashian #LamarOdom #SubstanceUseDisorder

https://www.europesays.com/ie/398483/ Study finds addiction risk tied to reward and impulse genes #Addiction #Alcohol #Brain #Cannabis #Drugs #Éire #Gene #Genes #Genetic #Genome #Genomic #Hyperactivity #IE #Ireland #MedicalSchool #MentalHealth #Metabolism #Nicotine #Opioids #Psychiatry #Research #Science #SubstanceUseDisorder #Tobacco

Teenage Cannabis Use Linked to 52% Higher Schizophrenia Risk

Summary: New research reveals a striking age-dependent link between cannabis use and mental health. The study found that…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #AdolescentBrainDevelopment #Cannabis #CUD #JohnsHopkins #Mentalhealth #Neuroscience #Psychology #psychosis #schizophrenia #substanceusedisorder
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/533623/

Former Celtics guard Chris Herren on recovery after addiction https://www.rawchili.com/nba/664013/ #addiction #AddictionRecovery #AshNadkarni #Basketball #Boston #BostonCeltics #BostonCeltics #career #Celtics #challenge #ChrisHerren #Herren #HerrenWellness #Jersey #life #MassGeneralBrigham #MassachusettsAthletes #MentalHealth #MuchShame #NBA #NegativeStigma #OpioidCrisis #part #People #recovery #RecoveryAdvocacy #seekonk #Story #student #SubstanceUseDisorder

https://www.europesays.com/ie/381898/ Study finds treatment gap for young ADHD patients with substance use disorders #Adolescents #CentralNervousSystem #Éire #Health #Hyperactivity #IE #Inattention #Ireland #medicine #NervousSystem #Psychiatry #Research #SubstanceUseDisorder

https://www.europesays.com/ie/379412/ Cannabis, cocaine and amphetamines linked to higher stroke risk #Alcohol #Amphetamine #Cannabis #CardiovascularDisease #Disability #Drugs #Éire #Genetic #Health #hospital #IE #IntracerebralHemorrhage #Ireland #IschemicStroke #Nicotine #PublicHealth #Stroke #SubstanceUseDisorder

Large Veterans Study Shows How GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Could Treat Addiction

Credit: MotivateBootCamp. Drugs originally designed to treat diabetes and obesity are reshaping medicine in unforeseen ways. Their impact…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Addictionresearch #alcoholusedisorder #brainrewardsystem #CA #Canada #diabetesdrugs #dopamine #glp-1drugs #metabolichealth #Neuroscience #obesitytreatment #opioidaddiction #Semaglutide #substanceusedisorder #VAstudy
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/527512/

Founder seeks new location after Narcan box taken down

Steps of Hope Iowa has placed 60 boxes across 25 Iowa co…
#NewsBeep #News #Medication #AnnBreeding #area #Box #breeding #BroadwayAvenue #casey #Casey's #community #DesMoines #founder #Health #iowa #KCCI #Lawenforcement #Life #month #Naloxone #narcan #narcanbox #nonprofit #Northeast14thStreet #Opioid #part #PolkCountySheriff #StepsofHopeIowa #stigma #SubstanceUseDisorder #teammember #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/423593/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/761523/ Founder seeks new location after Narcan box taken down #AnnBreeding #area #Box #breeding #BroadwayAvenue #casey #Casey's #Community #DesMoines #Founder #Health #Iowa #KCCI #LawEnforcement #Life #Medication #month #naloxone #Narcan #NarcanBox #nonprofit #Northeast14thStreet #opioid #part #PolkCountySheriff #StepsOfHopeIowa #stigma #SubstanceUseDisorder #TeamMember #UK #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/ie/335087/ Founder seeks new location after Narcan box taken down #AnnBreeding #Area #Box #breeding #BroadwayAvenue #casey #Casey's #Community #DesMoines #Éire #founder #Health #IE #iowa #Ireland #KCCI #LawEnforcement #life #Medication #month #Naloxone #Narcan #NarcanBox #nonprofit #Northeast14thStreet #Opioid #part #PolkCountySheriff #StepsOfHopeIowa #Stigma #SubstanceUseDisorder #TeamMember

Chestnut Health Systems launches research study for young adults struggling with substance use https://www.byteseu.com/1767342/ #ChestnutHealthSystems #Health #LighthouseInstitute #NationalInstitutesOfHealth #SHAMSA #SubstanceUseDisorder #TessDrazdowski

Did Nick Reiner’s Drug Use Mask Mental Health Problems?

Nick Reiner has been open about his addictions, even collaborating with his famous father Rob Weiner about drug…
#NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #CarlosCuevas #Health #Homicide #LaurieKramer #mentalhealthdisorder #MentalHealth #Psychology #Publichealth #SubstanceUseDisorder #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/330900/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/649495/ Did Nick Reiner’s Drug Use Mask Mental Health Problems? #CarlosCuevas #Health #homicide #LaurieKramer #MentalHealth #MentalHealthDisorder #Psychology #PublicHealth #SubstanceUseDisorder #UK #UnitedKingdom

Did Nick Reiner’s Drug Use Mask Mental Health Problems?

Nick Reiner has been open about his addictions, even collaborating with his famous father Rob Weiner about drug…
#NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #AU #Australia #CarlosCuevas #Health #Homicide #LaurieKramer #mentalhealthdisorder #MentalHealth #Psychology #publichealth #Substanceusedisorder
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/365670/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/246696/ Did Nick Reiner’s Drug Use Mask Mental Health Problems? #CarlosCuevas #Éire #Health #Homicide #IE #Ireland #LaurieKramer #MentalHealth #MentalHealthDisorder #MentalHealth #psychology #PublicHealth #SubstanceUseDisorder

Did Nick Reiner’s Drug Use Mask Mental Health Problems?

Nick Reiner has been open about his addictions, even collaborating with his famous father Rob Weiner about drug…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #CarlosCuevas #Health #Homicide #LaurieKramer #mentalhealthdisorder #MentalHealth #Psychology #PublicHealth #substanceusedisorder
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/364558/

US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-11/us-seizes-oil-tanker-off-coast-of-venezuela/106128382
#FossilFuels #DrugAddiction #SubstanceUseDisorder

https://www.europesays.com/ie/193519/ Study finds early neural markers of addiction risk differ between boys and girls #Addiction #Brain #children #Éire #Health #IE #Ireland #medicine #MentalHealth #Neuroscience #radiology #Research #Stress #SubstanceUseDisorder

Childhood trauma affects two in five Australian adults and raises lifelong health risks

A University of Sydney-led study published today has found 42 percent of Australian adults – more than eight…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Anxiety #AU #Australia #Children #depression #Education #Mentalhealth #PanicDisorder #psychiatry #research #Substanceusedisorder #trauma
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/292973/

Beacon founder Holly Howat joins state office of behavioral health

Beacon Community Connections founder Holly Howat has joined the Louisiana Department of Health as its new assistant secretary of behavioral health.

Howat left her role as executive director of Beacon this summer after nearly a decade of leading the social care nonprofit. There, she spearheaded programs that included addressing the social determinants of health and peer support for those struggling with opioid use disorder. She also served as the first executive director of the Lafayette Parish Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee prior to starting Beacon.

During a panel at the South Louisiana Community Health Summit this week, organized by Beacon, Howat said her aim was to drive the expansion of programs such as Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC), and to seek community input on both needs and potential solutions for behavioral health issues.

“We really want to hear from people, because that’s how we’re going to know whether what we’re trying to fix is working or not,” she said.

A short video about our latest feature on opioid settlement funding in #Massachusetts ...

This Company Paid Massachusetts Opioid Settlement Funds, And Has Had Millions In State Contracts Since

https://youtube.com/shorts/dWHVlgHxa_k?si=HqUcrP-QO-ZJSTnS

#AddictionRecovery #SubstanceUseDisorder #mapoli

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773021225000161 Qualitative analysis of a patient's experience of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for substance use disorder: Empirical synergies with twelve-step programs (Petrovitch, et al, 2025) #ketamine #substanceusedisorder #mentalhealth #recovery #ketaminetherapy #ketamineassistedpsychotherapy #ketamineassistedtherapy #psychedelic #psychedelics #addiction #12step #psychedelicassistedpsychotherapy

Revolutionizing Addiction Treatment: The Science of Hope

#AddictionTreatment #Psychedelics #Empathogens #GLP1Agonists #MentalHealth #Neuroscience #Recovery #Hope #TransformativeHealing #BrainHealth #InnovativeScience #SubstanceUseDisorder #HealingJourney #Mindfulness #AddictionRecovery

https://youtube.com/shorts/oRHP4PZS0kA?feature=share

#Incarceration Should Not be a #DeathSentence for Individuals Who Use #Opioids

New litigation centered on increasing access to #substanceusedisorder treatment in #jails and #prisons is helping to reduce #mortalityrates among #incarcerated individuals.

https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/incarceration-should-not-be-a-death-sentence-for-individuals-who-use-opioids

People whose parents suffered from substance use disorders are more likely to develop psychiatric disorders https://www.psypost.org/people-whose-parents-suffered-from-substance-use-disorders-are-more-likely-to-develop-psychiatric-disorders/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SubstanceUseDisorder #PsychiatricDisorders #MentalHealth #ParentalInfluence #RiskFactors

Anger more strongly linked to alcohol and tobacco use than illicit drug use https://www.psypost.org/anger-more-strongly-linked-to-alcohol-and-tobacco-use-than-illicit-drug-use/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AngerManagement #AlcoholAbuse #TobaccoAddiction #SubstanceUseDisorder #MentalHealth

Early onset of nonmedical prescription stimulant use (such as taking Adderall, Ritalin, or Concerta without a prescription) appears to be a signal of increased risk of cocaine use among US adolescents.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38258848/

#MentalHealth #Addiction #SubstanceUseDisorder

Eby and Rustad Agree on Involuntary Treatment. Experts Say They’re Wrong | The Tyee
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/09/16/Eby-Rustad-Agree-Involuntary-Treatment/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

#BrainInjury
#Addiction
#MentalIllness
#MentalHealth
#InvoluntaryTreatment
#ForcedTreatment
#BritishColumbia
#Conservatives
#SubstanceAbuse
#SubstanceUseDisorder
#MemorialUniOfNewfoundland

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07804-3 Structure of the human dopamine transporter in complex with cocaine (Nielsen, et al, 2024) #substanceUseDisorder #addiction #dopamine #cocaine

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39101571/ Off-Label Use of Lamotrigine and Naltrexone in the Treatment of Ketamine Use Disorder: A Case Report #ketamine #substanceUseDisorder #lamotrigine #naltrexone #addiction #substanceuse #recovery

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40429-021-00401-8?fromPaywallRec=true Novel Treatment Approaches for Substance Use Disorders: Therapeutic Use of Psychedelics and the Role of Psychotherapy (Koslowski, et al, 2022) #cognitivebehavioraltherapy #psychotherapy #psychedelic #psychedelics #psychedelictherapy #psychedelicassistedpsychotherapy #fda #mdma #ketamine #substanceUseDisorder #mentalhealth #neuroscience #psychedelicresearch

https://www.appa-us.org/ #psychedelic #psychedelics #psychedelicpractitioner #plantmedicine #psychedelicresearch #mentalhealth #psychedelicmedicine #ketamine #mdma #lsd #psilocybin #dmt #APPA #NeuroScience #counseling #psychiatry #palliativecare #hospice #grief #depression #anxiety #substanceUseDisorder #harmreduction

Oregon’s #drugdecriminalization gets poor marks

In #Oregon, decriminalization of personal-use amounts of #drugs in 2020 was supposed to send hundreds of millions of dollars of marijuana tax revenues into #drugtreatment and harm reduction programs. But that hasn’t yet translated into an improved care network for a state with the 2nd highest rate of #substanceusedisorder in the US and ranked 50th for access to treatment.

https://apnews.com/article/health-oregon-8629d6e62bff151afbbdb3a37c2206ae

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8715255/ Walsh Z, Mollaahmetoglu OM, Rootman J, Golsof S, Keeler J, Marsh B, et al. Ketamine for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders: comprehensive systematic review. BJPsych Open, 8(1), e19. 10.1192/bjo.2021.1061. #ketamine #psychedelic #substanceUseDisorder #neuroscience #mentalhealth

Experiencing negative substance use consequences may not deter future use, according to a new study of alcohol and cannabis use.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37650855/

#DryJanuary #SubstanceUseDisorder #Health #PublicHealth @demography @sociology

https://brainpizza.substack.com/p/altered-states-rewiring-cravings

Altered States: Rewiring cravings (Part two) - Semaglutide's potential impact on substance use disorders and brain plasticity

#SemaglutideImpact #BrainPlasticity #SubstanceUseDisorder #AddictionTreatment #HealthResearch #BrainHealth #MedicalAdvancements #HealthcareInnovation #AlteredStatesSeries #HealthAndWellness #Neuroscience #DrugEffects #SUDTreatment #RewiringCravings

Some Addiction Psychologists Dislike "Preaddiction” Label https://researchinenglish.com/article/2023.9/examining-the-proposed-and-in-39kqreol

#addiction #psychology #substanceusedisorder #psych #alcoholism #preaddiction

Breaking the cycle of stigma: the urgent need for addiction treatment

#EndStigma #AddictionTreatment #OpioidCrisis #AccessToTreatment #SubstanceUseDisorder #SeekingHelp #AddictionAwareness #TreatmentDisparity #BreakTheStigma #RecoveryJourney

Casey Grover is an emergency physician.

https://youtube.com/shorts/VIt2_SBU3qU

Listen here: https://kevinmd.com/podcast

It's only a matter of time until "tranq" arrives in our community. The entire county behavioral health system is bracing for the impact. #tranq #Xylazine #fentanyl #SubstanceUseDisorder #SUD https://www.dea.gov/alert/dea-reports-widespread-threat-fentanyl-mixed-xylazine#:~:text=United%20States%20Drug%20Enforcement%20Administration,-Search&text=

Just saw a post about being married for half of their life and it got me thinking. I've been sober for ~26 years. I drank for ~12 years, until I was 26. So I've been sober as long as I had lived when I got sober. TIME IS SO STRANGE

I'm so grateful for people who are new to recovery who remind me how it wasn't always easy to be in recovery, to stay sober. They help me stay grounded in the truth (this is remission, not cure).
#recovery #alcoholism #SubstanceUseDisorder #addiction #sobriety

Hi everyone- I've made it to mastodon wanted to intro myself! I'm an internist & addiction medicine clinician and researcher interested in telemedicine for #SubstanceUseDisorder #addiction treatment & care of women and sexual gender minorities with SUD. I also am passionate about #advocacy #writing and looking forward to meeting a #writingcommunity #academicchatter on #Mastodon! I love living in the #pnw and I also post about #urbangardening #bikecommuting & #dogsofmastodon (Finley in pic)