The CDC recently released the Efforts to Prevent Overdoses and Substance Use-Related Harms – 2022-2024 framework, which is guided by six...

Recent data from the CDC shows that excessive alcohol use was responsible for more than 140,000 deaths in the United States each year...

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 requires most health plans or health insurers that offer coverage for mental...

This Second Chance Month, the Biden-Harris Administration is releasing a comprehensive strategy that expands Incarceration to Employment...

Recently, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the 2022 National Drug Control Strategy and Fact Sheet. Per ONDCP,...

In an effort to increase access to services that treat opioid use disorder (OUD), the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has announced...

A lawsuit recently filed alleges the U.S. Army is violating veterans’ rights, its own regulations and the Constitution by refusing to...

The DOJ recently published guidanceon how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects people with opioid use disorder (OUD) who...

A new National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study shows screening for substance use disorder (SUD) in teens may help predict adult...

SAMHSA is accepting applications for grants to expand the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model. There are two new...

NIDA recently released two brief online screening tools that assess for SUD risk among adolescents 12-17 years old. The Screening to...

A new legal opinion from the Biden administration appears to clear the way for wider use of an underutilized technique known as...

Recently passed by Congress and signed by the President, the Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021 designates methamphetamine as an...

HHS recently announced $35 million in funding opportunities over seven grant programs to strengthen and expand community mental health...

SAMHSA recently released a new fact sheet that provides data on trends in alcohol use among girls and young women. New data indicates...

A new report from the CDC on children’s mental health has been released. The report uses data from different sources to describe mental...

Congress recently passed legislation to ensure thousands of students nationwide receive suicide prevention training and expand access to...

In his first State of the Union address, President Biden announced a national mental health strategy to strengthen system capacity,...

A new study from the National Institutes of Health examined drug overdose death trends through death certificate data over the last...

CMS recently released two briefs that summarize access to opioid use disorder treatment under the telehealth expansion during the...