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Top Stories & Key Reads of the Week

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Kids Who Use E-Cigarettes More Likely to Use Tobacco Products in the Future: WHO

Children who use e-cigarettes are up to three times more likely to use tobacco products in the future, according to a new report by the World Health Organization. Read More

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Addiction Treatment Advocates Express Concern About Opioid Settlement Deal

Addiction treatment advocates have concerns about the $26 billion settlement announced last week that ended lawsuits over the opioid crisis, Reuters reports. Advocates say the funds will arrive slowly and could be misspent. Read More

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Schizophrenia Cases Linked to Cannabis Use Disorder Have Increased

A new study suggests the proportion of cases of schizophrenia associated with cannabis use disorder has increased three- to four-fold during the past two decades. Read More

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Policy News Roundup

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Research News Roundup

View our curated digest of the latest research news, including an intervention to foster parenting skills to families with histories of opioid use.

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Partnership in the News & Other Headlines

Partnership in the News

Maine is the first state in the US to rollout a statewide overdose alert program (NBC’s News Center Maine)
Quotes Kevin Collins, Vice President of Family and Community Support Services at Partnership to end Addiction

Maine first state to roll out text alerts when drug overdoses spike (Portland Press Herald)
Quotes Kevin Collins, Vice President of Family and Community Support Services at Partnership to End Addiction

Other Headlines of Interest

Listen now: “Drunk Dreams,” Emerging from the Pandemic and Destigmatizing Addiction with Political Commentator Molly Jong-Fast (Heart of the Matter with Elizabeth Vargas)

What Those in Power Are Missing About the Opioid Epidemic (The Atlantic)

How Drug Users Developed a Key Approach to Fighting Covid (The New York Times)

Never too late: Cancer centers push patients to quit smoking (ABC)