Drug User Health Policies

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Drug User Health Policy Map NASTAD

(6 days ago) WEBAug 4, 2021. Use this interactive map to better understand select drug user health policies in your state or jurisdiction. These indicators include: Laws criminalizing HIV and hepatitis exposure through use of drug paraphernalia, Unique requirements of your …

https://nastad.org/resources/drug-user-health-policy-map

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Drug User Health NASTAD

(1 days ago) WEBDrug User Health. Since its founding in 1992, NASTAD members have been concerned about the role of drug use in the transmission of HIV and HCV, health outcomes for …

https://nastad.org/teams/drug-user-health

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FACT SHEET: White House Releases 2022 National Drug …

(8 days ago) WEBAccording to the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, among the 41.1 million people who needed treatment for substance use disorders (SUD), only 2.7 …

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/21/fact-sheet-white-house-releases-2022-national-drug-control-strategy-that-outlines-comprehensive-path-forward-to-address-addiction-and-the-overdose-epidemic/

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America’s New Drug Policy - The New York Times

(7 days ago) WEBMay 4, 2023. For decades, the U.S. focused on trying to scare people away from drugs, instituting tough criminal penalties and emphasizing law enforcement over addiction treatment. But a major

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/briefing/us-drug-policy-reducing-harm.html

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FACT SHEET: Addressing Addiction and the Overdose …

(Just Now) WEBAccording to the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 40.3 million people aged 12 or older had a past-year substance use disorder. Meanwhile, more than …

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/01/fact-sheet-addressing-addiction-and-the-overdose-epidemic/

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Drug Policies and Policy Reform Drug Policy Facts

(1 days ago) WEBInformation about policies related to controlled substances and people who use drugs as well as policy reforms in the US and around the world. According to …

https://www.drugpolicyfacts.org/chapter/drug_policy

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POLICY BRIEF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEW …

(1 days ago) WEBDrug Policy Priority Issues for Biden Administration. William Martin, Ph.D., Director, Drug Policy Program Katharine Neill Harris, Ph.D., Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug …

https://www.bakerinstitute.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/import/bi-brief-020821-drug-transition.pdf

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White House Drug Policy Director Statement on New …

(1 days ago) WEBWashington, D.C. – Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta released the following statement on the U.S. …

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/briefing-room/2024/02/01/white-house-drug-policy-director-statement-on-new-actions-to-expand-access-to-treatment-and-save-lives/

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HHS, SAMHSA Release 2022 National Survey on Drug Use …

(5 days ago) WEBToday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), released …

https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/20231113/hhs-samhsa-release-2022-nsduh-data

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The opioid epidemic and emerging public health policy priorities

(9 days ago) WEBDr. Giroir: Just to level set where we are, there are multiple data sources, and you hear lots of numbers, but the national survey on drug use and health—and is the survey that …

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/overdose-epidemic/opioid-epidemic-and-emerging-public-health-policy-priorities

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Harm Reduction - Drug Policy Alliance

(7 days ago) WEBHarm reduction is a set of ideas and interventions that seek to reduce the harms associated with both drug use and punitive drug policies. For example, using naloxone reverses …

https://drugpolicy.org/harmreduction/

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Public Health and International Drug Policy - PMC - National …

(3 days ago) WEBHealth impact of drug policy based on enforcement of prohibition. The pursuit of drug prohibition has generated a parallel economy run by criminal networks. Both these networks, which resort to violence to protect their markets, and the police and sometimes military or paramilitary forces that pursue them contribute to violence and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5042332/

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Seven Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Drug Policing

(1 days ago) WEBFrom that work we identified and published 84 opportunities for US drug policy reform at the federal, state, and local levels across four domains: researching …

https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2024/01/02/seven-opportunities-to-use-the-law-to-address-drug-policing/

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Q&A: A Deep Dive into New York’s Drug User Health Hubs with

(7 days ago) WEBThe National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) recently spoke to Allan Clear, director of the New York State Department of Health’s AIDS Institute’s Office of Drug User Health to identify the effectiveness of these programs. The institute’s Office of Drug User Health operates the state’s Syringe Exchange Program, Expanded Syringe

https://nashp.org/qa-a-deep-dive-into-new-yorks-drug-user-health-hubs-with-new-yorks-allan-clear/

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Prescription Drug Policy, 2021 And 2022: The Year In - Health …

(3 days ago) WEBPrescription drug policy will continue to be an important area of policy discussion in 2022. Actions by our pharmaceutical regulators will be essential to …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/prescription-drug-policy-2021-and-2022-year-review-and-year-ahead

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Overdose Prevention Overdose Prevention CDC

(Just Now) WEBPreventing drug overdose and reducing substance use-related harms is a CDC priority. About Overdose Prevention Preventing Opioid Overdose Treatment of Substance Use …

https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/index.html

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Policy Makers’ Priorities for Addressing Youth Substance Use and

(3 days ago) WEBGalea S, Vlahov D. Social determinants and the health of drug users: socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration. The importance of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9704547/

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Drug policy and drug use OHCHR - UN Human Rights Office

(8 days ago) WEBDrug policy and drug use. Human rights are central to international drug control. States remain legally bound by their obligations to respect, protect, and fulfil human rights …

https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-health/drug-policy-and-drug-use

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Drug Policy as a Health Issue American Civil Liberties Union

(5 days ago) WEBDrug Policy as a Health Issue. Document Date: February 15, 2001. Among the most disastrous costs of the war on drugs are its detrimental consequences for …

https://www.aclu.org/documents/drug-policy-health-issue

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Office of Drug User Health - New York State Department of Health

(6 days ago) WEBThe Office of Drug User Health, established in 2016, houses several initiatives, each aligned with the philosophy, principles, and practices of harm reduction. Harm …

https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/consumers/prevention/oduh/

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ISSUE BRIEF: Recent Federal and State Policy Developments …

(8 days ago) WEBRecent federal policy reforms and funding decisions can be leveraged to build additional local and state support for SSPs. Over the past five years, several

https://www.lac.org/assets/files/final-SSP-issue-brief.pdf

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Drug User Health Washington State Department of Health

(5 days ago) WEBThe Drug User Health team, housed in the Office of Infectious Disease, works collaboratively to support programs that address infectious disease among people who …

https://doh.wa.gov/you-and-your-family/drug-user-health

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Public health approaches to substance use: a scoping review

(5 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Substance use is a global public health concern, and includes legal psychoactive substance use (ie, legally regulated drugs, such as tobacco, alcohol, …

https://journals.lww.com/jbisrir/Fulltext/2022/09000/Public_health_approaches_to_substance_use__a.16.aspx

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Laws and Regulations SAMHSA

(9 days ago) WEBThe Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (PDF 4.1 MB) (Public Law 117–328) (CAA, 23) was enacted in December of 2022. The CAA, 23 funded SAMHSA …

https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/laws-regulations

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Drug Policy - DEA.gov

(8 days ago) WEBDrug Policy. The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 What, if any, risk there is to the public health. (7) Its psychic or physiological dependence liability. (8) Whether the …

https://www.dea.gov/drug-information/drug-policy

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Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Overdose Prevention CDC

(Just Now) WEBSUD is a treatable, chronic disease that can affect people of any race, gender, income level, or social class. No one driving factor leads to SUD. Some people …

https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/treatment/index.html

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California pays people with addiction to stay clean — with feds’ …

(5 days ago) WEBThe National Institutes of Health issued a first-of-its-kind draft policy proposal that would require companies to submit plans for how patients will access drugs or …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/22/california-pays-people-with-addiction-stay-clean-with-feds-okay/

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DEA Releases 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment

(5 days ago) WEBWASHINGTON – Today, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram announced the release of the 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), DEA’s comprehensive …

https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2024/05/09/dea-releases-2024-national-drug-threat-assessment

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Drug overdose deaths dropped slightly in 2023 but remain high

(4 days ago) WEBUpdated Wednesday May 15 at 1:25 p.m. ET. Preliminary data released Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/15/1251239829/us-drug-overdose-deaths-provisional-2023

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Protecting and Advancing the Health of Women Through Policy, …

(7 days ago) WEBBy: Robert M. Califf, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs and Kaveeta P. Vasisht, M.D., PharmD, Associate Commissioner for Women’s Health and Director of …

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/protecting-and-advancing-health-women-through-policy-research-education-and-outreach

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Overdose Deaths Dropped in U.S. in 2023 for First Time in Five Years

(7 days ago) WEBDrug overdoses overall in 2023 were estimated at 107,543, down from 111,029 in 2022, a 3 percent drop. Opioid deaths fell 3.7 percent while deaths from …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/health/drug-overdose-deaths.html

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Drug overdose deaths in the US decreased in 2023, for the first

(8 days ago) WEBUS drug overdose deaths decreased in 2023 for the first time in five years. Link Copied! An estimated 107,500 people died from a drug overdose in the US in …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/health/overdose-deaths-decrease-2023/index.html

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Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders Medicare

(Just Now) WEBMedicare covers certain screenings, services, and programs that aid in the treatment and recovery of mental health and substance use disorders. If you or someone you know is …

https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/mental-health-substance-use-disorder

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KFF Health Tracking Poll May 2024: The Public’s Use and Views of …

(1 days ago) WEBPolling. KFF’s latest Health Tracking Poll examines the public’s views and use of an an increasingly popular class of prescription drugs used for weight loss and to …

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-may-2024-the-publics-use-and-views-of-glp-1-drugs/

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Over 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl seized by law

(4 days ago) WEBLaw enforcement seizures of illicit fentanyl increased dramatically in number and size between 2017 to 2023 in the U.S., especially in pill form, according to a new …

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/over-115-million-pills-containing-illicit-fentanyl-seized-law-enforcement-2023

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Does Legalizing Cannabis Increase Adolescent Use - The New …

(9 days ago) WEBMany health experts have worried that relaxing the laws around cannabis will lead to more use of the drug among minors. But Rebekah Levine Coley , a …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/health/marijuana-weed-adolescents-coley.html

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UnitedHealth's unit announces new drug pricing model Reuters

(3 days ago) WEBHealth category AstraZeneca to build $1.5-bln cancer drug plant in Singapore May 20, 2024 Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals category Genetic profile may predict best …

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/unitedhealths-unit-announces-new-drug-pricing-model-2024-05-20/

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