Moving Beyond Self-Report in Characterizing Drug Addiction: Using Drug-Biased Behavior to Predict Treatment Completion and Dropout in Heroin-Primary, Medication-Maintained Opioid Use Disorder.  McClain N, Ceceli AO, Drury K, Kronberg G, Garlan…

Association between the location of Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) providers and heroin-related ambulance attendances.  Hall N, Rowland B, Ogeil RP, Loos R, Nehme Z, Lubman DI.  Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2026 Feb 4;21(1):20. doi: 10…

USA. Commission to Look at Methadone Regs, But Don’t Hold Your Breath A new National Methadone Access and Quality Commission has been created by the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE). It will be headquartered at Yale University and chai…

USA. Methadone Clinics to Blame for Unacceptable Drop-Out Rates Given what the methadone clinic system subjects them to, is it really a surprise that people who take the medication in the United States don’t stay in treatment for very long? A new c…

Treating Opioid Use Disorder With Methadone in Pharmacies.  Tschampl CA, Feltus SR, Soranno E, et al.  JAMA Netw Open. 2026;9(3):e260703. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.0703 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle…

Methadone Maintenance Treatment and the Pharmacy’s Bottom Line.  Joudrey PJ.  JAMA Netw Open. 2026;9(3):e260667. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.0667 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2846509