Addiction and the Brain: 3 Facts You Need to Know
Saying It Nicer – The Importance of Language Around the Disease of Addiction
In October, ABC News reporter Amy Robach brought up Hunter Biden’s issues with substance use in an interview, commenting that he had been “in and out or rehab seven, eight times.” Biden, who is the son of President Joe Biden,…
Easier to Prescribe Opioids Than Buprenorphine – Experts Lament Patient Barriers to Medication-Assisted Treatment
A panel of experts recently appeared before a Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) in early 2019 to discuss barriers to medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Despite some headway, patients on Medicaid continue to face a number of barriers to…
WE NEED YOUR SIGNATURE – Make Counseling and Therapeutic Intervention Mandatory for Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Funding
AZZLY joins the Behavioral Health Association of Providers (BHAP) in asking you to support the behavioral health industry by signing this petition. This petition will be delivered to President Trump, the Senate, and the House of Representatives and would urge…
“Worst Public Health Crisis Since AIDS”: Barriers for Opioid Use Disorder Patients Seeking Treatment
If you’re reading this post, you likely already know the seriousness of the opioid epidemic currently in the United States. The opioid epidemic is the largest the U.S. has faced in decades, arguably since the emergence of AIDS. Opioid use…
Drug Distributor McKesson Shipped Five Million Opioid Pills to West Virginia Town of 400 in Two Years
In 2018, five drug distribution executives were summoned to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee oversight panel. The panel covered more than a dozen case studies, but one of the most striking was the case of Kermit, West…
Lawyer Behind Multibillion-Dollar Big Tobacco Lawsuit is Now Suing Big Opioid
Former Mississippi attorney general Mike Moore famously orchestrated a $250 billion settlement from major tobacco companies in the 1990s. Now he's back to take on the opioid industry. CBS covered Moore and his efforts in a Sunday, December 16, episode…
Meth’s Big Comeback
Meth is back. And it's surging faster than you might realize. While U.S. discussion and policy has focused on combating opioid addiction (the 70-bill Opioid Crisis Response Act was passed just this October), the methamphetamine crisis may have been returning…
Health and Human Services Will Allow More Waivers to IMD Exclusion From Medicaid
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced this November in a speech to the National Association of Medicaid Directors that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would allow states to waive the IMD exclusion, "giving states more flexibility…