USA. Increasing Access to MAT: What Is the Role of Harm Reduction? There are moves—important and funded ones—to support the expansion of medication-assisted treatment (MAT), but those moves apply mostly to office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) provi…

Schweiz. Immer mehr Pflegebedürftige bei Heroinabgabe Die Patienten der Heroinabgabe in Bern werden immer älter - und sie sind zusehends pflegebedürftig. Das geht aus dem Jahresbericht hervor, den die Heroingestützte Behandlung KODA publiziert hat…

USA. As overdoses rise, New Jersey removes a barrier to treatment for opioid addiction Starting this week, Medicaid recipients in New Jersey no longer have to wait for approval from an insurance company before a doctor can prescribe them opioid-add…

END OF LIFE CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMATIC SUBSTANCE USE AND THEIR FAMILIES People with alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems, and their families,deserve the same respect and dignity at the end of their lives as people without AOD problems. (drin…

Provider and patient perspectives on barriers to buprenorphine adherence and the acceptability of video directly observed therapy to enhance adherence. Godersky ME, Saxon AJ, Merrill JO, Samet JH, Simoni JM, Tsui JI. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2019 Ma…

Applying Behavioural Incentives to Increase Adherence to Maintenance Treatment. Komasi S, Saeidi M, Sariaslani P, Soroush A. Malays J Med Sci. 2018 Nov;25(6):137-140. doi: 10.21315/mjms2018.25.6.14.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles…