UT Health San Antonio receives $2 million grant for opioid addiction response program in rural Texas

Courtois added that destigmatizing opioid use disorder would be a major step in tackling the crisis.“It is a chronic disease, similar to high blood pressure [or] diabetes, however it is not seen in the same light,” she said. “And because there is so much stigma and bias, it compounds the challenge for individuals that are dealing with this to seek help because of fear of that very stigma.”