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Here’s What’s New…
AT Forum Volume 21, #4 – Fall 2011
- Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic Soars – OTPs Respond
- Why Primary Care Doctors Are Walking Away From Buprenorphine
- ASAM Recognizes Addiction as a Brain Disease, Supporting the Need for Medication-Assisted Treatment
- New Resource – Principles of Addiction Medicine: The Essentials
- Methadone Treatment Expansion in Baltimore Reduces Waiting Lists
- Methadone Clinic Wins NIMBY Battle in Warren, Maine
- EEOC Sues Employer for Discriminating Against Methadone Patient
- Events
PDF file (recommended for printing)
News & Updates – January 2012: Issue 160
MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) AND OPIOID ABUSE/ADDICTION
- Tricare May Soon Cover MAT for Opioid Addiction
- New Prison Drug Test for Suboxone Has Smugglers Scrambling
- What Vietnam Taught Us About Breaking Bad Heroin Habits
- Medication-Assisted Recovery Essay Contest Winners
- Insomnia in Methadone Maintenance Patients Does Not Respond to Trazodone – Research Abstract
- New Schneiderman Rx Report Reveals Need for Real-Time Database to Address New York Prescription Drug Crisis
- Commentary Calls for Awareness of Internet Pharmacies’ Role in Prescription Drug Abuse
GOVERNMENT
- SAMHSA Announces Working Definition and Guiding Principles of Recovery
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Policy Impact Report: Prescription Painkiller Overdoses
- New Report: Illicit Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits in Metropolitan Areas of the United States: 2009
- Adult Drug Courts Studies Show Courts Reduce Recidivism, but DOJ Could Enhance Future Performance Measure Revision Efforts
- Center for Disease Control (CDC) Drug Poisoning Deaths in the United States, 1980–2008
MISCELLANEOUS
- RI Hospital Study Analyzes Link Between HIV Infection and Overdose Risk
- New Events Added to ATForum.com
GAO Report – Prescription Pain Reliever Abuse: Agencies Have Begun Coordinating Education Effort but Need to Assess Effectiveness
From U.S. Government Accountability Office
December 2011. Release January 23, 2012.
PDF available here for download <click here…> (1.40MB,73pp)