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Bringing DC healthcare providers the latest news, events, and resources to improve care for patients with substance use disorders and chronic pain management.
October 2023
Education Opportunities
DACS Webinar
Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Carceral Settings: Background, Implementation, Risk Mitigation, Acceptance
Save the Date: Wednesday, November 8
Presented by DACS Medical Director, Eric Weintraub, MD
BMC Grayken Center for Addiction TTA
Using Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine in Addiction Treatment
This article underscores NIDA's focus on researching health disparities and diversifying the scientific workforce. It emphasizes measuring disparities in substance use, improving data limitations, studying causal mechanisms for policy enhancement, and removing structural barriers in addiction science training.
Fentanyl mixed with cocaine or meth is driving the '4th wave' of the overdose crisis
A new study finds a 50-fold growth in deaths from combined use of stimulants and opioids. DACS medical director, Dr. Eric Weintraub, weighed in: "The drug supply is so toxic and dangerous, so if somebody's using cocaine on the weekends here and there and they get the wrong batch, they could die of an overdose as well."
Impact of a high-volume overdose prevention site on social and drug disorder in surrounding areas in San Francisco
This study found that implementing authorized OPS services in a U.S. city did not increase the prevalence of visible signs of drug use and homelessness in the surrounding area, similar to OPS findings outside the U.S.
