We curate a digest of the latest news in our field for advocates, policymakers, community coalitions and all who work toward shaping policies and practices to effectively prevent substance use and treat addiction.
The Food and Drug Administration’s inaction on e-cigarettes is putting teens’ health and lives at risk, according to a new report by the American Lung Association.
The opioid epidemic, which has resulted in an increase in drug overdose deaths, has also led to a rise in donated organs that are infected with hepatitis C, HealthDay reports.
Increased marketing of opioid drugs to doctors is associated with higher opioid prescribing rates and higher rates of overdose deaths, according to a new study.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a hearing last week to consider the potential role of drug therapies in helping teens quit e-cigarettes, CNN reports.
A new study finds only 36 percent of outpatient facilities that treat substance use disorder offer medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has taken a step to make it easier for companies that make the opioid overdose antidote naloxone to sell the drug without a prescription, CNBC reports.
Motor vehicle crashes are up 6 percent in four states with legalized recreational marijuana, compared with four neighboring states where the drug is illegal or restricted, according to Consumer Reports.
Americans are more likely to die of an accidental opioid overdose than a motor vehicle crash for the first time in U.S. history, according to the National Safety Council.
Drug overdose deaths among women ages 30 to 64 more than tripled between 1999 and 2017, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A new federal program will help pay back student loans for addiction treatment providers who are willing to work in high-need, underserved areas, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Juul Labs has launched a $10 million TV ad campaign that aims to convince smokers to switch to the company’s popular vaping device for health reasons. The company’s attempt to become a public-health crusader is drawing skepticism from critics, according to The New York Times.
The rate of methamphetamine overdose deaths is rising, but there are no drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat meth addiction, Kaiser Health News reports.
The Food and Drug Administration says the e-cigarette maker Juul and tobacco company Altria are backing down on their pledge to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teens, The New York Times reports.
Most people treated in the emergency room for an opioid overdose can safely leave the hospital in as little as one hour after receiving the opioid overdose antidote naloxone, according to a new study.
Almost 9,000 children and teens died from prescription and illicit opioid poisonings between 1999 and 2016 in the United States, a new study finds. During this time, the death rate nearly tripled, CNN reports.
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