Fire at Western Avenue sober house displaces 12 people
SAM SHEPHERD | KENNEBEC JOURNAL AUGUSTA — Twelve residents of a sober house at 93 Western Ave. were displaced by an attic fire Wednesday [...]
New Santa Fe DA sets speedy trial, plea policies for drug possession
By Phaedra Haywood phaywood@sfnewmexican.com Jan 16, 2021 Updated Jan 17, 2021 Newly sworn in District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies has issued a slew of new policies she [...]
After COVID-19 and Beyond the Opioid Wave
December 29, 2020 Psychiatric Times | Chelsea Wolf, MD , Melanie Rylander, MD , Alia Al-Tayyib, PhD , Scott Simpson, MD, MPH Lessons from the opioid epidemic should be applied to [...]
CDC and NIDA Will Finally Study Potential of Safe Consumption Sites
BY LUCIA GENG JANUARY 7, 2021 | FILTER For the first time ever, Congress has weighed in on the issue of safe consumption sites (SCS). A [...]
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 2020
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 2020 Early Release / December 20, 2020 [...]
Pandemic Plus Drug Prohibition Form a Lethal Combination
By Jeffrey A. Singer TwitterLinkedInRedditFacebook Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the drug overdose death rate, already accelerating after a brief pause in [...]
As a physician and a patient, I’ve seen the damage caused by the stigma of addiction. It must end
Although the disease of addiction is now obscured by the dark cloud of the Covid-19 pandemic, it continues to tear America apart. It’s a [...]
Supporting individuals using medications for opioid use disorder in recovery residences: challenges and opportunities for addressing the opioid epidemic
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 2020, VOL. 46, NO. 3, 266–272 https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2020.1719410 PERSPECTIVE Supporting individuals using medications for opioid use disorder [...]
New Model State Parity Legislation Named in Honor of Former U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad
New Model State Parity Legislation Named in Honor of Former U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad Tool will help policymakers increase access to mental health and [...]
12 COVID Lessons
December 1, 2020 | By: Phil Valentine This latest season for CCAR is unprecedented. COVID pandemic, opioid epidemic, social justice issues, politics, extreme weather… [...]