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Here’s What’s New…
News & Updates – May 14, 2013: Issue 183
MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) AND OPIOID ABUSE/ADDICTION
- Titan Pharmaceuticals Receives Complete Response Letter from the FDA for Probuphine New Drug Application
- Vivitrol: A Shot in the Dark
- No Generic Version of Painkiller Oxycontin, U.S. Health Regulators Say
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Linked to Exorbitant Costs
- Genes Found That May Protect Infants Born to Addicted Mothers
- Vaccine Halts Heroin Addiction in Rats
- Legal Interventions to Reduce Overdose Mortality: Naloxone Access and Overdose Good Samaritan Laws
GOVERNMENT
- Health Law Could Overwhelm Addiction Services
- 2013 National Drug Control Strategy Released
- Two Congressmen Talk Addiction With The Fix
- How to Make Drug Courts Work
News & Updates – May 8, 2013: Issue 182
MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) AND OPIOID ABUSE/ADDICTION
- National Rx Drug Abuse Summit Focused National Attention, Efforts on Addressing Prescription Drug Abuse Issues
- Blog: The State of Denial (Tennessee) gets Another Chance/Update on the State of Denial: Is the Tide Finally Turning?
- Bangor Committee Backs Methadone Bill That Would ‘Decentralize’ Treatment, Reduce City’s Share of Patients
- Deaths Tied to Painkillers Rising in the U.S.
- New Poll Ranks Chronic Pain Well Below Drug Addiction As A Major Health Problem
GOVERNMENT
- The Affordable Care Act: Shaping Substance Abuse Treatment Information Brief
- Opinion by Seddon R. Savage: Affordable Care Act Offers Opportunity to Combat Pain and Drug Abuse
- The President’s FY 2014 Budget: Supporting A 21st Century Drug Policy
- Good Samaritan Overdose Response Laws: Lessons Learned from Washington State
MISCELLANEOUS
AT Forum Volume 23, #2 Spring 2013 Newsletter
- Bob Newman is Retiring, But You Haven’t Heard the Last From Him
- Two Kinds of Roles for OTP Peers under the Affordable Care Act
- NASADAD Issues Consensus Statement Endorsing Medicated-Assisted Treatment
- NASADAD Prescription Drug Inquiry Reveals SSAs Very Concerned About Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse
- Seeking and Getting Substance Abuse Treatment: Barriers Women Face
- Why MMT Patients Exchange Prescription Drugs
- From the Editor – Maine Continuing to Push for Caps on Medication-Assisted Treatment
- Events
News & Updates – April 8, 2013: Issue 181
MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) AND OPIOID ABUSE/ADDICTION
- Forced Methadone Withdrawal in Jails Creates Barrier to Treatment in Community
- Blog: Obstetricians Behaving Badly
- Panel Backs Approval of Implants for Addiction Treatment
- The Existential Pain of Being Young, White, and Affluent
ADDICTION RESEARCH
- Addiction’s Shrinking Gender Gap
- Stress & Addiction: Research Identifies How Stress Triggers Drug Relapse
GOVERNMENT