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May-June 2023

Interventions and Assessments

  • Receipt of Recovery Management Checkups After Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Improves Outcomes
  • Buprenorphine Administration After Opioid Overdose by Emergency Medical Services is Feasible and May Facilitate Entry Into Treatment
  • Best Practices for Identifying and Treating Alcohol-associated Hepatitis Include Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

Health Outcomes

  • Increased Prescribing Flexibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic Was Not Associated With an Increase in Buprenorphine-involved Deaths
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Gap Shrank Slightly Between 2010 and 2019, but Vast Majority of Patients Still Do Not Receive Standard of Care
  • Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Reduce Risk of Overdose Mortality Following Incarceration
  • High Rates of Alcohol-attributable Deaths Among US Adults
  • Hospital Admissions Increase as More Young Children Are Being Exposed to Cannabis Products
  • Initial Use of Smokeless Tobacco Among Adolescents is Associated With Later Multiple Nicotine Product Use and Higher Nicotine Dependence

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