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- Mar 17
LAPPA RELEASES MODEL ACT ON SUBSTANCE USE DURING PREGNANCY AND FAMILY CARE PLANS
LAPPA (3/07) | The Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association (LAPPA), funded by the White House Office of National Drug Control...
- Mar 17
LACK OF FUNDING TO FIGHT ADDICTION IN NY STATE BUDGET DRAWS CRITICISM
SI LIVE (3/05) | Luke Nasta, executive director of Camelot of Staten Island, has never held back on government response to the opioid...
- Mar 17
SAMHSA SEEKING $10.8 BILLION IN FY 2024 TO BOLSTER MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES ACROSS T
SAMHSA (3/13) | The President’s Budget for FY 2024 includes $10.8 billion for SAMHSA [...] to support the President’s Unity Agenda to...
- Mar 3
Recently published, The Therapeutic Community: Research and Practice by Carole Harvey
The Therapeutic Community: Research and Practice by Carole Harvey brings together the diverse lens of these communities, illuminating and...
- Mar 3
TRAUMA CAUSES HIGH LEVELS OF INTERGENERATIONAL SUBSTANCE USE AMONG BLACK WOMEN
Penn State (2/21) - In the first study of its kind, researchers examined the effects of trauma and intergenerational substance use on...
- Mar 3
ADDICTION TREATMENT MAY BE COMING TO A PHARMACY NEAR YOU
Stateline (2/24) - New results from a first-of-its-kind study [...] could hold a key to getting addiction medication to more people who...
- Mar 3
FDA ACTS TO RESTRICT ILLICIT IMPORT OF XYLAZINE, ANIMAL TRANQUILIZER LINKED TO OVERDOSE DEATHS
CBS NEWS (2/28) - The FDA announced recently it is restricting the unlawful importing of the veterinary drug xylazine, which has been...
- Mar 3
U.S. DEATHS INVOLVING METH ARE SKYROCKETING, FENTANYL A BIG FACTOR
U.S. News (2/21) - Deaths from methamphetamine among Americans increased 50-fold between 1999 and 2021, a new stud y reports. Most of...
- Mar 3
SENATE HELP COMMITTEE REQUESTS INPUT TO ADDRESS HEALTH WORKFORCE SHORTAGE
Politico (3/02) - Senators will ask for input on the root problems and solutions for the health workforce shortage. In a letter to...
- Feb 24
U.S. TEEN GIRLS EXPERIENCING INCREASED SADNESS AND VIOLENCE
CDC (2/13) -- New CDC data shows nearly 3 in 5 (57%) U.S. teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021—double that of boys,...
- Feb 24
LONG-ACTING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY SUPPRESSES HIV AMONG PEOPLE WITH UNSTABLE HOUSING, MENTAL ILLNESS
NIDA (2/21) -- A long-acting antiretroviral treatment (LA-ART) given every four to eight weeks, and delivered with comprehensive support...
- Feb 24
ONDCP: MEDICAID TO BE ALLOWED FOR DRUG TREATMENT IN PRISONS
U.S. News (2/21) -- The federal government is planning to allow states to use Medicaid funds to provide drugs to combat addiction and...
- Feb 17
OPINION: PREGNANT PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS NEED TREATMENT, NOT CRIMINALIZATION
STAT (2/08) -- Though it may be hard for many to fathom, even pregnant people and new parents can have active substance use disorders....
- Feb 17
SAMHSA (2/10) -- HHS has says that if the SAMHSA is unable to complete rulemaking that allows provid
White House (2/07) -- A year after unveiling a 4-part “Unity Agenda” in which addressing the nation’s addiction and mental health crisis...
- Feb 17
DEVASTATING INCREASE SEEN IN ADOLESCENT OVERDOSE DEATHS
CDC (12/16) -- An analysis of adolescent overdose deaths found that from 2019 to 2021, approx. 90 percent of overdose deaths from...
- Feb 17
LAWMAKERS URGE BIDEN TO ELEVATE ONDCP DIRECTOR TO CABINET-LEVEL
U.S. House (2/01) -- Recently, a bipartisan group of 55 lawmakers wrote a letter to President Joe Biden asking that the Director of the...
- Feb 17
MORE THAN 1 IN 9 ADULTS WITH CO-OCCURRING MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS ARE ARRESTED AN
PEW (2/06) -- Policymakers are increasingly focused on justice system interactions with and outcomes for people with either mental...
- Feb 17
SAMHSA TO ISSUE INTERIM MEASURES IF BUPRENORPHINE RULE DELAYED
SAMHSA (2/10) -- HHS has says that if the SAMHSA is unable to complete rulemaking that allows providers in opioid treatment programs to...
- Feb 17
BILL INTRODUCED TO ESTABLISH FELONY MURDER CHARGES FOR FENTANYL DEALERS
U.S. Senate (2/14) -- Senate Republicans have introduced a bill to charge illicit fentanyl drug dealers with murder. The Felony Murder...
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