Substance Use Disorder
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Feb. 8 issued a final rule implementing Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act provisions to ensure health care providers have more complete and timely information when treating patients with substance use disorder.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Jan. 31 updated its Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has issued a final rule updating regulations for Opioid Treatment Programs and standards for opioid use disorder treatment.
The House Dec. 12 voted 386-37 to pass AHA-supported legislation (H.R. 4531) that would reauthorize key SUPPORT Act programs for patients with substance use disorder and permanently extend required Medicaid coverage for medication-assisted treatments.
AHA comments on the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act.
AHA expresses support for the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4531).
Peer recovery specialists at Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital in Massachusetts help patients overcome substance use disorders.
The Food and Drug Administration the week of Oct. 23 cleared for marketing the first over-the-counter test to detect fentanyl in urine.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration this month awarded $35 million in grants to expand access to behavioral health and HIV treatment and prevention services for racial and ethnic medically underserved people.
A record 44% of adults aged 19-30 and 28% of adults aged 35-50 reported using marijuana last year.