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 study finds 37 percent of adults in recovery from problems related to alcohol or drugs have been diagnosed with one or more of nine alcohol- and drug-related diseases and health conditions.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a policy designed to reduce underage vaping by restricting how and where flavored e-cigarettes are sold, The Washington Post reports.
A new study finds a decrease of more than 50 percent in monthly opioid prescribing for new patients. However some doctors continue to write many opioid prescriptions, while others are not writing any, HealthDay reports.
Most Democratic candidates running for president in 2020 support marijuana legalization, The New York Times reports. The issue has become a litmus test for their commitment to equal treatment for all races in criminal justice and policing.
The Trump Administration 2020 budget proposal includes a 95 percent cut to the budget of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, The Washington Post reports.
The Trump Administration’s first National Drug Control Strategy, released in January, lacks objectives, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
Children whose families are affected by the opioid epidemic face unique challenges, including having to monitor parents for overdoses, according to a new report.
College officials are concerned about students refusing to eat all day before consuming alcohol, a practice known as “drunkorexia,” according to The Washington Post.
More than 150,000 Americans died from alcohol, drugs and suicide in 2017—the highest number since the federal government started collecting such data in 1999, USA Today reports.
A new study finds that while reducing opioid prescriptions can save lives, it also can lead to increased heroin use and deaths, The New York Times reports.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who has won bipartisan support for his efforts to reduce minors’ use of flavored e-cigarettes, announced this week he will leave the agency next month.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this week it will take new steps to address the nation’s opioid epidemic, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Teens prescribed opioids after surgery are almost twice as likely to use the drugs long-term if they have a family member who has filled opioid prescriptions for four months or more over the past year, a new study finds.
A new study finds spending on prescriptions for the treatment of opioid use disorder and overdose increased faster in states that expanded Medicaid, according to U.S. News & World Report.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to recommend prescribing the opioid overdose antidote naloxone along with opioid prescriptions, CNN reports.
A new study concludes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and drug manufacturers allowed the widespread prescribing of a fentanyl painkiller to ineligible patients.
The growing use of insurance pre-authorization rules has limited prescriptions of the addiction medication buprenorphine among Medicare patients in the past decade, a new study finds.
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