AMA Ed Hub Logo

Get fast-track DEA training from AMA Ed Hub™
Red JAMA Logo

Learn more on substance use disorders from JAMA Network™
2025 Annual Meeting of the HOD

Learn more on substance use disorders from PolicyFinder
Mature patient talking with psychotherapist in an office

Care for substance use disorder guide

Updated
| 3 Min Read
Clear Search
·
2 Min Read

AMA statement on making naloxone available over the counter

The AMA strongly supports the FDA decision to make the opioid overdose-reversing drug naloxone available over the counter, a position we have long championed.

Press Releases
Pregnant patient and physician
·
4 Min Read

Stepping up to help pregnant patients with substance-use disorders

AMA member Ruchi Fitzgerald, MD, helps run an innovative effort to help pregnant patients and others with substance-use disorder get lifesaving care.

Behavioral Health
·
13 Min Read

Feb. 24, 2023: National Advocacy Update

FDA advisory panels vote 19-0 in favor of OTC naloxone and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
·
2 Min Read

AMA: FDA panels’ naloxone recommendation will save lives

Two advisory committees voted today to recommend to the FDA that naloxone, the overdose-reversing drug, be available over the counter.

Press Releases
·
2 Min Read

Jan. 27, 2023: Advocacy Update spotlight on buprenorphine prescribing

Buprenorphine prescribing now available to all DEA-registered physicians and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
Profile of smiling person looking out the window
·
4 Min Read

Meet 25 heroes saving lives amid the drug-overdose epidemic

It’s time to pursue policies shown to help. An AMA report celebrates the physicians and advocates working to follow the evidence.

Behavioral Health
·
4 Min Read

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Nov. 28, 2022

In the news: Premature brain aging in teens, substance abuse on the rise among older adults, 28-year high for gun-related fatalities and more.

Publications & Newsletters
·
8 Min Read

Dec. 2, 2022: National Advocacy Update

Moving from policy to action: Fighting the nation’s drug overdose and death epidemic, and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
·
4 Min Read

Funds will bolster scores of syringe services programs

Formerly called needle-exchange programs, these efforts cut bloodborne infections and overdose deaths, and serve as a bridge to treatment. Learn more.

Behavioral Health