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Dr. Kamaria Tyehimba

Dr. Kamaria Tyehimba is the President CEO at UMADAOP in Cincinnati. Her office has spearheaded addiction recovery operations to a higher recovery rate for admitted residents than the national average. “We are about 80% sobriety rate after one year,” Dr. Tyehimba reported. Her UMADAOP office is at the heart of one of the most severe states in the U.S. for opioid addiction overdoses, but rather than speaking about the broader existence of the epidemic, Dr. Tyehimba narrowed the conversation to what she considers a hidden crisis: “There is a culture for African Americans to not seek treatment. [And] when they seek treatment it is only in the most chronic stage of their addiction.”

“There is a culture for African Americans to not seek treatment. [And] when they seek treatment it is only in the most chronic stage of their addiction.” -Dr. Kamaria Tyehimba, CEO UMADAOP Cincinnati

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