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The Nevada Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) team has released June updates, including new monthly surveillance reports and upcoming office hours for partners interested in overdose data.

For many Nevadans living in rural and frontier communities, the distance to a clinic can be a significant barrier to receiving life-saving care. The Vitality Unlimited Mobile Services van is changing that, bringing behavioral health treatment -- including therapy, substance use counseling, medication assisted treatment, and peer recovery support -- directly to communities within 200 miles of Elk, Nevada.

In our recent listening session, "Helping the Helper," a panel of experts gathered to peel back the mask of professionalism. They explored why those on the front lines of the opioid epidemic and suicide prevention are fueling the "Great Resignation." The consensus was clear: what we often dismiss as "burnout" is actually a complex landscape of secondary trauma, moral injury, and functional distress. To sustain our workforce, we must move beyond surface-level self-care and address the systemic architecture that silences those who are "leading while bleeding."

Starting Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) in Nevada can feel complex, but it doesn’t have to be. This toolkit provides a clear, step-by-step roadmap to help prescribers navigate requirements, establish services, and become ready to prescribe medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) with confidence. 

The landscape of the United States illicit drug market is shifting with terrifying speed. For several years, public health officials have struggled to contain the “fourth wave” of the opioid crisis, characterized by the adulteration of fentanyl with the veterinary sedative xylazine, commonly known as “tranq.” However, just as harm reduction strategies began to adapt to xylazine, a more potent and dangerous additive has emerged: medetomidine.