NIH and FDA leaders call for innovation in development of smoking cessation treatments
What:In a new commentary in the Annals of Internal Medicine, leaders at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [...]
Higher doses of buprenorphine may improve treatment outcomes for people with opioid use disorder
Adults with opioid use disorder who receive a higher daily dose of the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine may have a lower risk of subsequent [...]
Fewer than half of U.S. jails provide life-saving medications for opioid use disorder
A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the [...]
Cannabis and hallucinogen use among adults remained at historic highs in 2023
Past-year use of cannabis and hallucinogens stayed at historically high levels in 2023 among adults aged 19 to 30 and 35 to 50, according to the [...]
NIH launches program to advance research led by Native American communities on substance use and pain
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a program that will support Native American communities to lead public health research to address overdose, substance [...]
Doctors reluctant to treat addiction most commonly report “lack of institutional support” as barrier
A new study has identified the top reasons why some physicians may be reluctant to intervene in addiction. The comprehensive review, pulling 283 studies published [...]
Most Americans don’t know that primary care physicians can prescribe addiction treatment
Results from a national survey indicate that many Americans, 61%, are unaware that primary care physicians can prescribe medications for opioid use disorder, and 13% [...]
Federal Study Examines Care Following Nonfatal Overdose Among Medicare Beneficiaries; Identifies Effective Interventions and Gaps in Care
Researchers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Centers for [...]
NIH-funded intervention did not impact opioid-related overdose death rates over evaluation period
A data-driven intervention that engaged communities to rapidly deploy evidence-based practices to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths – such as increasing naloxone distribution and enhancing access [...]
Over 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl seized by law enforcement in 2023
See the infographic.Law enforcement seizures of illicit fentanyl increased dramatically in number and size between 2017 to 2023 in the U.S., especially in pill form, [...]