“Drug czar” is a colloquial term for the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a position in the Obama administration. There are a lot of cooks in this particular kitchen, which makes the ONDCP’s job complicated.
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Infographic: Benzodiazepine Use and Medication-Assisted Treatment
Here at IRETA, we’ve been thinking about patient safety in medication-assisted treatment for a number of years, and have more recently zeroed in on the issue of benzodiazepine use among methadone and buprenorphine patients. Patient education about benzodiazepines is key.
Tips for Enhancing a Brief Intervention: Talking about sleep, nutrition, stress and anger
It’s one thing to receive training in the evidence-based practice of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) and quite another to actually do SBIRT. IRETA offers a spring webinar series on Motivational Interviewing techniques.
Women Have Been Particularly Affected by the War on Drugs, Part II
How can we use what we know about women and the War on Drugs to create real drug policy reform? This is part 2 of “Women Have Been Particularly Affected by the War on Drugs.”
Bars Without Booze
Non-alcoholic bars are cool, say the Brits. Will we follow suit? The owners of the upcoming Counterfeit Bar in Phoenix, AZ, say yes.
Pew’s Public Safety Performance Project at Work in Pennsylvania
Aided by IRETA, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections develops performance measures for prison mental health services.
Study finds methadone clinics don’t increase crime in Baltimore neighborhoods
Methadone is a federally-regulated medication that, by law, is dispensed only by licensed treatment settings when used to treat opioid addiction. It has been studied exhaustively and many of its benefits are undisputed in the research literature.
Get High or Die Trying
Maxim Furek sent us an article titled “Get High or Die Trying in the Summer of 2006,” which he wrote on spike in overdose deaths a few years back caused by a mixture of heroin and fentanyl. The overdose outbreak that hit Pittsburgh in 2006 sounds a lot like today.
Dr. Westley Clark on Overdose
Prevention of prescription drug abuse can start with education about the risk of overdose death.
SLAM is a Recovery High School in the Making
Advocacy continues for a high school in New York City that specifically supports abstinence.
