In the News: Opioid Overdose Antidote Naloxone More Difficult to Obtain During Pandemic

PLEASE NOTE: We are taking a two-week publishing hiatus and will resume service Thursday, September 9. Thank you for your readership!   Top Stories & Key Reads of the Week   powerofforever/Getty Images   Opioid Overdose Antidote Naloxone More Difficult to Obtain During Pandemic Organizations that provide the opioid overdose antidote naloxone at an affordable price are reporting shortages of the medicine, The Washington Post reports. Read More   KlausVedfelt/Getty Images Study Finds Decline in Drinking Among College Freshmen Early in the Pandemic A new study finds overall drinking and binge drinking declined among U.S. college freshmen in the first few months of the pandemic. Read More   Shidlovski/Getty Images CDC Guidelines May Have Led to Shorter Opioid Prescriptions with Lower Doses Guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2016 aimed at making opioid prescribing safer may have led to shorter prescriptions with lower doses, a new study suggests. Read More     Read our digest of this week’s news.   Latest Drug & Alcohol News     Policy News Roundup Find more of our must-reads in policy news, including the shortage of affordable naloxone. Research News Roundup Find more of our must-reads in policy news, including the genetic basis of cannabis use.   Help us change the story of addiction.   Read Marie's story   Partnership in the News & Other Headlines Partnership in the News How to Access Care for Addicted Teens (The Lisa Show) Features an interview with Pat Aussem, L.P.C., M.A.C., Associate Vice President, Consumer Clinical Content Development at Partnership to End Addiction. Courage to Change (Jane Wilkens Michael Podcast) Partnership to End Addiction board member Elizabeth Vargas spoke about hosting the organization’s “Heart of the Matter” podcast. Other Headlines of Interest Listen now: Brandon Novak on underestimating his addiction and turning inward to find recovery (Heart of the Matter with Elizabeth Vargas) Medically, legally, and morally, emergency departments cannot ignore addiction care (STAT) Pain patients are the casualties of the War on Drugs (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Racism triggers me to drink, but Zoom-bombers won't let me be Black in AA meetings (USA Today)

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