Filling the Gaps: Planning for the Disaster Health Needs of Patients Taking Opioids and People Using Illicit Drugs Author: Rachel Kaul, Senior Policy Analyst, ASPR Office for At-Risk individuals, Behavioral Health and Community Resilience, and Fran…

The Double Effect of COVID-19 Confinement Measures and Economic Recession on High-Risk Drug Users and Drug Services (Editorial) Costa Storti C.· Bretteville-Jensen A.L.· De Grauwe P.· Moeller K.· Mounteney J.· Stevens A. European Addiction Researc…

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Unintentional Fatal and Nonfatal Emergency Medical Services–Attended Opioid Overdoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Philadelphia.  Khatri UG, Pizzicato LN, Viner K, et al.  JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(1):e203487…

Alcohol: a probable risk factor of COVID-19 severity.  Saengow U, Assanangkornchai S, Casswell S.  Addiction. 2021 Jan;116(1):204-205. doi: 10.1111/add.15194. Epub 2020 Aug 12. PMID: 32688440; PMCID: PMC7404678. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih…

Is substance use changing because of the COVID-19 pandemic? Conceptual and methodological considerations to delineating the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on substance use and abuse.  Jager J, Keyes KM.  Addiction. 2021 Jan 15. doi: 10…

Emerging New Psychiatric Symptoms and the Worsening of Pre-existing Mental Disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Canadian Multisite Study: Nouveaux symptômes psychiatriques émergents et détérioration des troubles mentaux préexistants pendanturan…