Left Behind: Puerto Rico’S Opioid Crisis After Hurricane Maria (Video) When Hurricane Maria swept over the island of Puerto Rico in 2017, the storm caused massive disruptions for residents’ everyday lives. Interruptions of power, service delivery a…

USA. Climate disasters create life-threatening disruptions for people on methadone U.S. reliance on opioid treatment programs as exclusive dispenser of methadone is untenable.  Climate disasters are now part of America’s day-to-day landscape…

Racial and Ethnic Factors and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment After an Emergency Department Visit.  Coupet E, Chawarski MC, Hercules K, et al.  JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(7):e2520661. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.20661 http…

Barriers and facilitators to injectable opioid agonist treatment engagement within a structural vulnerability context: a qualitative study of patient experiences in Vancouver, Canada.  Mayer S, Fairbairn N, Fowler A, Boyd J, Kerr T, McNeil R.&…

Addiction Medicine Consultation and Harm Reduction Among Adolescents Presenting to the Emergency Department.  Ali SA, Shell J, Makala D, Bedder M.  Subst Use Misuse. 2025 Jun 7:1-9. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2025.2508742. Epub ahead of print…

Evaluation of a hospital-based opioid stewardship program on high-risk opioid prescribing in a Canadian setting: an interrupted time series analysis.  Ti L, Mihic T, Beauchesne A, Grant C, Frank I, Haji N, Legal M, Shalansky S, Nolan S. …