by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 28, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
A Pennsylvania program that incorporates addiction treatment into emergency care for opioid use disorder could help limit the high risk of death for patients who overdose after they’re discharged, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum. Emergency... by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 27, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
Teen overdose deaths have doubled in three years, an alarming trend amid a historic decline in drug and alcohol use among high school students. Many sources point to fentanyl as the leading cause of teen overdose death. Between 2010 and 2021, the number of adolescent... by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 22, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
A Kaiser Health News article discusses how relaxed legal requirements for clinicians to prescribe buprenorphine has the potential to improve outcomes for patients with substance use disorder, but stigma around prescribing the medication still exists. One study from... by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 15, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
The Office of National Drug Control Policy released the Model Substance Use Disorder Treatment In Emergency Settings Act for the purpose of establishing and aligning mechanisms for maximizing emergency medical settings as intervention points for people who experience... by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 24, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves, Uncategorized
Republicans listed fentanyl and opioids as the top public health threat plaguing the U.S. in a new Axios-Ipsos survey, as both parties in Congress seek to spotlight the country’s overdose crisis.The new poll, published on Thursday, found that 37 percent of Republican... by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 21, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
A new report from Millennium Health shows that nearly every person that tested positive for fentanyl last year also had signs of other substances, and more than 43 percent of fentanyl-positive tests were positive for up to three additional drugs, including...
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