Most Reported Substance Use Among Adolescents Held Steady in 2022

• By: | The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• January 17th, 2023
• adolescents, alcohol, fentanyl, heroin, marijuana, Monitoring the Future Survey, prescription medications, substance use, vaping
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The percentage of adolescents reporting substance use in 2022 largely held steady after significantly declining in 2021, according to the latest results from the Monitoring the Future survey of substance use behaviors and related attitudes among eighth, 10th, and 12th graders in the United...

NIH Launches Harm Reduction Research Network to Prevent Overdose Fatalities

• By: | The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• January 17th, 2023
• addiction, cocaine, fentanyl, harm reduction, harm reduction research, heroin, methamphetamine, overdose, Winter 2023 Issue
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To address the overdose crisis in the United States, the National Institutes of Health has established a research network that will test harm reduction strategies in different community settings to inform efforts to help save lives. The harm reduction research network’s efforts build on existing...

Behavioral Health News Spotlight on Excellence: An Interview with Mitchell Netburn, President & CEO of Samaritan Daytop Village

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• January 5th, 2023
• addiction treatment, asylum seekers, Board training, fentanyl, harm reduction, mental health treatment, mental illness, methadone clinics, Narcan, opioid crisis, saving lives, staff training, substance use disorder, supportive housing, telehealth, Winter 2023 Issue, workforce shortage
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Overview David Minot, Executive Director of Mental Health News Education, the non-profit organization that publishes Behavioral Health News, interviewed Mitchell Netburn, President and CEO of Samaritan Daytop Village, a nonprofit organization that has been improving the quality of life for New...

NY State Department of Health Warns the Public in Central New York About Alarming Increase In Opioid Overdoses

• By: | The Office of The Governor of New York State
• October 7th, 2022
• addiction, Fall 2022 Issue, fentanyl, naloxone, opioid use disorder, overdose, overdose prevention, substance use disorders
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Providers and Public Encouraged to Take Advantage of New Standing Order, Allowing New Yorkers to Get Naloxone Without a Prescription On August 26, 2022, The New York State Department of Health has been made aware of a rapid increase in opioid-related overdoses in the Central New York region....

U.S. Law Enforcement Seizures of Pills Containing Fentanyl Increased Dramatically Between 2018-2021

• By: The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• July 14th, 2022
• drug seizures, drug trafficking, fentanyl, illegal drugs, law enforcement, narcotics, opioid epidemic, overdose, Summer 2022 Issue, synthetic opioids
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Law enforcement seizures of pills containing illicit fentanyl increased dramatically between January 2018 and December 2021, according to a new study. The number of individual pills seized by law enforcement increased nearly 50-fold from the first quarter of 2018 to the last quarter of 2021 and the...

Fentanyl Test Strips as a Form of Harm Reduction: Study Outcomes

• By: Nadeen Mahklouf, PharmD, MPH Salvatore Volpe, MD, FAA, FACP, ABP-CI Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS)
• March 31st, 2021
• fentanyl, harm reduction, opioids, overdose, Spring 2021 Issue, test strips
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Every seven hours someone dies of a drug overdose in New York City, opioids-involved deaths comprise more than 80% of all overdose deaths, and fentanyl; a highly potent opioid is involved in approximately half of all overdose deaths. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) issued a nationwide alert in...