{"title":"Prenatal cannabis use linked to adverse birth outcomes","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34534","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cannabis use in pregnancy is associated with preterm birth, small for gestational age, and low birth weight, a recent literature review has found. The study is significant in light of continued prenatal cannabis use. There are potential adverse effects on fetal and neonatal outcomes. But some pregnant women use it in particular to control nausea associated with pregnancy. A previous review found low confidence in the results; the current meta-analysis now has moderate confidence. The researchers hope that their study will help inform public health policies and patient counseling. “We were able to increase our certainty for these outcomes because of the increased number of studies and patients, consistency of findings, and the finding of a dose-response association,” the researchers concluded. “Our findings are also consistent with prior reviews of this topic, although some included studies that did not adjust for tobacco co-use or other important confounders, and multiple publications have added to the body of evidence since that time. Our review also analyzes more clinically relevant outcomes than previous reviews. As prenatal cannabis use is a modifiable risk factor, clinical and public health efforts to reduce it have the potential to mitigate pregnancy and offspring morbidity and mortality.” Strengths of the study cited by the authors include the ability of clinicians to use the results to discuss prenatal cannabis use with pregnant patients or those trying to conceive. Other strengths were strict exclusion criteria and adjusted effect sizes to adjust for confounders. Limitations include lack of heterogeneity in the literature, and lack of information on the mode of delivery (smoking, edible), timing, frequency, potency, or duration of prenatal cannabis use. Significantly, the researchers were not able to adjust for confounding from severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, because this information was not included in the studies reviewed. Severe nausea and vomiting, not only can be a reason for cannabis use, but by themselves increase the risk for adverse outcomes, including fetal growth restriction, low birth weight, and preterm birth, the authors wrote. The study, “Prenatal cannabis use and neonatal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis,” was published online May 5 in <i>JAMA Pediatrics</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144125906","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.34536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34536","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When primary care physicians wonder how to talk to patients about addiction, they should listen to the patients. “Let the patient tell their story.” This is advice from Miriam Komaromy, MD, associate director of Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a free distance education model which connects primary care physicians with specialists. “I usually start by saying, ‘Tell me a little bit about yourself,’” he said. “If they don't immediately jump in talking about their substance use disorder, I say, ‘OK, now would you be comfortable telling me a little bit about your history of issues with substance use?’ The story really unfolds from there.” People want to tell their story.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144125911","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":"Link between cannabis use and schizophrenia is likely causal","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34533","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A key study looking at the association between cannabis use and acute psychosis and schizophrenia, focuses on cause. The link has been well described. But the causal link, until now, has not been shown in a meta-analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 21","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144125905","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":"CODAC opens integrated health center, including OTP","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34531","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Last week Providence, Rhode Island based CODAC opened its new headquarters. An integrated healthcare center, the facility offers comprehensive health services, including an opioid treatment program (OTP) with methadone. Services will accommodate 3,000 patients and include.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 21","pages":"3-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144125909","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.34535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34535","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The <b>CPDD annual meeting</b> will be held <b>June 14-18</b> in New Orleans. For more information, go to https://cpdd.org/meetings/current-meeting/</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144125910","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":"Rescheduling methadone: The latest attempt to revise treatment","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34529","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Prescribing methadone to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) has been an aim of many, because primary care physicians want to be able to be part of this system. However, under federal regulations, only opioid treatment programs (OTPs) are allowed to prescribe and dispense methadone to treat OUD.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 21","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144125907","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":"FoRSE: Young patients, OUD patients at higher risk of AMA discharge","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34530","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This year's annual summary of findings from the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers' (NAATP's) outcomes research program sheds new light on facilities' vexing problem of discharges against medical advice (AMA), with those leaving treatment prematurely incurring an 85.7% higher risk of relapse. Factors associated with a greater likelihood of AMA discharge included young age, a diagnosis of opioid use disorder (OUD) and enrollment in an outpatient level of care.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 21","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144125908","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":"“It is a marathon and not a sprint”","authors":"Robert Kent","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34522","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recently, I have been often hearing these, or similar, words - “[fill in the government agency] seems to be of the mind OD rates are down, we must be doing the right thing. So, we do not need to do more.” With that logic, we should do no more in our efforts with many other medical conditions as the bad numbers are down!</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 20","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144074645","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":"Work requirements for Medicaid and effects on people with SUD","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34523","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Congress is considering imposing work requirements on people in exchange for Medicaid health coverage. Without working, these people would be disenrolled. A paper published by <i>Health Affairs</i> (see <i>ADAW</i> https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.34384) focused on the impact of losing health care coverage.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 20","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144074646","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.34527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34527","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The <b>CPDD annual meeting</b> will be held <b>June 14-18</b> in New Orleans. For more information, go to https://cpdd.org/meetings/current-meeting/</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 20","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144074650","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}