December 26, 2012
Compiled & Edited by Sue Emerson – Publisher
Prior Edition: November 29, 2012
List of all News/Updates
MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) AND OPIOID ABUSE/ADDICTION
- Federal Rule Provides Flexibility in Dispensing Buprenorphine for Opioid Addiction Treatment in
OTPs - One-Half of Buprenorphine-Related Emergency Department Visits for Nonmedical Use
- Why Do We Have Methadone Clinics? An OpEd by Dr. Alen-Salarian
- Opioid Overdose Treatment and Prevention: Often Overlooked at Community Level
- Baker Institute Viewpoints on Prescription Drugs
- State Drug Monitoring Programs Should Make Data More Accessible, Study Says
GOVERNMENT
- U.S. Military Working on Combination Anti-Heroin/HIV Vaccine
- Michael Botticelli Sworn in as Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Reports Says Adults Who Had Mental Illness in the Past Year Were More Than Three Times as Likely to Have Met the Criteria for Substance Dependence or Abuse
GENERAL ADDICTION
- APA Board of Trustees Has Approved the Final Diagnostic Criteria for the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
- Blog: The Deadly Stigma of Addiction – Is it Possible to Separate the Disease of Addiction from the Stigma? Here Are Eight Life-changing Reasons We Should Try.