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What is Addiction Video Explainer Available in 13 Languages
Addiction Policy Forum’s What is Addiction? video explainer is now available in 13 languages to help improve language access to...
Nov 6, 2024

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

Fentanyl Education Resources Available in 13 Languages
In a large-scale effort to make fentanyl and counterfeit pill education resources available to communities, The Addiction Policy Forum...
Sep 19, 2024

Emerging Challenges in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: Q&A with Dr. Mark Gold
Check out an engaging webinar with Dr. Mark Gold, M.D., a renowned expert in addiction and psychiatry. Dr. Gold explores emerging...
Sep 11, 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


New Study Finds Benefits of Combining Mindfulness with Methadone Treatment
New research study finds that mindfulness training combined with methadone treatment produced improved outcomes.
Jun 7, 2024

Are you worried about someone's opioid use? Participate in a free program in Maryland for Help and Support
Are you worried about someone's opioid use? Participate in a free program in Maryland.
May 27, 2024


Study Shows Over 320,000 Children in the U.S. Lost a Parent to Drug Overdose
A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry estimates that between 2011 and 2021, 321,566 children in the US lost a parent to a drug...
May 13, 2024

New Report Features 10 Best Practices for Jails and Prisons on Responding to Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid Use Disorder Best Practices for Corrections highlights 10 essential strategies that jails and prisons can use to address the...
Apr 22, 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

Investigación estudiar “Comer, Dormir, Consolar”
El enfoque “Comer, Dormir, Consolar” demostró ser más eficaz en el cuidado de recién nacidos/nacidas con síndrome de abstinencia de...
May 12, 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

Offering Buprenorphine Prior to Release from Jail May Reduce Recidivism
Individuals leaving incarceration with opioid use disorder (OUD) are at a high risk for overdose, recidivism, and adverse health...
Feb 9, 2022


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

Ask a Counselor: Yes, Mixing Substances is Dangerous and Potentially Lethal
It is important to understand how substances, including prescribed medications, can interact with each other and other substances.
Jul 25, 2019

Ask a Counselor: What is an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)?
In intensive outpatient programs (IOPs), patients can receive between nine-to-19 hours of treatment services per week.
May 30, 2019


Coordinating Care for Pregnant and Postpartum OUD Patients
It is more important than ever to focus upon the complex needs and challenges of pregnant women with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).
Apr 11, 2019

Geographic Distribution of Opioid-Related Mortality in the Third-Wave Opioid Epidemic
The opioid epidemic is a devastating public health crisis - over 47,600 overdose deaths in 2017 involved an opioid.
Apr 4, 2019
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