September-October 2020
Interventions and Assessments
- Few Adolescent-serving Addiction Treatment Centers in the US Offer Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
- Brief Interventions May Be Effective for Lower-risk Non-cannabis Substance Use
Health Outcomes
- Higher-Potency Cannabis Use Associated With Cannabis Use Problems and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Young Adults
- Canadian Geospatial Analysis Finds Association Between Cannabis Use and Major Congenital Anomalies
- Prenatal Exposure to Buprenorphine or Methadone Is Not Clearly Associated with Children’s Cognitive Outcomes
- Oral Antibiotics Decrease Readmissions Among People Who Inject Drugs Admitted With Invasive Infections Leaving Against Medical Advice
- Does Initiation of Opioid Agonist Therapy Affect the Use of Other Substances?
Prescription Drugs and Pain
- Discontinuation of Opioid Analgesics is Particularly Risky for Those With Mental Illness or Substance Use Disorders
- Increased Pain Sensitivity in Patients with Chronic Pain Who Developed Opioid Use Disorder