Events and Announcements

• Cost-Effectiveness Calculators for SUD: A Pilot of Peer Recovery Support Services and Bystander Naloxone Distribution (University of Texas School of Public Health) – October 25 at 12p.m. – 1 p.m.
• Biden-Harris Administration Awards More Than $1.6 Billion in Funds for Communities Addressing Addiction and Overdose Crises (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• National Prescription Drug Take Back Day (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration)
• DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration)

 Data and Research

• Opioid and Alcohol Misuse in Veterans with Chronic Pain: A Risk Screening Study (The Journal of Pain)
• Solitary alcohol use in adolescence predicts alcohol problems in adulthood: A 17-year longitudinal study in a large national sample of US high school students (Drug and Alcohol Dependence)
• Exploring factors associated with smokeless tobacco use among young people: A systematic scoping review (Drug and Alcohol Dependence)
• Notes from the Field: Overdose Deaths Involving Para-fluorofentanyl — United States, July 2020–June 2021 (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
• Heroin pipe distribution to reduce high-risk drug consumption behaviors among people who use heroin: a pilot quasi-experimental study (Harm Reduction Journal)

 Alcohol

• Minnesotans are drinking themselves to death at an unprecedented rate (Minnesota Reformer)
• New NIAAA Resource Helps Healthcare Professionals Provide Better Alcohol-Related Care (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
• How Many Is Too Many? (NIH News in Health)
• Heart medication shows potential as treatment for alcohol use disorder (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
• The NTSB wants all new vehicles to check drivers for alcohol use (MPR News)

 Marijuana

• THC law in Minnesota forces employers to revisit drug testing (kare11.com)
• What do Biden’s marijuana reforms mean for Minnesota and North Dakota? (TwinCities.com)
• Potent Marijuana Strains Are Making Teens Sick (American Journal of Nursing)
• Hemp-Derived Delta-8 Skirts Marijuana Laws and Raises Health Concerns (Kaiser Health News)

 Opioids and Prescription Drugs

• Telehealth improves treatment for opioid use disorder (National Institutes of Health)
• Insurance Data Details Overdose Shifts Amid COVID Pandemic (U.S. News and World Report)
• 'Rainbow fentanyl' is not being targeted at children, experts say (National Public Radio)
• As fentanyl crisis deepens, test strips alert drug users to the deadly substance (KSTP.com)
• Bloomington police seize 24 pounds of fentanyl pills (Minnesota Public Radio)

 Tobacco and E-cigarettes

• A healthy lifestyle may help former smokers lower their risk of death from all causes (National Institutes of Health)
• New survey suggests little progress against U.S. teen vaping (AP News)
• Health groups urge states to spend Juul settlement dollars on tobacco prevention (Ohio Capital Journal)
• Notes from the Field: E-cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2022 (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

 Other Drugs

• Illegal drugs and periodontal conditions (Periodontology 2000)
• Free Program for Native American Families Affected by Addiction (Hazelden Betty Ford)

Questions?

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