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Synthetic Opioids: Navigating a Changing Landscape in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
NIDA Releases Its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan
This week, NIDA releases its strategic plan for FY 2022-2026. Strategic planning is a process all NIH Institutes perform every five years, to take stock of the current state of research and set priorities that are ambitious but achievable...
Minority Fellowship Program
The NBCC Foundation and NAADAC are pleased to announce the 2022 application period for the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Minority Fellowship Program for Addictions Counselors (MFP-AC) is now open. This program is made...
President Biden issues proclamation for overdose awareness week
President Biden issued the first ever Presidential Proclamation recognizing August 29, 2021 – September 4, 2021 as Overdose Awareness Week – a time to honor the lives lost to the overdose epidemic and recommit to both preventing overdoses...
Your Guide to Integrating HCV Services into Opioid Treatment Programs - ATTC Network
The opioid epidemic has resulted in significant increases in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs, accounting for 23% of new infections. HCV is completely curable and testing and treatment are the path to cure. Opioid...
Vaping and Opioid Addiction Accelerate Coronavirus Risks
The coronavirus pandemic has presented a new challenge for public health services around the world.
Although scientists are working tirelessly to comprehend more about the virus, there are still many unanswered questions.
In a recent...
Drugs of Abuse Resource Guide
Education plays a critical role in preventing substance abuse.
Drugs of Abuse, a DEA Resource Guide, is designed to be a reliable resource on the most commonly abused and misused drugs in the United States.
This comprehensive guide...
Alcohol-Related Deaths Increasing in the United States
There has been a steady rise in deaths caused by alcohol, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
The research examined U.S. death...
Recovery Month 2019
Every September the Recovery Month Campaign aims to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover.
Over the years, Recovery Month has promoted and supported new evidence...
Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings
The success of treatment and recovery of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) can vary. Most often, a combination of factors adds complexities to evaluating the effectiveness of services and interventions.
Worldwide, overdose is...
U.S. Children's Exposure to Addiction Drug Rose 215% in Three Years, Study Says
Facebook Will Redirect Searches about Opiates to SAMHSA Support Services
How the Opioid Crisis Is Depressing America's Labor Force
It's been a decade since the financial crisis drove up the unemployment rate in the U.S. and forced people in the prime of their careers to give up looking for work.
Even today, as employers add jobs at a furious pace, the workforce...
How Teenage Vaping Puts Structure in Place for Heroin and Cocaine Addiction
The rapid adoption of e-cigarettes has been driven, at least in part, by a huge jump in the potency of e-liquids.
CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG teenagers is on the wane. While data show smoking among teenagers has dropped over the past few...
Webinar: Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder: Overview
A webinar on opioid use disorder by Dr. Dennis McCarty is now available through the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre (ATTC) website.
The hour long webinar took place in April 2018 and discusses treatment and prevention. The webinar...
National Prevention Week 2018
National Prevention week led by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) will take place from 13-19th May 2018.
Each day focus will fall on a different topic - starting off with the theme of "Promotion of Mental...
SAMHSA Tobacco-Free Recovery Grant 2018
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Recovery Grant is now open for applications. Offering up to 5 million USD the grant can be used for a range of projects...
Rise in Glutamate Levels Can Be Used to Predict Drug High
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) explores the action of psychostimulant drugs on glutamate, one of the most abundant neurotransmitters in the human body.
Drugs with a stimulant effect are commonly prescribed...
New Dataset Made Available from Study of Adolescent Brain Development
In February of 2018 the US National Institute of Health (NIH) released the first dataset from an "unprecedented study of adolescent brain development", the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study.
The study has, to date...
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