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.
Opioid-related death rates between 2006 and 2012 were highest in rural communities in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia with a disproportionate share of opioid painkiller prescriptions, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
A new study finds the number of U.S. children entering foster care rose dramatically because of parental substance use between 2000 to 2017, HealthDay reports.
Having a family member with an opioid prescription increases a person’s risk of ending up in the emergency room with a drug overdose almost threefold, a new study suggests.
More Medicare patients are receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, according to a new report by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Many tobacco and e-cigarette retailers ignore a state law requiring them to check IDs for customers who appear to be under age 27, according to a “secret shopper” study in California.
Products containing THC—the main psychoactive ingredients in marijuana—are being packaged as candy, according to a federal prosecutor in West Virginia.
The Food and Drug Administration this week warned two companies selling the herbal supplement kratom not to market their products as a treatment for opioid addiction, USA Today reports.
Lawyers for local governments suing pharmaceutical companies, drug distributors and pharmacy chains over the opioid epidemic have announced a proposed settlement, NPR reports.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week unanimously voted to ban all sales of e-cigarettes. The measure is designed to reduce underage vaping, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Colorado and Washington, the first two states to legalize recreational marijuana, are seeing an increase in teen use of highly potent marijuana, The Washington Post reports.
A new survey suggests 14.8 million people have driven within an hour of using marijuana in the past month. Most impairment occurs within one to four hours of using the drug, HealthDay reports.
The suicide rate among teens and young adults ages 15 to 24 is at its highest point since 2000, according to a new study. The rate increased the most among 15- to 19-year-olds and young men.
Many patients still struggle to get insurance coverage for their mental health treatment, despite federal laws designed to bring parity between mental and physical health coverage, NPR reports.
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