| Warren, Cummings, and More than 95 Colleagues in Senate and House Reintroduce Comprehensive CARE Act to Combat the Opioid and Substance Use Epidemic |
| WARREN (05/08) – Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, today led over 95 of their colleagues in the Senate and House in reintroducing the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, the most ambitious legislation ever introduced in Congress to confront the opioid and substance use epidemic. Read more |
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| FDA Approves First Generic Naloxone Nasal Spray to Treat Opioid Overdose |
| FDA (04/19) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted final approval of the first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, commonly known as Narcan, a life-saving medication that can stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Read more |
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| Setting Precedent, A Federal Court Rules Jail Must Give Inmate Addiction Treatment |
| NPR (05/04) – This week, a federal appeals court addressed the right to treatment for an inmate who suffers from opioid addiction, a move that legal advocates say could have wide repercussions.Read more |
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| Tennessee Will Ask Trump to OK First Medicaid Block Grant |
| POLITICO (05/03) – Tennessee is charging ahead to become the first state in the nation to ask the Trump administration for Medicaid funding in a lump sum — a radical overhaul of the entitlement program that critics warn could force major cutbacks in health coverage for low-income people. Read more |
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| As Meth Use Surges, First Responders Struggle to Help Those in Crisis |
NPR (05/01) – […] While public health officials have focused on the opioid epidemic in recent years, another epidemic has been brewing quietly, but vigorously, behind the scenes. Methamphetamine use is surging in parts of the U.S., particularly the West, leaving first responders and addiction treatment providers struggling to handle a rising need. Read more
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| ONDCP Releases Report on the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis |
| WHITE HOUSE (05/08) – Today, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released a report on the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. Read more |
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| Infections and Drugs to Treat Them Tied to Eating Disorders in Teens |
| SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (05/08) – […] Now, Bulik and her colleagues have tied exposure to infections during childhood to an increased risk of developing eating disorders in a large, population-based examination. Read more |
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| Fentanyl Becoming a Deadly Accomplice in Cocaine, Meth Abuse |
| U.S. NEWS (05/06) – […] The investigators found that between January 2013 and September 2018, the presence of fentanyl in urine drug tests that were also positive for cocaine or methamphetamine rose 1,850% and 798%, respectively. Read more |
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| Treating Opioid Use Disorder |
| SAMHSA (04/29) – […] The data tell us that a lack of people trained to treat these disorders is not the issue; a lack of trained individuals willing to do so is what appears to be the problem. Read more |
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- Identifies SUD – even when someone is reluctant to self-disclose.
- Accurately identifies individuals likely to be abusing prescription medications.
- Screens for multiple levels of severity.
- Distinguishes likely SUD from other psychological disorders.
- Useful in developing treatment plans and goals.
- Available for adults, adolescents, and special populations.
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| Louisiana Prisons Pilot Addiction-Fighting Implants for Inmates; Lack of FDA Approval Draws Criticism |
| THE ADVOCATE (05/06) – A pilot program for treating Louisiana prisoners addicted to opioids relies on a surgical implant that hasn’t been approved by federal regulators — a source of concern for prisoner advocates and some medical professionals. Read more |
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| KU Researchers Land Grant to Develop Eating Disorder Screening Tool for Military, VA |
| KU (05/08) – [...] However, data has shown that the prevalence of eating disorders in the military is roughly the same as in general society, and two University of Kansas researchers have secured a grant from the Department of Defense to develop a screening to detect eating disorders among the nation’s soldiers and identify organizational barriers to identifying and treating them. Read more |
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| Denver Becomes the First City to Decriminalize Hallucinogenic Mushrooms |
| CNN (05/09) – Denver has approved a city ordinance to decriminalize hallucinogenic mushrooms, the city's elections division said. The Initiated Ordinance 301, or the Denver Psilocybin Mushroom Initiative, was approved Tuesday by less than 2,000 votes, according to preliminary results from the elections division. Read more |
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| Opioid Addiction Drug Going Mostly to Whites, Even as Black Death Rate Rises |
| NPR (05/08) – [...] Between 2012 and 2015, as overdose deaths surged in many states, so did the number of visits during which a doctor or nurse practitioner prescribed buprenorphine, often referred to by its brand name, Suboxone. The researchers assessed 13.4 million medical encounters involving the drug but found no increase in prescriptions written for African Americans and other minorities. Read more |
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| Shared Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia, Binge Eating in Adolescents |
| PSYCHIATRY ADVISOR (05/09) – There may be shared genetic risk between schizophrenia and binge eating behaviors, according to research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry. Read more |
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