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What Do We Know About “Gaming Disorder”?

Video game playing is now one of the most popular hobbies across sex and age groups, but a small proportion of gamers develop negative symptoms affecting their mental and physical … read more

Taking Action to Break Language Barriers

The Addiction Policy Forum released prevention resources translated into 12 languages to help improve language access to information on the prevention of substance use disorders. The project was supported by … read more

Key Takeaways from Rx Summit 2023

This summit is the largest, most influential annual event addressing the opioid and addiction crisis. For the first time in its 12-year history, the topic of overdose prevention centers took … read more

Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl–Involved Overdose Deaths with Detected Xylazine — United States, January 2019–June 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new report, Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl-Involved Overdose Deaths with Detected Xylazine which highlights the presence of xylazine, a non-opioid tranquilizer not … read more

An Early Look at State Opioid Settlement Spending Decisions – NASHP

This issue brief provides an overview of published statewide opioid settlement spending plans and appropriations made to date and highlights initial priorities and investments outlined in these plans.

The ASAM Criteria 4th Edition Webinar Handout

The ASAM Criteria 4th Edition Webinar Handout

Addressing Substance Use and Social Needs of People of Color with Substance Use Disorders

This brief by the US Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation describes findings from a joint study … read more

Substance Use Among Asian American Adults in 2016–2020: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis of a National Survey on Drug Use and Health Data

This study compares substance use among Asian American adults in 2020, when anti-Asian violence increased, with substance use among the same group during the previous 4 years, and compare this … read more

Practice-Based Guidelines: Buprenorphine in the Age of Fentanyl

This guide provides clinical practice-based information on the use of buprenorphine in the treatment of individuals using fentanyl and other highly potent synthetic opioids.

Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds

This article from The New York Times discusses results of a study of rates of prescribed addiction medicine for opioid use disorder by race. Findings indicate that black patients with … read more