{"title":"How budget proposals would affect NJ Medicaid","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34433","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Last week the New Jersey Department of Human Services released a model of the impact of proposals by Congress to cut Medicaid. The proposed changes would have a significant negative impact on provider pay, eligibility and benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 9","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143513813","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":"Major decline in drug overdose deaths reported by CDC","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34432","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Last week, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a 24% decline in drug overdose deaths. Provisional data from the CDC's National Vital Statistics System “predict” this decline for the 12 month period ending in September 2024, compared to the previous year. This data shows about 87,000 drug overdose deaths from October 2023 to Septemeber 2024, down from 114,00 the previous year.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 9","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143513812","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":"Impending deadline for FY 2025 budget: March 14","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34430","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Federal lawmakers need to find $850 billion in savings for fiscal year (FY) 2025 so that the White House priorities, especially tax cuts, can be paid for. And both chambers need to pass the same version.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 9","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143513810","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.34435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34435","url":null,"abstract":"<p>More than 10% of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration staff have been fired, CBS reported last week. This was due to the DOGE cuts ordered by Elon Musk. Affected were 100 workers who had been there for less than a year. They included recently hired directors of SAMHSA's regional offices and staff working the 988 hotline, which is for people facing drug or mental crises, including addiction and overdoses. A quarter of the communications staff is gone. There is now a feeling of a “doom loop” at the agency, which attracts workers who want to help those with mental or addiction problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 9","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143513814","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.34434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34434","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The <b>Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Meeting</b> will be held <b>April 3-5, 2025</b> in Providence, Rhode Island. For more information, go to https://addictionpsychology.org/conventions/cpa/2025-collaborative-perspectives-addiction-meeting</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 9","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143513804","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":"National leader CCAR's funding woes reverberate across recovery field","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34429","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The difficulty the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) is experiencing in securing funding to maintain operations that were launched with a one-time congressional appropriation is hitting home well beyond the state's borders. In a current environment in which all sources of public support appear to be in peril, advocates for recovery community organizations worry that the services they have implemented could be especially vulnerable to severe cuts.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 9","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143513809","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":"Marijuana rescheduling – from someone with a CBD perspective","authors":"Rob Kent","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34431","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When I worked at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, I pushed for rescheduling of marijuana to accelerate and expand research. I do not care at all about the recreational conversation and debate.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 9","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143513811","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":"Treatment center guidance: How to respond when ICE comes in your doors","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34428","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Legal Action Center last week released a guide to help substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers respond if they are approached by immigration enforcement. The basics: the confidentiality regulation protecting patients in SUD treatment is still intact. Nothing has changed. You are responsible for protecting your patients under 42 CFR Part 2. Still, patients are now fearful, and so are providers.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 9","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143513815","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.34427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34427","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the face of an unprecedented crackdown on immigrants living in the United States — some documented, some undocumented but innocent of any other “crime,” and many having lived here for years — as well as the threat to birthright citizenship — people are understandably afraid. They're afraid to go shopping. They're afraid to go to the doctor. And they're afraid to send their kids to school, because they might not there to welcome them home at the end of the day. Of course, they are also afraid to seek help for substance use problems. An added wrinkle is the loss of privacy promised by the Trump White House. The Legal Action Center last week released a guide for treatment providers to prepare for potential immigration enforcement actions, provide accurate information to patients, and understand their legal obligations to maintain patient confidentiality. For the guide, go to https://www.lac.org/assets/files/Responding-to-ICE-for-Part-2-programs_Feb-25.pdf. We will write more about this next week.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 8","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143466253","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":"Rescinded OMB order reveals plans for program cuts","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34421","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs” issued January 31 by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was rescinded, but the policy behind it is not. Just the order. We are listing the federal departments and programs on that list that are possibly facing challenges to funding in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 8","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143466133","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}