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Dec 19, 2024
New Practical Guide Released on Advising Patients on Using 988 vs. 911
SAMHSA [12/19] – SAMHSA has issued a new Practical Guide: Advising People on Using 988 Versus 911 to help in better understanding the...
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Dec 18, 2024
SAMHSA Releases Documents Supporting SUPRS Block Grant Awardees
SAMHSA [12/18] – SAMHSA recently published five documents to promote the integration and advancement of promising practices in SUD...
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Dec 17, 2024
Reported Use Of Most Drugs Among Adolescents Remained Low in 2024
NIDA [12/17] – After declining significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, substance use among adolescents has continued to hold steady...
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Sep 13, 2024
TCA Honors U.S. Rep Annie Kuster with Charlie Devlin Award for Excellence
On Wednesday, September 11, TCA awarded U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire the Charlie Devlin Award for Excellence for her exemplary...
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Jul 29, 2024
New Bill Filed to Enhance SUD Prevention, Support Services on College Campuses
U.S. House [7/30] - Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), David Trone (MD-06), Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Lucy McBath (GA-07)...
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Jul 29, 2024
SAMHSA Releases Findings from 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
SAMHSA [7/30] - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released the results of the 2023 National...
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Jul 8, 2024
OpEd: Everyone Deserves Addiction Treatment That Works—Including Those in Jail
STAT [7/09] - The overdose crisis is claiming lives across the United States, but it reaches new depths of despair in the criminal...
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Jul 8, 2024
Sackler Family Risks Litigation After Supreme Court Rejects Purdue Pharma Settlement
Forbes [7/09] - Purdue Pharma went back to court this week after the Supreme Court thwarted the OxyContin maker’s...
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Jul 7, 2024
HHS Announces $27.5 Million in Funding Opportunities to Enhance Women's Behavioral Health
HHS [7/08] - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced notices of funding opportunities aimed at improving...
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May 29, 2024
Fentanyl, COVID-19 Reshaped Racial Profile of U.S. Overdose Deaths
Penn State [4/30] - For as long as statistics about opioid overdose deaths have been collected in the United States, white individuals...
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May 15, 2024
DOJ Submits Proposed Regulation to Reschedule Marijuana
DOJ [5/16] - The Justice Department (DOJ) has submitted to the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking initiating a formal...
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Feb 21, 2024
2 in 5 Americans Know Someone Who Has Died of an Overdose
PBS [2/21] - Since 2000, 1.1 million people have fatally overdosed in the United States. According to a national survey conducted by the...
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Feb 2, 2024
$28M in Grants Announced to Expand SUD Treatment Services
SAMHSA [2/02] - Recently, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced funding opportunities for...
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Dec 1, 2023
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 4, 2023
Senate Appropriators Advance Modest Substance Use, Mental Health Block Grant Increases in Spending B
Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed a FY24 funding bill for several priority agencies including the Substance Abuse and...
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Aug 4, 2023
SAMHSA Issues Advisory on Digital Therapeutics in Behavioral Health
SAMHSA recently released a new advisory on digital therapeutics for management and treatment in behavioral health. This advisory...
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Jul 17, 2023
One Year Anniversary of 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
SAMHSA [18-July] | SAMHSA is marking the one year-anniversary since the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline was launched. In honor of...
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Jul 11, 2023
Op Ed: What Does It Means To Be 'In Recovery'? We Need a Better Federal Definition.
STAT [11-Jul] | “When I use a word,” one of 19th century British author and mathematician Lewis Carroll’s characters once said, “it means...
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Jun 30, 2023
CDC Releases New Overdose Prevention and Surveillance Resources
CDC [30-Jun] | The CDC recently released new prevention and surveillance resources, including a report on overdose deaths from fentanyl...
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Jun 13, 2023
Only 1 in 4 adolescent treatment facilities offer buprenorphine for opioid use disorder
NIH [6/13] | NIH-funded study indicates substantial need to expand access to evidence-based treatment among young people. Only 1 in 4...
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