AOD Update - News and Resources on Alcohol and Other Drugs Minnesota Department of Health sent this bulletin at 04/17/2025 10:00 AM CDT AOD Update – April 2025 View this as a webpage April 17, 2025 NEWS AND RESOURCES ON ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS Events and announcements Barriers to substance use treatment among people who use drugs in the rural United States: A qualitative, multi-site study (The American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine) - Apr. 23 from 4 to 5 p.m. The future of tobacco control: Current research on potentially transformative policies (PTTC Network) - Apr. 24 from 11 a.m. to noon April is Alcohol Awareness Month (NIAAA) AI screening for opioid use disorder associated with fewer hospital readmissions (NIDA) Advancing reduction of drug use as an endpoint in addiction treatment trials (NIDA) Statement on renewal of public health emergency for overdose epidemic (American Medical Association) Minnesota Attorney General Ellison wins court order banning sales of vapes disguised as highlighters (The Office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison) New resources! SHADAC and the UMN Cannabis Research Center (CRC) release new brief: State cannabis use in the early legalization era (SHADAC) Data and research Synthetic opioid and stimulant co-involved overdose deaths by occupation and industry — United States, 2022 (MMWR) Notes from the field: Recreational nitrous oxide misuse — Michigan, 2019–2023 (MMWR) Controlled substance prescribing patterns among fatal overdose decedents with an opioid, stimulant, or both contributing to death — Pennsylvania, 2017–2022 (MMWR) Routes of marijuana use — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 22 U.S. states and two territories, 2022 (MMWR) Study reveals how alcohol abuse damages cognition (Science Daily) Limited awareness of alcohol-related cancer risk factors among Spanish-preferring adults in a national US survey (Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention) Effects of expanding direct-to-consumer alcohol home delivery policies: Evidence from 18 states of increases in alcohol use and consequences (Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs) Risk of myocardial infarction in cannabis users: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Journal of American College of Cardiology) Packaging of cannabis edibles, health warning recall, and perceptions among young adults (JAMA Network Open) Nicotine exposure from smoking tobacco and vaping among adolescents (JAMA Network Open) Nicotine concentration of e-cigarettes used by youths (JAMA Network Open) Prescription stimulant use, misuse, and use disorder among US adults aged 18 to 64 years (JAMA Psychiatry) Intersectional racial and sex disparities in unintentional overdose mortality (JAMA Network Open) Alcohol When health and alcohol mix: Insights on high-risk drinking (Alcohol Research Group) New study reveals why alcohol use increased during the pandemic (Alcohol Research Group) Awareness grows of cancer risk from alcohol consumption (Annenberg Public Policy Center at University of Pennsylvania) Cannabis Tests show Minnesotans are driving while high. Authorities want devices to stop them (Star Tribune) Legal, medical cannabis fix-it legislation in the works at Minnesota Legislature (MPR News) Minnesota’s recreational cannabis market is one step closer to becoming a reality (MPR News) Does Minnesota consider ‘bong water’ to be a controlled substance? (MinnPost) Retailers fail to comply with age restriction laws for THC products (The Minnesota Daily) Opioids Hit hard by opioid crisis, Black patients further hurt by barriers to care (KFF Health News) Misinformation about fentanyl threatens to undermine overdose response (NPR) Fentanyl deaths are plummeting — why? (NPR) Commercial tobacco and e-cigarettes In victory for kids, U.S. Supreme Court rules FDA properly denied marketing applications for flavored e-cigarettes (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids) Supreme court rules against makers of flavored vapes popular with teens (New York Times) Addressing tobacco use in California’s Native American communities (UC San Diego Today) Psychedelic medicine Magic mushroom personal use penalties in MN eliminated in new bill (FOX9 KMSP) The Colorado psychedelic mushroom experiment has arrived (CBS) UCSD study suggests psilocybin could treat phantom limb pain (Axios San Diego) Cleveland Clinic explores novel psychedelic drug for use against postpartum depression (WKYC) LSD microdosing doesn’t appear to help treat adult ADHD (Psychiatrist.com) What's the science behind psychedelics? (NPR) Learn more by visiting the MDH Alcohol and Other Drugs website. Questions? Contact the Substance Misuse Prevention Section: health.super.mdh@state.mn.us. Do you have news or resources to contribute to the next AOD Update? Send them to Kari Gloppen at kari.gloppen@state.mn.us. Manage Preferences | Unsubscribe | Help | health.state.mn.us
