1. Continuing changes to US drug supply
2. New US dieta guidelines dropped alcohol limits
3. New guideline on benzodiazepine taper
4. There is a new federal policy letter that *federal* funds can't be used for fentanyl test strips
5. Medication "only" services for OUD not allowed
Here's our 2026 Addiction Medicine Update
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Headlines in the news
1. A decline in overdose deaths
2. Reasons: naloxone/treatment, loss of users who have died, declining high-potency fentanyl availability
3. About 60% of overdose deaths from 2018-24 involved *stimulants*
People with schizophrenia in developing countries have *better* outcomes than in places like the US, despite our better access to meds
When it comes to mental illness, life context changes everything
Here's Dr. Khameer Kidia on our latest podcast from On Becoming a Healer: pod.link/healer/episo...
