May 6CDC Releases Framework to Address the Overdose CrisisThe CDC recently released the Efforts to Prevent Overdoses and Substance Use-Related Harms – 2022-2024 framework, which is guided by six...
May 6140,000 Deaths Annually from Excessive Alcohol Use in 2015-19Recent data from the CDC shows that excessive alcohol use was responsible for more than 140,000 deaths in the United States each year...
May 6SAMHSA Releases New Resources on ParityThe Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 requires most health plans or health insurers that offer coverage for mental...
Apr 29ONDCP Releases 2022 National Drug Control StrategyRecently, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the 2022 National Drug Control Strategy and Fact Sheet. Per ONDCP,...
Apr 29Army Sued Over Discharges of Soldiers with Addiction IssuesAccording to a lawsuit recently filed, the U.S. Army is violating veterans’ rights, its own regulations and the Constitution by refusing...
Apr 29Biden-Harris Administration Expands Second Chance Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated IndividualThis Second Chance Month, the Biden-Harris Administration is releasing a comprehensive strategy that expands Incarceration to Employment...
Mar 18Methamphetamine Response Act Becomes LawRecently passed by Congress and signed by the President, the Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021 designates methamphetamine as an...
Mar 11HHS Aims to Expand Youth Mental Health, Suicide Prevention ProgramsHHS recently announced $35 million in funding opportunities over seven grant programs to strengthen and expand community mental health...
Mar 11SAMHSA: Alcohol Use Increasing Among Girls and Young WomenSAMHSA recently released a new fact sheet that provides data on trends in alcohol use among girls and young women. New data indicates...
Mar 4Children's Mental Health an Ongoing Public Health ConcernA new report from the CDC on children’s mental health has been released. The report uses data from different sources to describe mental...
Mar 4Youth Suicide Prevention Legislation Heading to President's DeskCongress recently passed legislation to ensure thousands of students nationwide receive suicide prevention training and expand access to...
Mar 4President Biden Announces Strategy to Address National Mental Health CrisisIn his first State of the Union address, President Biden announced a national mental health strategy to strengthen system capacity,...
Feb 25DOJ Guidance on Managing Substance Withdrawal in JailsThe Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a legal briefon considerations for implementing withdrawal policy and protocols that will...
Feb 25Analysis of Deaths Records Shows Growing Disparities in Opioid EpidemicA new study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) examined drug overdose death trends through death certificate data over the last...
Feb 25Impact of CARES Telehealth Expansion on Access to OUD TreatmentCMS recently released two briefs that summarize access to opioid use disorder treatment under the telehealth expansion during the...
Feb 18New from the National Council: Addressing Disparities in Access, Utilization of Treatment Services A new white paper from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing has been released to help the public better understand the health...
Feb 11Suicides by Drug Overdose Increased Amid Young People, Elderly People, and Black Women, Despite OverA new study of intentional drug overdose deaths, or suicides by an overdose of a medication or drug, found an overall decline in recent...
Feb 11Standard Clinical Definition Announced for Opioid Withdrawal in InfantsHHS, together with leading clinicians, researchers, and policy experts, led the development of a standard clinical definitionfor opioid...
Feb 11New Issue Briefs on Leveraging Medicaid in the Criminal Legal SystemLegal Action Center (LAC) recently released two issue briefs on leveraging Medicaid to strengthen access to SUD treatment in the criminal...
Jan 28Shatterproof Convenes National Addiction Treatment Quality CommitteeShatterproof recently announced the launch of the National Addiction Treatment Quality Committee (NATQC), which will be composed of a...