Prescribing Practices of Rural Physicians Waivered to Prescribe Buprenorphine. Andrilla CHA, Coulthard C, Patterson DG. Am J Prev Med. 2018 Jun;54(6S3):S208-S214. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.02.006. https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797%28…

Cost of provision of opioid substitution therapy provision in Tijuana, Mexico. Burgos JL, Cepeda JA, Kahn JG, Mittal ML, Meza E, Lazos RRP, Vargas PC, Vickerman P, Strathdee SA, Martin NK. Harm Reduct J. 2018 May 23;15(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s12954-0…

USA. Advancing Therapeutic Development for Pain and Opioid Use Disorders Through Public-Private Partnerships: Proceedings of a Workshop. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press…

USA. APF Launches Hospital Toolkit to support emergency medicine providers as part of a comprehensive response to addiction This toolkit is open source, and we encourage you to utilize it to begin dialogues with Emergency Department physicians, nur…

USA. We really do have a solution to the opioid epidemic — and one state is showing it works Virginia shows how Medicaid can help end the opioid crisis. (VOX, USA, 10.05.2018) https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/10/17256572/opioid…

Barriers and facilitators affecting the implementation of substance use screening in primary care clinics: a qualitative study of patients, providers, and staff. McNeely J, Kumar PC, Rieckmann T, Sedlander E, Farkas S, Chollak C, Kannry JL, Vega A…