New Bill Filed to Enhance SUD Prevention, Support Services on College Campuses
U.S. House [7/30] - Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), David Trone (MD-06), Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Lucy McBath (GA-07)...
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- Jul 30
SAMHSA Releases Findings from 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
SAMHSA [7/30] - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released the results of the 2023 National...
- Jul 9
OpEd: Everyone Deserves Addiction Treatment That Works—Including Those in Jail
STAT [7/09] - The overdose crisis is claiming lives across the United States, but it reaches new depths of despair in the criminal...
- Jul 9
Sackler Family Risks Litigation After Supreme Court Rejects Purdue Pharma Settlement
Forbes [7/09] - Purdue Pharma went back to court this week after the Supreme Court thwarted the OxyContin maker’s...
- Jul 8
HHS Announces $27.5 Million in Funding Opportunities to Enhance Women's Behavioral Health
HHS [7/08] - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced notices of funding opportunities aimed at improving...
- May 29
Fentanyl, COVID-19 Reshaped Racial Profile of U.S. Overdose Deaths
Penn State [4/30] - For as long as statistics about opioid overdose deaths have been collected in the United States, white individuals...
- May 16
DOJ Submits Proposed Regulation to Reschedule Marijuana
DOJ [5/16] - The Justice Department (DOJ) has submitted to the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking initiating a formal...
- Feb 21
2 in 5 Americans Know Someone Who Has Died of an Overdose
PBS [2/21] - Since 2000, 1.1 million people have fatally overdosed in the United States. According to a national survey conducted by the...
- Feb 2
$28M in Grants Announced to Expand SUD Treatment Services
SAMHSA [2/02] - Recently, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced funding opportunities for...
- Dec 1, 2023
Overdose Deaths Increased in Pregnant and Postpartum Women from Early 2018 to Late 2021
NIDA | Overdose deaths rose markedly between January to June 2018 and July to December 2021 among 10- to 44-year-old girls and women who...
- Aug 4, 2023
Senate Appropriators Advance Modest Substance Use, Mental Health Block Grant Increases in Spending B
Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed a FY24 funding bill for several priority agencies including the Substance Abuse and...
- Aug 4, 2023
SAMHSA Issues Advisory on Digital Therapeutics in Behavioral Health
SAMHSA recently released a new advisory on digital therapeutics for management and treatment in behavioral health. This advisory...
- Jul 18, 2023
One Year Anniversary of 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
SAMHSA [18-July] | SAMHSA is marking the one year-anniversary since the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline was launched. In honor of...
- Jul 11, 2023
Op Ed: What Does It Means To Be 'In Recovery'? We Need a Better Federal Definition.
STAT [11-Jul] | “When I use a word,” one of 19th century British author and mathematician Lewis Carroll’s characters once said, “it means...
- Jun 30, 2023
CDC Releases New Overdose Prevention and Surveillance Resources
CDC [30-Jun] | The CDC recently released new prevention and surveillance resources, including a report on overdose deaths from fentanyl...
- Jun 13, 2023
Only 1 in 4 adolescent treatment facilities offer buprenorphine for opioid use disorder
NIH [6/13] | NIH-funded study indicates substantial need to expand access to evidence-based treatment among young people. Only 1 in 4...
- Jun 13, 2023
SAMHSA Data Released on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavioral Health
SAMHSA [13-Jun] | Recently, SAMHSA released a new data report indicating that lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults are more likely than...
- Jun 12, 2023
NIH, FDA Call for Lower Barriers to Improve and Implement Drug-Checking Tools
NIH [12-Jun] | In commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine, leaders at the NIH and FDA highlight the urgent need to address...
- May 30, 2023
Study Finds Inherited Genetic Signature Linked to Increased Risk for Addiction
AddictionPolicyForum [30-May] | A new study suggests that a common genetic signature may increase a person’s risk of developing substance...
- Mar 31, 2023
FDA APPROVES OVER-THE-COUNTER NALOXONE
AP [3/29] | The FDA has approved selling naloxone without a prescription, the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter....
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