TnSAM Chapter Monthly Meetings
Please contact Dr. Zotos or ASAM membership for dates and times.
A Zoom invitation will be sent to members upon request.
DEA Announces Important Change to Registration Requirement
Dear DEA Registrant:
On December 29, 2022, with the signing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (the Act), Congress eliminated the “DATA-Waiver Program.”
DEA fully supports this significant policy reform. At this moment, when the United States is suffering tens of thousands of opioid-related drug poisoning deaths every year, the DEA’s top priority is doing everything in...
Toxicology Question of the Week: Approaches for Harm Reduction in the State of Tennessee
January 20, 2023: Approaches for Harm Reduction in the State of Tennessee
TOXICOLOGY QUESTION OF THE WEEK
JANUARY 20, 2023
APPROACHES FOR HARM REDUCTION IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE
As promised, the following are the thoughts/proposals of Dr. Reid Finlayson.
I support harm reduction but propose that reorganization to improve evaluation and evidence-based medical treatment will resolve...
US Settlement Signals Protection for Addiction Medicine
By Travis Loller
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee correctional officer will receive $160,000 in back pay and damages after he was forced to resign for taking Suboxone to treat his opioid use disorder, if a judge approves a landmark consent decree filed in federal court in Nashville on Wednesday.
It is the first time the U.S. Department of Justice has used the Americans with...
National Crisis of Gen-Z
Jonathan Haidt on the ‘National Crisis’ of Gen Z
Warped by social media and a victimhood culture,today’s young people will imperil American culture and capitalism,the social psychologist warns.
The phrase “generation gap” became popular in the late 1960s, as baby boomers were coming of age. To hear social psychologist Jonathan Haidt tell it, today’s generation gap has widened into a...
Psychiatrist Sentenced to 54 Months in Jail for Addiction Treatment Fraud
This article by Megan Brooks, July 08, 2022 can be viewed in its original format on the Medscape Website
Psychiatrist Jose Santeiro, MD, of Miami Lakes, Florida, has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for engaging in a scheme that fraudulently billed about $112 million for substance abuse services that were never provided or were medically unnecessary, the US...
International Overdose Awareness Day
We are sharing the information below on behalf of our colleagues at the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
International Overdose Awareness Day is coming up August 31. To mark the date, the State of Tennessee and its community partners are holding trainings on overdose reversal. The medication known as naloxone (brand name Narcan) is an easy-to-use overdose...
TNSAM’s Support for the Enactment of SB 2572
TnSAM supports SB2572 A Bill to increase access to Naloxone to reduce overdose deaths.
View letter to Governor Lee
Bad news-good news: Each additional ACE increases opioid relapse rate by 17%; each ACE-informed treatment visit reduces it by 2%
August 15, 2019By Jane Ellen Stevens in ACE Study
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It’s no surprise that serious childhood trauma can lead people to use opioids. In the absence of healthy alternatives and an understanding of how experiences — such as living with a parent who’s alcoholic or depressed, divorce, and being constantly yelled at when you’re a kid — can make your adult...
Driving Under the Influence of Drugs and Alcohol – A Report Pursuant to House Bill 17-1315
As mandated by House Bill 17-1315 in Colorado, this report provides a comprehensive overview of the public safety impacts of drug-impaired driving, highlighting the drugs involved and the court outcomes of driving under the influence case filings from 2018.
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Mandatory Medicaid State Plan Coverage of Medication-assisted Treatment
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing the following guidance about section 1006(b) of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (herein referred to as the SUPPORT Act) (Pub. L. No. 115-271). To increase access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders...