{"title":"In Case You Haven't Heard…","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34484","url":null,"abstract":"<p>It's a new low for ASAM. Currying favor with DOGE, of all places, to try to get rid of its longtime nemesis AATOD by saying allowing only opioid treatment programs (OTPs) to prescribe and dispense methadone for opioid use disorder “creates an unnecessarily burdensome bureaucracy that harms Americans….” In a March 26 letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Drug Enforcement Administration, ASAM, joined by other groups such as pharmacists who also want to get in on the methadone action, suggests that getting rid of the OTP exclusivity over methadone treatment does not comport with President Trump's executive order to implement the “Department of Government Efficiency” initiative. For the letter, go to https://downloads.asam.org/sitefinity-production-blobs/docs/default-source/advocacy/letters-and-comments/final-asam-rsi-ncpa-ashp-ncchc---methadone-letter---executive-order-14219---3-26-25.pdf?sfvrsn=366c8da_3</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 15","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143822072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coming Up…","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34483","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The <b>Rx and Illicit Drug Summit</b> will be held <b>April 21-24, 2025</b> in Nashville, Tennessee. For more information, go to https://www.hmpglobalevents.com/rx-summit</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 15","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143822071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Landmark report forces on need to improve outcomes for reentry","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34480","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In a report from the Legal Action Center and InUnity Alliance released last week, personal experiences on the patient and provider sides highlight the need to improve practical solutions for patients coming out of the criminal justice system. Treatment providers in the health care system – even substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers – are biased against the justice-involved population, the report shows. The barrier of stigma, and other barriers, constitute significant challenges to an other barriers to reentry, the term for people entering the post-incarceration world. The report, “The Care Continuum: Evidence-Based Practices for Improving Reentry Outcomes,” focuses on New York State, where policies are thought to be more liberal than in many other states.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 15","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143822073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supreme Court upholds FDA denial of plan to market flavored vapes","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34481","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court this month unanimously overturned an appellate court ruling that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had acted improperly in denying two companies' applications to market flavored vaping products. The Supreme Court's decision could prove to have greater relevance to the health care regulatory process during the current administration than to the e-cigarette market.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 15","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143822069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"More questions and answers on SAMHSA cuts","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34482","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Last week's lead article, “HHS announces elimination of SAMHSA and fires thousands of its employees” (see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adaw.34474), focused on massive job layoffs and financial cuts to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which will be incorporated into a new umbrella agency. We had asked the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to respond to our questions, but the response came in too late for deadline. We include it below, as well as some additional comments.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 15","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143822070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use clinical decision-making for perinatal urine drug testing","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34477","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Urine drug screening policies that have been updated, combined with clinical decision support, may reduce racially biased reporting to child protective services (CPS) during prenatal and postnatal care and labor and delivery, according to a study published online March 17 in <i>JAMA Network Open</i>. The key is to remove isolated cannabis use and limited prenatal care as an automatic order for urine drug screening, the researchers found. The quality improvement study, “Racial Equity in Urine Drug Screening Policies in Labor and Delivery,” found that updating the policy was associated with a significant reduction in racial disparities in both urine drug testing and reporting to CPS.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 14","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coming Up…","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34478","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The <b>Rx and Illicit Drug Summit</b> will be held <b>April 21-24, 2025</b> in Nashville, Tennessee. For more information, go to https://www.hmpglobalevents.com/rx-summit</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 14","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parity, Schmarity!","authors":"Rob Kent","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34476","url":null,"abstract":"<p>President George W. Bush signed the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA), also known as the Parity Act, into law on October 3, 2008. Subsequently, many states have enacted state level parity laws. All were done with great promises and intentions; however, I dare say that these laws have never truly been enforced, and it is one of the biggest government failures in improving access to addiction and mental health treatment. It is also a missed opportunity to bring necessary revenue into the system without increasing government aid.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 14","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Case You Haven't Heard…","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34479","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Treatment is alive and strong in Delray Beach – remember the Florida days? Last month, Caron Treatment Centers expanded its addiction treatment services with new programs for adults. The programs are in-network with many health insurance providers. Programs are all in-network, including residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient programs. Detoxification services are available at Caron's Keele Medical Center. “Caron is strongly committed to Florida and the South Florida community,” said Javier Ley, Executive Vice President of Caron's Florida Campus. “These new programs fulfill the promise we made two years ago when we opened The Keele Center, our state-of-the-art medical facility in Delray Beach, to make Caron's life-changing addiction treatment as widely accessible to as many people as possible. Caron is fully focused on being a resource to the South Florida community, and we look forward to growing these new programs.” And John Driscoll, President and CEO of Caron Treatment Centers, said “Addiction is a brain disease.” Using an approach integrating traditional treatment with “neurorestorative care,” Caron hopes that insurance companies will understand that the new programs “can help people enter recovery faster and stay there longer, saving both money and lives,” Driscoll stated.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 14","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NARR launches technology alliance to promote quality in sober homes","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34475","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The National Alliance for Recovery Residences (NARR) has announced a technology partnership that its leaders believe will dramatically enhance the effort to demonstrate the value of recovery housing. NARR leaders see the alliance with software provider Behave Health leading to greater consistency in data reporting and an ability to show national statistics on the outcomes that improve the lives of individuals in recovery while saving money.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 14","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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