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		<description><![CDATA[The National Issues Forum Institute released the six-page Issue Advisory,&#160;What Should We Do About The Opioid Epidemic?, published October 2017. The issue advisory presents three options to use during deliberation on how society can address the rising opioid epidemic that has swept the U.S. The issue advisory is available for free download on NIFI&#8217;s site here, as well as, a post-forum questionnaire. From NIFI&#8230; Drug abuse, a problem the United States has faced for decades, has taken a sharp and lethal turn with the rise [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11965">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 6-page article, The Next Generation of Our Work&#160;(2014), by NCDD&#8217;s own Co-Founder, Sandy Heierbacher,&#160;was&#160;published in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 10: Iss. 1. In the article, Heierbacher shares her unique view of the rapidly growing dialogue and deliberation field and lifts up the shifts in the field that shape the next generation of D&#38;D work. Changes are happening in regard to: &#8211; collaboration with government &#8211; openness to online tools for engagement &#8211; consistently rapid growth &#8211; increased energy devoted to collaborative efforts &#8211; [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11352">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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