Thank you Ambassador Mike Waltz staff for meeting with me today and discussing how we can expand access to evidence-based addiction care. The opioid crisis is a bipartisan problem. #AMAC2024

Thanks Marco Rubio staff for meeting with me today and discussing how we can expand access to evidence-based addiction care. The opioid crisis is a bipartisan problem. #AMAC2024

ASAM applauds ARCHIVE: Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster, Rep. Carol Miller & the bipartisan group urging ONDCP, HHS.gov & U.S. Department of Justice to finalize a rule preserving telemed initiation for buprenorphine for #OUD, without in-person visit requirements or a special registration. asam.org/news/detail/20…

In our qualitative study of problem-solving courts, all courts permitted MOUD from partnering treatment providers but only some permitted MOUD from non-partnering treatment providers sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Substance Use Policy Evaluation & Research (SUPER) School of Global Health Management & Informatics School of Global Health Management & Informatics JV Brandon del Pozo Danielle Atkins

We’re at the @ahsrconference, presenting research to help families affected by SUD! This collab features #UCFSGHMI faculty, including Dr. Basia Andraka-Christou, Dr. Kendall Cortelyou, Dr. MH Clark, student Rachel Totaram, assistant Sarah Akil and postdoc Fatema Ahmed. #AHSR2024

We found ethical & legal tradeoffs in the national HBCD observational study involving pregnant people who use drugs. Forming a guidance group with bioethicists & egal experts helped address these issues in the study design. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… School of Global Health Management & Informatics Substance Use Policy Evaluation & Research (SUPER) UCFCCIE

Progress toward expanding MOUD in jails is painfully slow. A nationally representative study found only 13% of jails provide MOUD when requested, with particularly low rates in remote areas and those with high social vulnerability. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Here's a great summary from faculty at Brown of ways to ensure opioid settlement money is not wasted. statnews.com/2024/10/23/opi…

Excellent news: SAMSHA just released an advisory on implementing contingency management services, allowing recipients of SAMHSA grants involving contingency management to provide a motivational incentive value of up to $750 (not $75!) per patient annually. store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/…

Amid chaos after federal grants were frozen, know that my research colleagues: - Develop new cancer treatments for kids - Are curing sickle cell disease - Build new tech to help premature babies survive - Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose Are we really halting this?

Excellent interview with Anna Lembke: "we’re spending more and more of our energy and creativity investing in this online world...So when we try to re-enter the real world, it actually is more boring..." nytimes.com/2025/02/01/mag…

Medicaid cuts could be catastrophic for millions living with SUD. In coalition, ASAM urges Congress to protect Medicaid’s lifesaving SUD care. #SaveMedicaid Coalition letter >>> ow.ly/s3yc50UV91n

A remarkable study of the only state run, statewide phone center available 24/7 to start MOUD via telehealth. Of those prescribed buprenorphine, 98% initiated bup at home, with 98% of home inductees then attending community clinics. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Important public policy statement on prescribing controlled substances for a "legitimate medical purpose," by ASAM. Link: downloads.asam.org/sitefinity-pro…. "Public Policy Statement on Reducing Risk of Federal Investigation or Prosecution for Prescribing Controlled Addiction

Medicaid is our strongest weapon to fight drug cartels and the illicitly manufactured fentanyl they traffic. Tell Congress to fight the addiction & overdose epidemic by protecting Medicaid. ow.ly/rhIu50V61yr

The team responsible for administering the National Survey on Drug Use was just eliminated :-( This nationally representative survey is a key tool for tracking the public's drug use behavior patterns. We cannot rely on toxicology and ED reports only. axios.com/2025/04/01/hhs…

🎉 Congratulations to three of our faculty members! Amanda Walden and Meredith Robertson received the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, while Basia Andraka-Christou earned the Excellence in Research Award. #TeachingExcellence #ResearchExcellence

New pub Health Affairs: only 1 in 16 ED visits for overdose resulted in new prescriptions for opioid addiction meds. Initiation rates differ by race and ethnicity among Medicaid patients. Kao-Ping Chua Pooja Lagisetty Amy Bohnert Keith Kocher NIDAnews healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

A new study shows patients who received buprenorphine or methadone after overdose treatment in the ED had decreased future overdose rates, but people who received detox or prolonged inpatient care did not have reduced future overdose rates. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A recent study finds that the cuts to Medicaid (health insurance for the poor and disabled) proposed by Republicans in Congress would decrease insurance for 7.6 million people and cause an extra 16,642 preventable deaths annually. acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN…