| CBO: ObamaCare Repeal Without Replace Would Cost 32 Million Insurance |
THE HILL (07/19) - Repealing ObamaCare without a replacement would result in 32 million people losing their insurance in the next 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The bill, much of which would take effect in 2020, would also massively increase insurance premiums. Read more
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| 'Extreme' Opioid Use And Doctor Shopping Still Plague Medicare |
| NPR (07/13) - ...in a sobering report released Thursday by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.. IG (Office of Inspector General) found that heavy use and abuse of painkillers remains a serious problem in Medicare's prescription drug program. Read more |
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| The High Cost of Addiction in the Workplace |
| THE FIX (07/11) - Each year, substance use and misuse in the workplace costs employers billions of dollars in lost productivity and additional healthcare costs, yet many people don’t realize the huge impact that substance use has on employee morale, productivity and — ultimately — profit. Read more |
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| ASAM Releases Consensus Document Outlining Appropriate Use of Drug Testing |
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MEDICINE (07/11) - The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)’s announced today the release of a new Consensus Document and a suite of resources and trainings that provide practical, evidence-based recommendations on the appropriate use of drug testing for the identification, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients with or at risk for substance use disorders (SUDs). The document appears in the May/June issue of the Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of ASAM. Read more
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| Accommodating Workers with a History of Substance Abuse |
| SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (07/21) - Employers don't have to accommodate any alcohol or illicit drug use in the workplace, but they must be careful not to discriminate against workers with a history of substance abuse who are no longer using. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects workers from discrimination based on a qualifying disability or a perceived disability—including alcoholism and past illegal drug use, explained Todd Wulffson, an attorney with Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger in Orange County, Calif. Therefore, employers should try to arrange a reasonable accommodation if, for example, an employee needs to leave early for an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Wulffson explained. Read more |
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| New DEA Website Launched to Target Gateway Drug Abuse in Colleges |
| ADDICTION NOW (07/19) - Drug enforcement agents have launched a new website in a bid to crack down on illegal drug use by college students and stop later-life addiction. The website — campusdrugprevention.gov — was created by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reduce the amount of substance experimentation on college campuses across the country. Read more |
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| Oregon Bill Decriminalizes Possession of Heroin, Cocaine and Other Drugs |
| THE WASHINGTON POST (07/11) - First-time offenders caught with small amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other illegal drugs will face less jail time and smaller fines under a new bill approved by the Oregon legislature that aims to curb mass incarceration. Read more |
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| Justice Department Crackdown Targets Fraudulent Opioid Treatments |
| POLITICO (07/13) - The Justice Department on Thursday launched a crackdown that in large part focuses on fraudulent opioid prescribing. Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a press conference described the effort as the largest of its kind in U.S. history, charging 412 people, including 56 physicians, with defrauding the federal government of $1.3 billion. Read more |
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| Children with Mental Health Disorders Found to Be At High Risk of Adult Addiction |
| ADDICTION NOW (07/12) - New research has shown that people who battle mental health disorders as children are at greater risk of developing addictions as adults. Dutch researchers launched a study to look at people who had anxiety, depression, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder (CD), or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as youngsters. Read more |
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| Medications for Opioid Use Disorder See Massive Spikes in Funding |
| ADDICTION NOW (07/14) - The amount of Medicaid money spent on three crucial medications used to fight opioid use disorder (OUD) increased sharply between 2011 and 2016, with the most significant surge occurring after 2014, new research reveals. Read more |
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| HHS Announces $80.8 Million in Grants for Adult and Family Treatment Drug Courts, and Adult Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts |
| HHS (07/14) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announces funding of up to $80.8 million over a period of three to five years for treatment drug court programs for people who are involved in the criminal justice system with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. Read more |
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| JUST RELEASED! Basics of Addiction Counseling Desk Reference - Module II: Addiction Counseling Theories,
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| As Fentanyl Takes Hold, Treatment Is More Essential Than Ever |
| THE FIX (07/05) - It seems like the opioid epidemic has been in the news forever, but the crisis is far from over. While it’s true that the devastating effects of opioid addiction have come into every corner of America in the last few years, new research shows that the epidemic is not old news. In fact, drug deaths rates in America are rising faster than ever, underscoring the need for quality drug treatment programs that can help people get into recovery from opioid addiction. Drug-related deaths rose 19 percent in 2016, the sharpest increase ever, according to a New York Times report. Drugs killed 59,000 Americans last year, more than HIV, guns or car accidents did at their peaks. Many of these people succumbed to fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that is now found in the heroin, pill and cocaine supplies. Read more |
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| Major Science Report Lays Out a Plan to Tamp Down Opioid Crisis |
| SCIENTIFIC AMERICA (07/13) - When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration screens new opioid drugs it should better anticipate how people might abuse them in the real world, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warns in a major report issued Thursday on the country’s opioid crisis, which kills 91 people a day—often via overdoses on prescription drugs. Read more |
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| Worse Than Jail: Addicts Civilly Committed Say DOC Abused Them and Failed to Treat Them |
| BOSTON GLOBE (07/14) - The opioid crisis has led to a surge in petitions for civil commitments under Section 35. In the 2016 fiscal year, there were more than 10,000, up 22 percent from two years before, according to the Massachusetts Trial Court...“There are serious logistical, financial, and other barriers to receiving on-demand treatment and related services in this state,” Read more |
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