USA. How OTPs Can Help Pain Patients With OUDS: SAMHSA Can opioid treatment programs (OTPs) help pain patients who no longer need opioids for pain? Absolutely, says Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, PhD, assistant secretary for mental health and substan…

USA. The “Three-Day Rule” Needs To Be Extended to Allow Longer Treatment With Methadone or Buprenorphine In 2017, Gail Groves Scott, MPH, manager of the Substance Use Disorders Institute at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, wrote a pa…

USA. Fraction of U.S. Outpatient Treatment Centers Offer Medication for Opioid Addiction Study finds that most substance use disorder treatment facilities still do not offer medication treatment for opioid use disorder. (Johns Hopkins Bloomber…

USA. USING MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT TO TREAT OPIOID USE DISORDER: LEARNING FROM PAST EXPERIENCE TO GUIDE POLICY MARK W. PARRINO, M.P.A., PRESIDENT AATOD - The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, 2019 http://www.aatod…

Emergency Department and Hospital Care for Opioid Use Disorder: Implementation of Statewide Standards in Rhode Island, 2017-2018. Samuels EA, McDonald JV, McCormick M, Koziol J, Friedman C, Alexander-Scott N. Am J Public Health. 2018 Dec 20:e1-e4…

Rhode Island Domestic Violence Shelter Policies, Practices, and Experiences Pertaining to Survivors With Opioid Use Disorder: Results of a Qualitative Study. Rothman EF, Stone R, Bagley SM. Subst Abuse. 2018 Nov 27;12:1178221818812895. doi: 10.117…