Dr. Nora Volkow, NIDA You can’t put a dollar value on the losses American families have suffered due to the addiction and overdose...

HRSA has announced the launch of the Maternal Mental Health Hotline, a new, confidential, toll-free hotline for expecting and new moms...

Kaiser Health News At a psychiatric hospital in Michigan, Dr. Cara Poland’s patients were handed a sheet of paper to find follow-up care....

Recently, Dr. Yngvild K. Olsen was announced as the new Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) at SAMHSA. CSAT...

The CDC's Division of Overdose Prevention has developed a new interactive data visualization tool, the Drug Overdose Surveillance and...

The White House Each May we raise awareness about the importance of mental health and its impact on the well-being of all Americans,...

The FDA recently released an alert warning consumers about the possible health effects of using tianeptine, an unapproved drug in the...

This week, SAMHSA announced a new webpage that serves as a “one-stop-shop” for 988 resources. The website includes valuable resources for...

SAMHSA has announced two grant programs totaling that will expand access to MAT for OUD and prevent the misuse of prescription drugs. By...

President Biden recently signed into law a $1.5 trillion spending package, which contains FY 2022 funding levels for HHS, ONDCP, and DOJ...

ONDCP has announced the release of the Model Law Enforcement and Other First Responders Deflection Act, a resource for states that...

In his State of the Union Address, President Biden outlined new strategies to address the ongoing addiction and overdose crisis. With...

Congress recently passed the Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021, which designates methamphetamine as an emerging drug threat (a new and...

All too often the “war on drugs” feels like a war on people who use drugs. We know that not everyone who uses drugs develops a dependence...

The draft updated Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids is available for public comment in the Federal Register. The public...

The federal government has proposed new guidelines for prescribing opioid painkillers that remove its previous recommended ceilings on...

NIDA recently released findings from the 2021 Monitoring the Future survey, which gathers data regarding substance use behaviors and...

SAMHSA has released a new three-part series of technical assistance briefs, "How States Serve Infants and their Families Affected by...

Our county, state, and federal public health programs have worked valiantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their efforts have been...

SAMHSA has released a new advisory regarding prescription stimulant misuse among youth and young adults. As described by SAMHSA, the...