{"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}
{"title":"Coming up: Treatment outcomes in NAATP report","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34525","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In next week's issue we will feature an article on the annual summary report from NAATP, released last week. The NAATP Foundation for Recovery Science and Education (FoRSE) 2025 Annual Summary marks a significant milestone: five years of leading the field toward outcomes-based addiction treatment research and practice. The FoRSE report is being featured at the current NAATP National Addiction Leadership Conference in Seattle, Washington. It features 136 participating treatment centers and provides key insights into treatment effectiveness, patient experiences, and long-term recovery outcomes. It also includes updated benchmarking data and new analyses to help providers and stakeholders better understand the factors that support successful care.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 20","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144074648","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":"CADCA calls for support in budget","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34526","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The best way to fight for substance use disorder prevention and treatment funding during appropriations process is to contact your member of C Congress. CADCA sent a backgrounder to the field, focusing on the members of Congress most likely to fund the Drug Free Communities (DFC) program administered by the organization. CADCA is asking that the DFC program be funded at no less than the FY 2025 appropriated level of $109 million. In the House, Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania) and Paul Tonko (D-New York) are leading a letter in support of funding the DFC program at the highest possible level in FY 2026. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) are leading a similar letter in the Senate. “It is vital that these letters have strong bipartisan support in Congress,” CADCA writes. “Contact your Congressional delegation and ask them to sign onto the letters in support of funding the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) program at the highest possible level in FY 2026, and no less than the FY 2025 appropriated level of $109 million.”</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":"144074649","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}