• The connection between ACEs, substance use & misuse: Deactivating stigma to support healing communities (PTTC) – Jan. 18 from 12-1:30 p.m. 

• Xylazine 101 (PTTC) – Jan. 23 from 11 a.m. - noon. 
• Prevention with purpose: The importance of strategic planning in preventing drug misuse among college students (PTTC) – Jan. 23 from 5-6:30 p.m. 
• Promoting prevention by understanding psychostimulant use (PTTC) – Jan. 24 from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 
• Assessment of substance use disorder stigma and strategies for addressing stigma in rural areas (Center on Rural Addiction-University of Vermont) – Jan. 31 from 11 a.m. - noon. 
• Addressing myths about substance use, addiction, treatment and recovery (Northeast & Caribbean Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Center) – Jan. 24 from 10 - 11 a.m. 

• Overdose safety planning in rural communities (Northeast & Caribbean Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Center) – Jan. 24 from noon - 2 p.m. 
• Cannabis and public health - an overview for those who are new to this work (CannAct) - Jan. 29 from 5 - 7 p.m. 
• SAMHSA's 20th Prevention Day (SAMHSA) – Jan. 29 all day 
• MDH cautions consumers about illegal high-dose THC products (Minnesota Department of Health) 
• Reported drug use among adolescents continued to hold below pre-pandemic levels in 2023 (National Institute of Health) 

• Biden-Harris administration announces new action to increase naloxone access in federal facilities across the nation (SAMHSA) 
• Urgent action needed to protect children and prevent the uptake of e-cigarettes (WHO) 

Data and research 

• QuickStats: Percentage of women who smoked cigarettes during pregnancy, by race and Hispanic origin — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2016 and 2022 (MMWR) 

• Advisory: Low barrier models of care for substance use disorders (SAMHSA) 
• Association between longitudinal patterns of child maltreatment experiences and adolescent substance use (Science Direct) 
• Science update: Cannabis use in pregnancy may impair placental function, suggests NIH-funded study (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) 
• Cannabis exposure linked to 1.5 times higher risk of unhealthy pregnancy outcomes (Science Daily) 
• Differences in buprenorphine prescribing readiness among primary care professionals with and without X-waiver training in the US (Harm Reduction Journal) 

• Rural and urban differences in disparities in substance use and substance use disorders affecting sexual minority populations (Wiley) 
• Cultural factors that protect against substance misuse and promote mental health in American Indian and Alaska Native populations (Strategic Prevention Technical Assistance Center) 
• Social anxiety, depression linked to more negative alcohol-related consequences from 'pre-gaming' (Research Society on Alcoholism) 

Alcohol 

• Harm reduction strategies for alcohol (Drug Free) 
• Can giving up alcohol improve your sleep? (The Washington Post) 
• AlcoChange app to help alcohol-related liver disease patients stay sober (PharmaTimes) 
• 10 facts about Americans and alcohol as ‘Dry January’ begins (Pew Research Center) 
• 'Dry January': Viral movement aims to motivate drinkers to cut back on alcohol (CBS News) 

• Alcohol deaths soared 60 percent in four years in Colorado, but policy response is subdued (The Denver Post) 

Cannabis 

• Coming soon to Minnesota roadways: Oral tests for marijuana, other drug use by drivers (MPR News) 
• Law enforcement, state regulators to meet over cannabis flower loophole in Minnesota marijuana law (Minn Post) 

• What is dabbing? (Drug Free) 
• Mississippi health department says some medical marijuana products are being retested for safety (AP News) 
• The teen brain is especially susceptible to the harms of THC (Science News) 
• Cannabis and your health (MDH) 
• Preventing unintentional poisonings from cannabis products (MDH) 

Opioids and prescription drugs 

• Duluth lays out $3.56 million plan to battle opioid addiction (Duluth News Tribune) 
• Harm reduction strategies for opioid use (Drug Free) 
• HEAL initiative releases new framework to reduce opioid overdose (ATTC) 

• How state health departments can reduce stigma to improve care for patients taking long-term opioid therapy (ASTHO) 
• How opioid settlement funds were spent in 2023: 5 things to know (NPR) 
• Overdose deaths due to fentanyl spark debate over treatment (NPR) 
• Fentanyl super labs in Canada pose new threat for U.S. opioid epidemic (Washington Post) 
• What is fentanyl and why is it so dangerous? (Wall Street Journal) 

• LPH public health guide to spending opioid settlement funds (MDH) 

 Tobacco and e-cigarettes 

• Supreme Court declines to review flavored cigarette ban in California (The Hill) 
• E-cigarettes help more tobacco smokers quit than traditional nicotine replacement (UMass Amherst) 

• Hoping to clear the air in casinos, workers seek to ban tobacco smoke (CNN) 

 Other drugs 

• What to know about nitazenes: Rare but emerging opioids more potent than fentanyl (Forbes) 
• Xylazine in overdose deaths and forensic drug reports in US States, 2019-2022 (JAMA Network) 

 Psychedelic medicine 

• Psychedelics are going mainstream. Investing in them hasn’t. (Wall Street Journal) 
• To prepare for psychedelic therapy, doctors breathe their way to an altered state (New York Times) 
• Biden signs defense spending bill funding psychedelic research (Forbes) 

• Submission of new drug application to FDA for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD (MAPS PBC) 
• 2023 psychedelic roundup (The National Law Review)