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

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

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it will award 137 grants to 85 American Indian and Alaska Native communities, for...

SAMHSA has announced that, effective upon the eventual expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, methadone take-home...

A recently updated Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) from SAMHSA regarding treatment for stimulant use disorders reviews current data...

Findings have been released from the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The data suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic had...

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the release of the new HHS Overdose Prevention Strategy. The new strategy focuses on the multiple...

Senators Ed Markey and Lisa Murkowski announced the reintroduction of the Community Re-Entry through Addiction Treatment to Enhance...

As a result of the continued consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, on October 18 HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra renewed the national...

The National Governors Association (NGA) recently released a policy brief, “Lessons Learned in State Collaboration to Address Substance...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...

SAMHSA recently announced more than $123 million in funding through six grant programs to address substance use disorders (SUD) and the...

SAMHSA has released 145 grant awards totaling $17.8 million to help communities increase mental health awareness among individuals who...

SAMHSA has awarded $5.6 million to strengthen the role of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in rural America. Thirty-two...