There were more registrants than seats at the second annual Allegheny County Overdose Prevention Coalition (ACOPC) conference held July 24 at the University of Pittsburgh. Here is New Allegheny County data, a Massachusetts model, and a local public health response.
Our Inaugural Annual Retrospective
Last July—specifically, last July 29, exactly one year ago—we launched IRETA Blog. Even as we published our first post, we weren’t entirely sure what our blog would become.
What makes recovery difficult for the criminal justice population?
Seth Ferranti has been in recovery for 10 years and is nearing the end of a 25-year prison sentence. He writes articles about addiction and incarceration for The Fix, a popular online news source about addiction and recovery.
Pills for your Ills
Exploring the relationship between direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical marketing and addiction.
Pennsylvania Looks to Upgrade Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Modern Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs reduce prescription drug abuse and related harms.
The Extraordinary Science of Anti-Drug Vaccines
Let’s be clear: vaccines are seriously amazing. In the last century, they’ve all but eliminated wretched diseases like smallpox (nightmarish) and polio (dreadful). Here is how they work and what they might do.
Navigating the Gap
A compelling method for working in the space between addiction research and practice.
SBIRT in Hospitals: It Can Be Done
Dr. Lauren Broyles has a well-defined vision for how nurses can contribute meaningfully to the conversation of substance use in the hospital setting. IRETA staff member Dr. Dawn Lindsay shares Dr. Broyles’ manifesto and model project
Regulation will Change Cigarettes in the Future–The Question is When
Since its founding in 1906, the function of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been to protect and promote public health by ensuring that the products placed for sale on the market are safe for consumers. Now, the FDA is working to adjust nicotine to “non-addictive levels.”
What New Recovery Research is Teaching Us
First-of-its kind survey begins to measure the effect of recovery
