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 poll finds 29% of adults in the United States say they have or someone in their family has have ever struggled with opioid use, including the use of prescription painkillers and illegal opioids like heroin.
Suicide deaths in the United States increased to almost 50,000 last year, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A new study finds U.S. adults increasingly perceive daily smoking and secondhand exposure to marijuana smoke as safer than tobacco smoke, views that do not reflect the existing science, CNN reports.
Find more of our must-reads in policy news, including a poll finding that two-thirds of adults say they or a family member has experienced addiction or overdose.
View our curated digest of the latest research news, including a qualitative study of primary care physicians' decisions to prescribe medications for alcohol use disorder.
Find more of our must-reads in policy news, including a study revealing that fewer than 1 in 5 people with opioid addiction receive medication treatment.
Mental illness and substance use disorder must both be addressed in order to reduce fentanyl deaths, White House office of National Drug Control Policy Director Rahul Gupta said at a congressional hearing.
Men are almost three times as likely as women to die from alcohol-related causes than women, but the rate of alcohol-related deaths is rising faster among women, a new study finds.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a second over-the-counter naloxone product, The Hill reports. RiVive is the first version of OTC naloxone from a non-profit company, which says it will make at least 200,000 doses available for free.
The Biden administration this week proposed a rule that would require health insurers to offer patients better access to mental health care and addiction treatment, STAT reports.
View our curated digest of the latest research news, including an evaluation of nicotine delivery system use following the FDA's enforcement against fruit-flavored cartridges.
Most overdose deaths from cocaine or psychostimulants such as methamphetamine also involve opioids, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy announced a plan to coordinate a response against xylazine, the powerful animal sedative that is often mixed with fentanyl. The plan does not include new restrictions on xylazine, the Associated Press reports.
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