The ASAM Weekly for January 6, 2026
This Week in the ASAM WeeklyDear readers, Please enjoy the following most-read news articles from 2025. See you next week, Nicholas Athanasiou, MD, MBA, DFASAM Apply to be the ASAM Weekly Editor in Chief! ASAM Weekly, with circulation of 70,000 readers, is conducting a search for a new Editor in Chief (EIC). The EIC will serve a 1-year term from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, with the option to renew for additional years. Benefits and Compensation offered. Most-Read Article of 2025 People Say Addiction is a Disease. Mine Wasn't. The Wall Street Journal  STAT It Was a Promising Addiction Treatment. Many Patients Never Got It. The New York Times Magazine Use of this powerful synthetic opioid is growing in PA 🔓 Spotlight PA Trump is gutting more than 40 mental health, substance use programs 🔓 STAT America's Marijuana Legalization Experiment Is Going Up in Smoke 🔓 Newsweek RFK Jr. is cracking down on 7-OH. What is kratom – and how addictive is it? 🔓 What treating fentanyl users has taught me about being a doctor San Francisco Chronicle How a neuroscientist rewired his brain to recover from addiction STAT The Case for Higher-Dose Buprenorphine 🔓 Filter |