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🚫 Drug use is dangerous and every overdose has the potential to cause a brain injury.
The Alberta Recovery Model recognizes that a system of care must do more than reverse an overdose. It must help prevent the next one.
On October 24, 2026, Dr. Shannon Gravely, Principal Scientist at CoRE, presented at the National Commission on Correctional Health Care Conference in Las Vegas.
She highlighted how Alberta’s Therapeutic Living Units (TLUs) in correctional facilities can help people address mental health and addiction challenges, rebuild their lives and successfully reintegrate into their communities.
People like Robert are hailing the TLU program for its innovation in recovery treatment for people just like him.
Learn more: recoveryexcellence.org/wp-co…
Therapeutic Living Units (TLUs) are helping break the cycle of addiction within Alberta's correctional system. Meet Robert who found the help he needed in a TLU. @Richard4Alberta @MikeEllisUCP
You can also read about Alex's TLU journey and his remarkable results: edmontonjournal.com/news/loc…
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The Alberta Recovery Model and TLUs are helping more people, like Robert and Alex, every day live better lives in recovery. Visit the CoRE website to read more recovery stories: recoveryexcellence.org/stori…
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The International Society of Addiction Medicine Congress was held from October 1 to 3, 2026 in the Netherlands.
As a result of Alberta’s innovations in addiction treatment, CoRE had several speaking opportunities:
🎤 Dr. Dan Devoe spoke to supervised consumption, service withdrawal, and low-barrier pharmacotherapy and explored where we go from here in helping people recover.
🎤 Dr. Stryder Zobell discussed the outcomes of a new research study on the rapid induction of Extended-release Buprenorphine and how a novel approach to using it is helping engage high risk population in recovery.
Better data ➡️ better care.
Learn more: recoveryexcellence.org
Robert is five years clean and sober and he credits Therapeutic Living Units (TLU) for making recovery possible and giving him his dignity back. TLUs are specialized, self-contained units within provincial correctional facilities that support individuals with addiction.
Read Robert’s full story and learn about his recovery journey on the CoREwebsite. recoveryexcellence.org/recov…
Watch the video below to hear Robert talk about why it is so important to reduce treatment wait times. youtu.be/_9hwMtnc32Y?si=vGiS…
📰 New research by CoRE suggests people with opioid use disorder (OUD) can be started on Sublocade® or similar (LAIB) without first completing the normal stabilization period.
⬇️ Even with participants actively using illicit fentanyl in a shelter-based setting, the monthly overdose rate decreased by 91% after LAIB initiation.
💊 Traditional stabilization requirements can delay treatment, particularly for people facing homelessness or who have other barriers to care. While additional studies are needed to confirm these findings, this approach could be key to helping more people access addiction treatment when they need it.
Read the full study in Harm Reduction Journal: link.springer.com/article/10…
If you missed the original publication, we encourage you learn more about the risks of overdoses and brain injuries by reading The Silent Consequence of Overdose: The Case for Brain Injury-Informed Opioid Treatment at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Better data ➡️ better care
