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Substance Use Navigator Program at the University of California at Davis Medical Center

February 13, 2024 | Emergency Departments, Innovative Initiatives, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Recovery, Substance Misuse, Treatments

The goal of the Substance Use Navigator Program is to expand drug and alcohol abuse counseling to more emergency departments throughout California, and eventually bring 24-7 access to addiction treatment to all hospitals in the state by 2025....

Case Law Monitor – February 2024

February 5, 2024 | Case Law Monitor

Each issue of Case Law Monitor highlights unique cases from around the United States in the areas of public health and safety, substance use disorder, and the criminal justice system. Every other month, LAPPA updates readers on cases that are important to the field....

News Bites – January 2024

January 17, 2024 | News Bites

Each issue of News Bites highlights unique news articles from around the United States in the areas of public health and safety, substance use disorder, and the criminal justice system. Every other month, LAPPA updates readers on news they may have missed....

Reduced Drug Use As An Alternative Valid Outcome In Individuals With Stimulant Use Disorders

January 16, 2024 | Controlled Substances, Harm Reduction, Reports & Studies, Stimulants, Substance Misuse, Treatments

Total abstinence has historically been the goal of treatment for substance use disorders; however, there is a growing recognition of the health benefits associated with reduced use as a harm reduction measure in stimulant use disorders treatment. The researchers and authors of this report aimed to assess the validity of reduced stimulant use as an outcome measure in randomized controlled trials of pharmacological interventions for stimulant use disorder....

Tough as a Mother

January 8, 2024 | Fetal and Infant Health, Harm Reduction, Innovative Initiatives, Maternal Health, Public Health, Recovery, Substance Misuse, Treatments

Tough as a Mother is a non-profit organization, the mission of which is to decrease stigma, educate providers, and connect pregnant and parenting mothers to treatment and recovery supports using “gender-responsive” treatment....

Fentanyl Screening in Hospitals

January 2, 2024 | Fact Sheets, Fentanyl, Opioids, Public Health, Public Safety, Synthetic Drugs

This fact sheet details what hospitals can do to better ensure the detection of fentanyl in the urine drug samples of emergency department patients, and what states are doing to make hospitals update their drug screen protocols....

Case Law Monitor– December 2023

December 11, 2023 | Case Law Monitor

2023 State of the States

December 5, 2023 | Controlled Substances, Opioids, Reports & Studies, Substance Misuse

The 2023 State of the States: Legislative Roadmap for Reducing Overdose Deaths and Increasing Access to Treatment (the Roadmap) guides state leaders on the most effective approaches to addressing the opioid and other drug epidemic by identifying 10 evidence-based policy approaches to reduce overdoses....

Crack Cocaine and The Fair Sentencing Act

November 15, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Fact Sheets, Stimulants, Substance Misuse

This fact sheet examines the racial disparities and stigma surrounding crack cocaine, established in the late 1980s, that continue to this day. The Fair Sentencing Act has helped to lessen the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine, yet gaps remain. Passage of certain legislation, like the EQUAL Act, which was introduced in the 118th Congress in 2023, would eliminate both the sentencing and racial disparity in cocaine sentencing still seen today in U.S. courts....

News Bites – November 2023

November 13, 2023 | News Bites

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