The ASAM Weekly for January 2, 2024
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
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The ASAM Weekly
Editors & Staff
Editor-in-Chief: Nicholas Athanasiou, MD, MBA, DFASAM
Emeritus Editor: William Haning, MD, DFAPA, DFASAM
Publications Chair: Nicholas Athanasiou, MD, MBA, DFASAM
Co-Editors: Brandon
Aden, MD, Jack Woodside, MD, John A. Fromson, MD
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