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June 20, 2024

NEWS AND RESOURCES ON ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS

Events and announcements 

• MDH is hiring a youth substance misuse prevention coordinator – closes June 21 
• Alternatives to suspension for commercial tobacco use in K-12 settings (Public Health Law Center) - June 18 at 11:00 a.m. 
• The National Legal Landscape of Flavored Tobacco Products (Public Health Law Center) - June 20 at 11:30 a.m. 
• The intersection: Substance misuse and suicide prevention (PTTC Network) - June 20 at noon to 1:30 p.m. 
• Criminal and legal policies to reduce overdose and other drug-related harm (The Network for Public Health Law) - June 25 at noon to 1 p.m. 
• Healthcare policies to reduce overdose and other drug-related harm (The Network for Public Health Law) - June 27 at noon to 1 p.m. 
• Integrating social determinants of health into prevention practice: Strategies for effective collaboration (PTTC Network) - June 26 at 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. 
• Justice Department and FDA announce federal multi-agency task force to curb distribution and sale of illegal e-cigarettes (United States Department of Justice) 

New Resources!

• TALK: Toolkit for Adolescent Care provides conversation starters about sensitive topics (U of MN Healthy Youth Development -Prevention Research Center) 
• A new collection of resources on the intersection of addiction and racism (Great Lakes ATTC) 

Data and research 

• Growing importance of high-volume buphrenorphine prescribers in OUD treatment (RAND Corporation) 
• Geographic and racial/ethnic differences in access to methamphetamine detoxification services, United States, 2021 (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc) 
• Health-related social control among U.S. adults ages 30-80: Associations with alcohol use over four years (RAND Corporation) 
• A national survey of state laws regarding medications for opioid use disorder in problem-solving courts (Health & Justice Journal) 
• Methods to quit smoking effective regardless of mental health history (PLoS Mental Health) 
• Cannabis use common among patients, with most using it to manage a symptom or health condition (UCLA Health Sciences) 
• Trauma exposure across the lifespan among individuals engaged in treatment with medication for opioid use disorder: Differences by gender, PTSD status, and chronic pain (Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy) 
• New estimates of smoking-attributable mortality in the U.S. from 2020 through 2035 (American Journal of Preventive Medicine) 
• Evaluating mobile harm reduction services for youth and young adults (Frontiers in Public Health) 
• Quantifying alcohol’s harm to others: A research and policy proposal (Bulletin of the World Health Organization) 
• Association between sociodemographics and change in alcohol or tobacco use behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic (PLoS One) 
• Severity of calls to US poison centers increases sharply for both adults, kids (University of Virginia Health System) 

Alcohol 

• Minnesota's new alcohol laws: From beachside beers to "cross-fading" (Axios Twin Cities) 
• No alcohol? No problem. Twin Cities restaurants offering more non-alcoholic options (Kare 11) 
• Researchers suggest restricting in-flight alcohol to prevent heart attacks (New York Post) 
• Alcohol and drug use cause significant harms that go beyond the individual (Alcohol Research Group) 
• Socioeconomic status may determine how alcohol affects heart health, new study finds (Alcohol Research Group) 
• Your favorite drink can cause breast cancer – but most women in the US aren’t aware of alcohol’s health risks (The Conversation) 
• Alcohol-related deaths are spiking. So why don’t we take alcohol addiction more seriously? (AAMC) 
• San Francisco managed alcohol program offers those who are addicted to alcohol limited drinks (USA Today) 

Cannabis

• Why replacing alcohol with weed is a growing trend in the US (CNN) 
• Cannabis use among seniors rising — and so are related ER visits (CBC Radio) 
• Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says (AP News) 
• What is medical marijuana (cannabis)? (Drug Free) 

Opioids and prescription drugs 

Commercial tobacco and e-cigarettes 

• Biden administration bows to tobacco industry with new delay on menthol cigarette ban (Public Health Law Center) 
• Concerning levels of uranium and lead found in the urine of teens who frequently vape (Science Alert) 
• Tobacco industry aims to hook new generation on vapes, WHO says (Reuters) 
• U.S. unveils new task force aimed at cracking down on illicit e-cigarettes (Reuters) 
• Law enforcement unit formed to crack down on illegal e-cigarettes (The New York Times) 
• Exclusive: Nicotine-like chemicals in U.S. vapes may be more potent than nicotine, FDA says (Reuters) 
• The FDA reverses its ban on Juul e-cigarettes (NBC News) 

Other drugs 

• California pays meth users to get sober (KFF Health News) 
• ‘Tranq’ turns more illicit drug users Into amputees (Wall Street Journal) 
• New animal tranquilizer seen in illegal drugs (Axios) 

Psychedelic medicine 

Learn more by visiting the MDH Alcohol and Other Drugs website. 

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