We curate a digest of the latest news in our field for advocates, policymakers, community coalitions and all who work toward shaping policies and practices to effectively prevent substance use and treat addiction.
A new report finds the latest wave of the opioid epidemic involves using multiple substances at the same time, combining fentanyl with either methamphetamine or cocaine, according to KFF Health News.
A new report finds the percentage of overdose deaths linked to smoking substances increased almost 74% between 2020 and 2022, while the percentage involving injections fell.
Increased availability of prescription opioids and other medications such as benzodiazepines are linked to an increase in U.S. suicide rates, a new study concludes.
Find more of our must-reads in policy news, including current and former ONDCP officials voicing concerns with Director Gupta, who they say has created a toxic work environment.
View our curated digest of the latest research news, including the association between maternal tobacco use during pregnancy and child neurocognitive development.
The cigar industry is lobbying the Biden administration to drop the proposed ban on flavored cigars, which make up more than half the cigar market, Axios reports. The industry argues the products have wrongly been mixed in with concerns about menthol cigarettes.
View our curated digest of the latest research news, including the social influence that a web-based program for smoking prevention could have on potential anti-smoking advocacy by adolescents.
The Biden administration has announced revised federal rules for methadone treatment designed to increase access for more patients with opioid use disorder, NPR reports.
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention links tianeptine, an unapproved antidepressant known as “gas station heroin,” to synthetic cannabis.
The new Tips From Former Smokers campaign from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasizes the dangers of menthol cigarettes, CNN reports.
View our curated digest of the latest research news, including potential associations between prenatal cannabis exposure and frontolimbic white matter pathways in children.
A new study finds high school students who use alcohol, marijuana or nicotine are more likely than their peers who don’t use these substances to have suicidal thoughts.
Pharmaceutical company Vertex this week said it has developed an experimental medication that relieves moderate to severe pain while avoiding the potential for addiction that comes with opioids, The New York Times reports.
Find more of our must-reads in policy news, including White House officials discussing plans to provide prison populations with necessary tools to treat substance use disorder.
A proposed federal measure introduced in the House this month is designed to ensure that $50 billion in opioid settlement funds that state and local governments receive are used to fight the opioid epidemic, NPR reports.
Five members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter urging the Food and Drug Administration to take action to address use of tianeptine, known as “gas station heroin.”
A new bill unveiled by Democratic legislators in Oregon would undo a key part of the state’s first-in-the-nation substance decriminalization law, the Associated Press reports.
Find more of our must-reads in policy news, including the announcement of a new behavioral health integration model by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
View our curated digest of the latest research news, including a study on the lifetime use of alcohol and cannabis among U.S. adolescents and patterns of use associated with sex and race/ethnicity.
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