Webinar: New Budget Impact Tool to Help Estimate Costs of Providing Medications to Treat Opioid Use
There has been a substantial increase in the number of jails and prisons offering medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD; namely,...
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- May 23
Webinar: Innovations to Address the Fentanyl Crisis
This webinar, held by Addiction Policy Forum, discussed recent data on the impact of fentanyl on communities across the country, and new...
- May 8
New study identifies a more effective way to care for newborns exposed to opioids
Findings from the Eating, Sleeping and Consoling for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal study show a new care approach that is more effective
- Apr 22
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Infographic
Medications for opioid use disorder Medications used to treat opioid use disorders are considered the “gold standard” of treatment....
- Mar 16
Webinar: Treatment Considerations in the Age of Fentanyl
Fentanyl and other high-potency synthetic opioids are increasingly present in the U.S. drug supply. Healthcare systems, treatment...
- Feb 17
Addiction Policy Forum endorses OTC Naloxone; Presents to the FDA
APF Executive Director Jessica Hulsey spoke before a Joint meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug...
- Oct 4, 2022
Evidence-Based Interventions to Address the Opioid Epidemic
24 Strategies for State, County and City Implementation Addiction Policy Forum’s report, Evidence-Based Interventions to Address the...
- Jun 9, 2021
JCOIN Speaker Series: Reentry Research
The Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network invites you to this webinar on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 3 p.m. ET. The risk of...
- Dec 1, 2020
Opioid Prevention Campaign
The Opioid Prevention Campaign is a public health media campaign to help prevent adolescent substance use.
- Mar 3, 2020
New challenges in the opioid epidemic
New OUD research summarized for helps officials, practitioners, families, patients, and communities
- Dec 31, 2019
What is an Opioid Use Disorder?
What is an opioid use disorder? What is heroin? Understanding the effects of opioids.
- Oct 3, 2019
The truth about MAT? Patients know the virtue
The CDC and Surgeon General encourage us to improve naloxone access at the local level, through prescribing and pharmacy dispensing
- Jul 31, 2019
NEW CME! Championing Change: Addressing Addiction in our Communities
CME Outfitters (CMEO), a leading international provider for continuing medical education, has partnered with renowned addiction...
- Jul 25, 2019
Ask a Counselor: Yes, Mixing Substances is Dangerous and Potentially Lethal
It is important to understand how substances, including prescribed medications, can interact with each other and other substances.
- Jun 6, 2019
Risks of Opioid & Alcohol Use for Women Increase with Age
A recent study illuminates the repercussions of concurrent alcohol and prescription opioid use in older women.
- Apr 4, 2019
Geographic Distribution of Opioid-Related Mortality in the Third-Wave Opioid Epidemic
The opioid epidemic is a devastating public health crisis - over 47,600 overdose deaths in 2017 involved an opioid.
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