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Using data from the 2007 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), this report examines the characteristics of substance abuse treatment admissions aged 12 to 17 reporting heroin abuse [SAMHSA, USA]
Recent research examining alcohol use behaviors among young adults in the weeks leading up to and following their 21st birthdays has found that the 21st birthday is often marked by an increase in alcohol consumption and its negative consequences and related risk factors [SAMHSA, USA]
The mental strain of expanded deployments is prompting the military to institute new programs aimed at helping soldiers most at risk. The Army’s corps of substance-abuse counselors is hundreds short of the number of trained personnel needed [Time, USA]
Downward Marijuana Trend Stalls and Prescription Drug Abuse Worrisome [NIDA, USA]
Local officials are trying to restrict the number of dispensaries in Los Angeles, and law enforcement is scrutinizing their nonprofit status [Time, USA]
A California hipster can hit the vaporizer without fear of harassment, but a lower-class person smoking a blunt may not be so lucky [Alternet]
How should we cover drug dependence? [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Russia has long grappled with alcoholism among its population. Now, a second plague is afflicting the country: intravenous drug use. Officials say addiction — whether it’s drug or alcohol dependency — is threatening the country’s future [NPR, USA]
My third and final point is that this shift towards a recovery paradigm constitutes a historical window of opportunity to destigmatize medication-assisted treatment and recovery [Plenary talk at American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence 2009 conference, USA]
This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) offers substance abuse counselors new insights on working with clients with depressive symptoms and substance use disorders [SAMHSA, USA]
Updated and revised by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, as part of the release of the new screening initiative NIDAMED [NIDA, USA]
In a very recent report, researchers in Australia conducted a randomized trial comparing intranasal with intramuscular (IM) naloxone administered in prehospital settings during 172 episodes of opioid overdose [Pain Treatment Topics, USA]
His son had been dead from an overdose only three months when A. Thomas McLellan, among the nation’s leading researchers on addiction, got a call from the office of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Would he accept the nomination to be the government’s No. 2 drug-control official? [New York Times, USA]
ICAAT has produced a 15-minute video addressing the “not-in-my-backyard” (NIMBY) phenomenon – probably the greatest barrier to meaningful expansion of methadone treatment availability in America [International Center for Advancement of Addiction Treatment, USA]
2009 will go down as the beginning of the end of America’s longest running war. Here’s 10 reasons why [Alternet, USA]
For years, drug policy discussions have foundered on a fundamental dilemma: If illegal and addictive drugs are freely available in the nation’s prison system—and there is no one who says otherwise—then how can we as a society expect to control the consumption of drugs outside the prison walls? [Addiction Inbox, USA]
In 2007, there were just over 1,600 adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions for heroin abuse [SAMHSA, USA]
The United States government has spent only 2 percent of the more than $1 billion it has pledged to help Mexico win its battle against drug traffickers, according to a government study released Thursday [New York Times, USA]
In an effort to confront the challenges posed by criminal violence, in October 2007, the United States and Mexico announced the Merida Initiative, a $1.4 billion counternarcotics and anticrime assistance package for countries in the region [US Government Accountability Office]
Almost 1,000 deaths in New Mexico were related to alcohol in 2006, representing more than 27,000 years of potential life lost [New Mexico Department of Health, USA]
