Researchers Identify Brain Network Uniquely Activated Through Drug Smoking, Injection
NIDA | Results from a new clinical trial suggest that a group of brain regions known as the “salience network” is activated after a drug...
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- Dec 1
Ozempic May Someday Add Addiction Treatment to Its Growing List of Uses
NewAtlas | New research has found that patients taking the weight-loss and diabetes drug semaglutide had significantly reduced symptoms...
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- Dec 1
Overdose Deaths Increased in Pregnant and Postpartum Women from Early 2018 to Late 2021
NIDA | Overdose deaths rose markedly between January to June 2018 and July to December 2021 among 10- to 44-year-old girls and women who...
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- Aug 14
Oversight Hearing Held on ONDCP Reauthorization
U.S. House | This week, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee held a hearing on “Oversight and Reauthorization of the Office...
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- Aug 14
Senate Appropriators Advance Modest Substance Use, Mental Health Block Grant Increases in Spending
U.S. Senate | Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed a FY24 funding bill for several priority agencies including the...
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- Mar 31
DEA Issues Alert on Rise of Fentanyl Mixed with Xylazine
DEA [3/22] | In a public safety alert, the DEA said it observed a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine, a...
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- Mar 31
Bipartisan Senate Group Introduces Legislation to Crack Down on Xylazine
U.S. Senate [3/28] | Several senators are introducing the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to crack down...
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- Mar 31
FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Narcan
AP [3/29] | The FDA has approved selling naloxone without a prescription, the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter....
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- Mar 31
Study Shows High Prevalence of Buprenorphine 'Spiking' in Urine Screenings for OUD Patients
JAMA [3/28] | More than 7% of urine samples collected in a recent cross-sectional study [...] showed evidence of buprenorphine...
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- Mar 31
SAMHSA Warns of Growing Threat from Xylazine
SAMHSA [3/27] | In a letter to clinicians, SAMHSA wrote that xylazine is an emerging public health threat and noted that routine...
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- Mar 31
Naloxone Expansion Not Associated with Increases in Adolescent Injection Drug Use
Intl Journal of Drug Policy | A recent study explored if naloxone expansion may inadvertently promote high-risk substance use behaviors...
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- Mar 24
House Members Form Bipartisan Fentanyl Prevention Caucus
U.S. House (3/09) | U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Ken Calvert (R-CA) recently...
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- Mar 24
New NIDA Study Reveals Shared Genetic Markers Underlying Substance Use Disorders
NIDA (3/22) | By combing through genomic data of over 1 million people, scientists have identified genes commonly inherited across...
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- Mar 24
Study Suggests High-Dose Buprenorphine is Useful Among Patients Using Fentanyl and Other Opioids
JAMA (3/03) | A new study reports that high-dose buprenorphine administered in the emergency department for patients in withdrawal is...
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- Mar 17
Apply for Three NHSC Loan Repayment Programs in Just One Application
HRSA | The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Bureau of Health Workforce announced a new opportunity to apply for...
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- Mar 17
LAPPA Releases Model Act on Substance Use During Pregnancy and Family Care Plans
LAPPA (3/07) | The Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association (LAPPA), funded by the White House Office of National Drug Control...
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- Mar 17
SAMHSA Seeking $10.8 Billion in FY 2024 to Bolster Mental Health and Substance Use Services
SAMHSA (3/13) | The President’s Budget for FY 2024 includes $10.8 billion for SAMHSA [...] to support the President’s Unity Agenda to...
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- Mar 3
Senate HELP Committee Requests Input to Address Health Workforce Shortage
Politico (3/02) - Senators will ask for input on the root problems and solutions for the health workforce shortage. In a letter to...
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- Mar 3
Addiction Treatment May Be Coming to a Pharmacy Near You
Stateline (2/24) - New results from a first-of-its-kind study [...] could hold a key to getting addiction medication to more people who...
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- Mar 3
U.S. Deaths Involving Meth Are Skyrocketing, Fentanyl a Big Factor
U.S. News (2/21) - Deaths from methamphetamine among Americans increased 50-fold between 1999 and 2021, a new study reports. Most of...
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