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Provides guidance for the use of medication-assisted treatment for alcoholism and alcohol abuse in clinical practice. Summarizes approved medications and discusses screening and patient assessment, treatment planning, and patient monitoring.
Provides examples of city actions to address the opioid epidemic and highlights opportunities — through the use of Medicaid, federal grants, and other resources — to expand those efforts.
Describes the aims of naloxone access laws and the various forms they can take. Naloxone access laws make naloxone easier to obtain by expanding how the medication can be distributed beyond traditional prescriptions.
Details how underage drinkers (ages 12 to 20) who were treated in hospital emergency departments were more than twice as likely to wind up with a serious health outcome if they also used drugs at the same time. This data spotlight brief also describes the importance role parents and adult caregivers can play in preventing alcohol use among this age group.