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DEA Announces Proposed Rules for Permanent Telemedicine Flexibilities

DEA extends many telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 PHE with appropriate safeguards WASHINGTON – Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced proposed permanent rules for the prescribing of controlled medications via telemedicine, expanding patient access to critical therapies beyond the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
International Overdose Awareness Day 2022
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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...
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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 _______________________________ 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...