With the release of an advocacy roadmap last week, the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) laid out a series of actions that could potentially invigorate the addiction treatment workforce, e...
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A roundtable discussion held by the Bipartisan Opioid Task Force this week focused on challenges blocking access to mental health and substance use treatment under various insurance plans, despite fed...
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As part of a larger mental health initiative, Pennsylvania released a survey to state healthcare providers last week to determine the existing barriers to mental health and substance use disorder trea...
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Lawmakers recently joined health care professionals and advocates in assessing the current state of mental health and addiction. Specifically, they discussed actions needed in policy, philanthropy, em...
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The New York State Senate has advanced a series of bills targeting substance misuse while also seeking to protect communities from opioid addiction. The Senate Majority also released a report gener...
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Calling on the New Hampshire Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office this week, U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster (D-NH) discussed Congressional efforts to keep fentanyl-related substances classified as Sch...
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With House approval of the Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act, Congress is ready to send a bill to keep fentanyl-related substances under heavily...
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently requested plans of action from a three government agencies regarding efforts to curb the nation’s rise in stimulant use. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) led a g...
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Less than one-third of young people who survived an opioid overdose receive follow-up addiction treatment, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Researchers studied more ...
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