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Special Report from the CDC: Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Marijuana, or other Illicit Drugs Among Drivers Under 16
Alcohol-impaired driving deaths per year remained at about 10,000 from 2010 to 2020 but increased to 13,500 in 2022. This paper analyzed data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health to study driving under the influence of alcohol (DUIA), marijuana (DUIM), and...
Availability of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in US Psychiatric Hospitals
Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), namely methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone, remain the most effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), yet they remain underutilized. This cross-sectional study aimed to describe MOUD availability at psychiatric...
SAMSHA Survey Results: Data on SUD and Mental Health Treatment Facilities
The 2023 National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey report is based on data collected from 20,681 treatment facilities across the U.S., including 14,620 facilities for substance use, 9,856 for mental health and 3,795 offering both types of treatment....
New NC Statewide Overdose Surveillance Reports for October 2024
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. While the year-to-date...
New Data Shows Overdose Deaths are Rising Among Black and Indigenous Americans
The recent decline in overdose deaths hides a tremendous disparity by race: Deaths have fallen only among white people while continuing to rise among people of color, according to a new Stateline analysis of federal data. Health experts in nonwhite communities say...
Eliminate Systemic Inequities for Black Mothers With SUD
Between 2010 and 2017, the U.S. saw a 131% increase in maternal opioid use disorder at delivery. There also was an 83% rise in cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome due to prenatal opioid exposure. Additionally, between 2016 and 2020, there was a 3.6% increase in...
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