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In 2021 there were more than 107,600 drug overdose deaths reported. From March of 2021 to March of 2022, the number of drug overdose deaths increased by almost 10%. North America has the highest drug related mortality rate in the world and accounts for one in four drug related deaths globally. Opioids account for the… Read More

In 2020 alone over 100,000 Americans fatally overdosed, a 29% increase from the prior year. In Virginia over half of the state’s cities reported an increase in deaths from the previous year, attributing to more overdose deaths than guns and motor vehicle accidents combined. Spero Health continues to expand addiction treatment services across the state… Read More

A new health clinic opening in Woodstock on Friday will offer comprehensive outpatient addiction treatment services. The business at 110 E. High St., Suite B, is one of three area locations that Spero Health is opening around the area. The other two — at 704 Baker Lane, Suite 4, in Winchester, and 315 W. 10th… Read More

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – A new outpatient addiction treatment center has opened in Harrison County. Spero Health operates 70 facilities across five other states and is now bringing its first facility to West Virginia. Spero Health, a Nashville-based company, gets its name from the Latin meaning of Spero, which is “I hope.” According to officials from… Read More

According to Virginia Department of Health, fatal opioid overdoses have increased every year this past decade and have been the leading cause of unnatural death in Virginia since 2013. Provisional data from Centers for Disease Control suggests the nation is on track to see at least 105,000 overdose deaths in 2021 — up from 93,000… Read More

Communities across the country are reeling from a historic increase of overdose deaths. The provisional data from 2021 translates to roughly one U.S. overdose death every 5 minutes. More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, with Kentucky at a 13.55% increase in deaths due to drugs during that timeframe. Spero Health, an… Read More

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Unable to drive due to a medical condition, Patricia Robinson had been missing doctor’s appointments and felt isolated without another means of transport near her home in the U.S. state of North Carolina. But today, thanks to an on-demand ride-sharing service that launched in the small city of… Read More

Drug overdose deaths have topped a million in the United States over the last 20 years, and early indicators point to 2021 adding 100,000 more to this tragic number. Many states are still showing an alarming increase in deaths after an already historic milestone nation-wide in 2020. Spero Health is quickly responding to this deadly… Read More

Centre College students in the Sociological Research Methods class conducted surveys in Boyle County to study stigma as an obstacle to addiction recovery. They presented their findings to the community earlier this month. Students sent out two surveys in the fall of 2021 to determine whether stigma is an obstacle to recovery, specifically in opioid… Read More