USA. SAMHSA Ushers in Law Enforcement “Fishing Expeditions” for MAT Patients The federal government’s move to ditch confidentiality regulations for substance use disorder treatment will increase patients’ exposure to law enforcement investigations…

Schweiz. Spannungsfeld zwischen Fürsorge und Selbstbestimmung - Umgang mit Sucht im Pflegealltag Alwin Bachmann; Linda Gotsmann, Jonas Wenger Suchtprobleme bei betreuten älteren Männern und Frauen stellen Pflegefachleute und Pflegeorganisatio…

Offering the best death possible: supporting people using substances at the end of life. Galvani, S. (2019)  Addiction, doi.org/10.1111/add.14779. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.14779

USA. Emergency Departments Can Help Prevent Opioid Overdoses One of the biggest risk factors for overdose death from opioids is having had a previous overdose. Common sense and a growing body of research suggest that patients with opioid use disord…

USA. Feds to Revamp Confidentiality Rules for Addiction Treatment Federal health officials proposed Thursday to revamp stringent patient confidentiality regulations from the 1970s to encourage coordination among medical professionals treating peopl…

The darker side of paradise: heroin addiction in Zanzibar Yee, Amy The Lancet, Volume 394, Issue 10200, 721 - 722  Behind the beautiful touristic sand beaches, sober recovery houses provide safe havens for the thousands of people dealing wit…