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SAMHSA Updates Guidelines for Contingency Management: Incentives Increased to $750
The Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced updated guidelines that expand the incentive cap for...
Jan 15

CDC data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths this year
CDC data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths this year.
Sep 25, 2024

Community-led Approaches to Increasing Naloxone Availability and Acceptability
As the opioid crisis continues to devastate communities across the United States, claiming thousands of lives each year, the HEALing...
Jun 7, 2024


Massachusetts Bridge Clinics Reduce Barriers to Starting Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
Effective treatments for substance use disorder (SUD) can substantially improve patient outcomes. First-line medications like...
Jun 7, 2024

OnDemand Webinar: How to Build Opioid Data Dashboards for Community Decision-Making
Data dashboards are powerful tools that can support community engagement and decision-making by providing public health surveillance and...
Apr 22, 2024


New Planning Resource Prepares Hospitals Considering Eat, Sleep, Console Care Approach for Opioid-Exposed Infants
In the United States, at least one infant is born with Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) every 24 minutes. Opioid-exposed...
Feb 28, 2024

New York’s Peer-led Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Programs Help Build Trusted Relationships, Save Lives
Peer distribution of naloxone and education on its use enhances partnerships between medical researchers, law enforcement, public health...
Feb 26, 2024


Hamilton County, OH Advances Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Jail
In Hamilton County, Ohio, 76% of the people who overdosed in 2021 had a history of incarceration at the Hamilton County Justice Center...
Jan 31, 2024

Webinar: New Budget Impact Tool to Help Estimate Costs of Providing Medications to Treat Opioid Use
There has been a substantial increase in the number of jails and prisons offering medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD; namely,...
May 23, 2023

Webinar: Innovations to Address the Fentanyl Crisis
This webinar, held by Addiction Policy Forum, discussed recent data on the impact of fentanyl on communities across the country, and new...
May 23, 2023

New study identifies a more effective way to care for newborns exposed to opioids
Findings from the Eating, Sleeping and Consoling for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal study show a new care approach that is more effective
May 8, 2023


Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Infographic
Medications for opioid use disorder Medications used to treat opioid use disorders are considered the “gold standard” of treatment....
Apr 22, 2023

Webinar: Treatment Considerations in the Age of Fentanyl
Fentanyl and other high-potency synthetic opioids are increasingly present in the U.S. drug supply. Healthcare systems, treatment...
Mar 16, 2023


Addiction Policy Forum endorses OTC Naloxone; Presents to the FDA
APF Executive Director Jessica Hulsey spoke before a Joint meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug...
Feb 17, 2023


Evidence-Based Interventions to Address the Opioid Epidemic
24 Strategies for State, County and City Implementation Addiction Policy Forum’s report, Evidence-Based Interventions to Address the...
Oct 4, 2022

Opioid Prevention Campaign
The Opioid Prevention Campaign is a public health media campaign to help prevent adolescent substance use.
Dec 1, 2020


New challenges in the opioid epidemic
New OUD research summarized for helps officials, practitioners, families, patients, and communities
Mar 3, 2020


What is an Opioid Use Disorder?
What is an opioid use disorder? What is heroin? Understanding the effects of opioids.
Dec 31, 2019

The truth about MAT? Patients know the virtue
The CDC and Surgeon General encourage us to improve naloxone access at the local level, through prescribing and pharmacy dispensing
Oct 3, 2019

NEW CME! Championing Change: Addressing Addiction in our Communities
CME Outfitters (CMEO), a leading international provider for continuing medical education, has partnered with renowned addiction...
Jul 31, 2019
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