In the News: Addiction Treatment Centers Face Financial Strains Due to COVID-19

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During Pandemic, Alcoholics Anonymous Faces Challenges Online Alcoholics Anonymous, forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to move meetings online, is facing a number of challenges in addressing the needs of members, The Washington Post reports. Read More Addiction Treatment Centers Face Financial Strains Due to COVID-19 With fewer patients coming in due to social distancing, addiction treatment centers are facing financial strains, according to NPR. Read More   DEA Says Prescription Drugs Stolen by Looters From Pharmacies Could be Sold Illegally Drug Enforcement Administration officials in southern California say they are concerned that prescription drugs stolen from pharmacies by looters earlier this month could end up being sold on the streets, CBS Los Angeles reports. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Breonna Taylor’s Death May End “No-Knock” Warrants Used in Drug Raids “No-knock” drug search warrants, which allow officers to enter a residence unannounced, are under increasing scrutiny following the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old woman in Louisville, Kentucky. Taylor was fatally shot in her home by police executing a no-knock warrant. Read More Young Adults with Mental Health Conditions Struggle to Get Help Young people with mental health conditions struggle to get help as they transition from the teen years to adulthood, STAT reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest COVID-19: Online and Remote Resources for Addiction Support (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids + Center on Addiction) A Native American tribe plans to build an opioid treatment center, but neighbors have vowed to block it (The Washington Post) How Americans’ drinking habits have changed during the pandemic (PBS NewsHour) Overdose deaths in Maryland climb amid pandemic, prompting new approach (The Washington Post) Dr. Craig Henderson on the Opioid Crisis, Addiction, and Substance Abuse Treatment (Apple Podcasts) Effort to Tackle Opioid Epidemic in Utah Benefits From Baseline Data (Pew Trusts) Juul Sees Long Road Back to Growth (The Wall Street Journal) Michael Keaton to Star in Opioid Crisis Drama 'Dopesick' at Hulu (The Hollywood Reporter) Vaping Market Could See A Boom This Summer Post-COVID, Say Experts (Forbes) Substance Abuse/Mental Health Services Suffering From Underfunding In Florida (CBS Tampa Bay) As Cities Struggle, Don’t Forget the Opioid Crisis (National Review) An “Essential” Distinction? Medical Versus Recreational Marijuana In The Time Of COVID-19 (Forbes) UN: Less land in Colombia devoted to growing coca in 2019 (The Washington Post)

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