SAMHSA Proposes Update to Federal Rules to Expand Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Help Close Gap in Care

• By: | The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• February 28th, 2024
• addiction, community, COVID-19, medication flexibilities, opioid abuse, opioids, overdose prevention, substance use disorder, telehealth
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Changes would make permanent COVID-timed medication flexibilities, and update decades-old definitions and standards for opioid treatment programs at a time when fewer than 1 out 10 Americans can access treatment for substance use disorder. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...

The Opioid Epidemic: Expanding Access to Medicated Assisted Treatment

• By: Ellen Hoffman-Jeffrey, MS, CASAC-G, SAP, MAC, FDC, CAR VIP Community Services
• April 16th, 2020
• heroin use, medication-assisted treatment, opioid abuse, opioid epidemic, overdose deaths, prescription opioids, public health policy, substance use disorder
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The Researched Abuse, Diversion, and Addiction-Related Surveillance (RADARS) System describe the diversion and abuse of prescription opioid analgesics, using data from January 2002 through December 2013. Because drug abuse is an illegal activity that is often concealed from authorities, the RADARS...