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SAMHSA has released a Dear Colleague Letter offering guidance on benzodiazepine (BZD) use in older adults. Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed for anxiety and insomnia, but older adults face higher risks of adverse events from long-term use, including falls,...

New provisional data from CDC's National Vital Statistics System predict a nearly 24% decline in drug overdose deaths in the United States for the 12 months ending in September 2024, compared to the previous year. This is the most recent national data available and...

January 28, 2025: As a federally funded program, pursuant to President Trump's executive order signed on January 20, 2025, ORN is no longer funding programs specific to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Our understanding of new executive orders is that federal...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a notice to the Federal Register, adding fentanyl to its drug testing protocol. The revised drug testing panels will go into effect at midnight (12 a.m. ET) on July 7, 2025.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to expand the number of fellows at accredited Addiction Medicine Fellowship (AMF) and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship (APF) programs trained as addiction...