• From tokenism to empowerment: Building a sustainable youth coalition (PTTC Network) - July 23 at 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. 
• A potentially deadly intersection: Social media, substance use, and mental health (PTTC Network) - July 25 at noon to 1:30 p.m. 
• Preventing substance misuse on college campuses (PTTC Network) - Aug 7 at 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. 
• Most Americans don’t know that primary care physicians can prescribe addiction treatment (NIH) 
• Over 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl seized by law enforcement in 2023 (NIDA) 
• Nicotine dependence intensifies among Minnesota teens who vape (MDH) 
• Over 3 million annual deaths due to alcohol and drug use, majority among men (WHO) 
• The Interagency Coordination Committee on the prevention of underage drinking requests for public comments (HHS) 

New Resources! 

• Improving outcomes for individuals on community-based supervision with opioid use disorders (OUD) (New England ATTC) 

Data and research 

• QuickStats: Percentage of current cigarette smokers aged ≥18 years who received advice from a health professional to quit smoking, by sex and age group — United States, 2022 (MMWR) 
• Treatment for opioid use disorder: Population estimates — United States, 2022 (MMWR) 
• Reported xylazine use among adults aged ≥18 years evaluated for substance use treatment — United States, July 2022–September 2023 (MMWR) 
• Concurrent use of tobacco and cannabis and internalizing and externalizing problems in US youths (JAMA Network) 

• Financial incentives for smoking cessation among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults: A randomized clinical trial (JAMA Network Open) 
• E-Cigarette use and lung cancer screening uptake (JAMA Network) 
• A randomized clinical trial of a quitline vaping cessation intervention: Baseline characteristics of young adult exclusive e-cigarette users seeking treatment (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health) 
• The effects of alcohol container labels on consumption behaviour, knowledge, and support for labelling: A systematic review (The Lancet Public Health) 
• Assessing how alcohol use patterns relate to obesity among American adolescents from rural and urban areas: Five years of pooled data (PLoS One) 
• Cannabis, tobacco use, and COVID-19 outcomes (JAMA Network Open) 

Alcohol 

• Drinking just one alcoholic beverage per day shortens your lifespan by this insane amount (New York Post) 
• Some argue for age limits on buying nonalcoholic beer, wine and mocktails (NPR) 
• Forty percent of cancers found to be preventable with these lifestyle changes (USA Today) 

Cannabis 

• NCAA council votes to remove cannabis from banned drug list, removes limits on on-field coaches (AP News) 
• Federal report looks at improving marijuana and hemp testing to detect cannabinoids, toxic elements and moisture (Marijuana Moment) 
• Cannabis will likely soon be legally classified as medicine. But medicine for what? (The Guardian) 
• Court decision ending cannabis odor as sole reason for search codified by Minnesota lawmakers (MinnPost) 
• Patients now need only a doctor's OK to get medical cannabis in Minnesota (Star Tribune) 

Opioids and prescription drugs 

• Federal study examines care following nonfatal overdose among Medicare beneficiaries; Identifies effective interventions and gaps in care (SAMHSA) 
• NIH-funded intervention did not impact opioid-related overdose death rates over evaluation period (SAMHSA) 
• Only one-third of outpatient mental health facilities offer medication treatment for opioid use disorder (RAND) 
• The integration of medications to treat opioid use disorder in probation and parole settings (Opioid Response Network) 
• Safe and stable housing is a foundation of successful recovery (The Daily Yonder) 
• Supreme Court overturns opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma that shielded Sacklers (NPR) 
• Overlooked: Who suffers the most from the opioid epidemic in Minnesota? (MPR News) 
• Research highlights TikTok as tool in opioid harm reduction (Nebraska Today) 
• Minneapolis launches first Narcan vending machine (MPR News) 
• Stimulant users caught up in fatal 'fourth wave' of opioid epidemic (NPR) 
• Greater availability of naloxone and increases in witnessed overdoses can reduce opioid-related deaths (University of Minnesota School of Public Health) 

Commercial tobacco and e-cigarettes 

• FDA authorizes first menthol-flavored e-cigarettes for adults (PBS News) 
• A closer look at the FDA's authorization of four menthol e-cigarettes (Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law) 
• FDA OKs first menthol e-cigarettes, citing potential to help adult smokers (AP News) 
• Researchers note latest vaping concern: ‘Hacked’ e-cigarette devices (Yale Medicine) 

Other drugs 

• What is 5-MeO-DMT? (Partnership to End Addiction) 

Psychedelic medicine 

• Psilocybin mushrooms are most popular psychedelics in U.S., studies find (NPR) 
• Microdosing and tripping on mushrooms is on the rise in U.S. (NPR) 
• Considering alternatives to psychedelic drug prohibition (RAND) 
• How Oregon’s year-old psilocybin program is working (Oregon Public Broadcasting) 
• Mushroom candy recall as consumers sick in at least 20 states (Newsweek) 
• Lykos responds to opposition by FDA advisors to MDMA-assisted therapy (Lucid News)