Updates
Addiction Medicine Conference Brings Energy, Insight, and Connection to Asheville
Recently, the Governor’s Institute’s 2026 Addiction Medicine Conference in Asheville, NC brought together hundreds of healthcare professionals for a dynamic and engaging experience focused on advancing substance use disorder (SUD) care. Held April 9–11, the...
April is Alcohol Awareness Month
Alcohol Awareness Month is a time to raise awareness and increase understanding of how alcohol use impacts our health and communities. In the United States, alcohol contributes to more than 178,000 deaths each year, making it one of the leading preventable causes of...
AMA 2025 Report on Substance Use and Treatment Sees Drop in Overdose Deaths, Calls on Policymakers to Remove Obstacles to Evidence-based Care
The American Medical Association’s 2025 Report on Substance Use and Treatment notes a decline in overdose deaths while also underscoring the continued complexity of the epidemic amid rising polysubstance use and an increasingly unpredictable illicit drug supply. The...
Scientists Discover Why Mental Disorders So Often Overlap
A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness and why diagnoses so often pile up. By analyzing genetic data from more than six million people, researchers uncovered deep genetic connections across 14 psychiatric conditions, showing that...
New Federal Privacy Rules for Substance Use Disorder Records: What Ketamine and Psychedelic Providers Need to Know
The regulatory landscape for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment records is changing—and the impact will extend far beyond traditional addiction treatment programs. With treatment options for SUD limited, some providers are exploring ketamine as a potential therapy...
Coming Events
NC Statewide Overdose Reports
February 2026
The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, fentanyl-positive deaths, and provisional data on Emergency Department (ED) visits for overdose reports. For information on...
January 2026
The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, fentanyl-positive deaths, and provisional data on Emergency Department (ED) visits for overdose reports. For information on...
December 2025
The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, fentanyl-positive deaths, and provisional data on Emergency Department (ED) visits for overdose reports. For information on...
Learn more about our conferences and educational opportunities
Addiction Medicine Spring and Fall Conferences provide up-to-date substance use related education, applicable across general medical as well as addiction specialty practices.