Updates

The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, provisional data on ED visits for overdose, and fentanyl-positive deaths reports.   Suspected Overdose Deaths There were 335...

The White House recently unveiled a new plan to address the growing presence of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, in the country’s illicit drug supply. In recent years, xylazine, which is commonly known as “tranq,” has helped to accelerate the already-deadly U.S....

The report highlights the emerging threat of the presence of xylazine, a nonopioid sedative not approved for human use, in illicitly-made fentanyl (IMF) products. Using data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) State Unintentional Drug Overdose...

In a Psychiatric Services Pages to Practice podcast, Dr. Joe Parks, the National Council’s medical director, joined co-hosts Dr. Lisa Dixon and Dr. Josh Berezin to discuss guidelines for clinicians on how to deal with the increased prevalence of drugs adulterated with...

While cannabis use in the military is low, with the expansion of legalization of marijuana, particularly for medical use, the authors review the current evidence for use of cannabis products for treatment of pain and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). After...