This Week in the ASAM Weekly

Dear readers,

Please enjoy the top news stories from 2023.

Happy New Year,

Nicholas Athanasiou, MD, MBA, DFASAM
Editor in Chief

with Co-Editors: Brandon Aden, MD, MPH, FASAM, Debra R. Newman, PA-C, MSPAS, MPH, Jack Woodside, MD, John A. Fromson, MD

Most Read News of 2023

The X-waiver is officially dead

Medpage Today

Binge Drinking May Be Curbed With a Pill

The New York Times

California Tries Paying Drug Users to Stay Sober

The New York Times

California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms, other psychedelics

Los Angeles Times

Portugal's drug decriminalization faces opposition as addiction multiplies

The Washington Post

DEA seeks to temporarily extend virtual prescribing for controlled substances 

The Washington Post

‘Poor Man’s Cocaine’ May Hit Europe and the US After Wreaking Havoc in the Middle East

The Messenger

Study to evaluate expanded methadone access amid opioid crisis

STAT News

People Can’t Get Their A.D.H.D. Medicine, and That’s a Sign of a Larger Problem

The New York Times

What Ozempic Reveals About Desire

New York Times