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Date Time Federal Grantees May Now Use Funds to Purchase Fentanyl Test Strips The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced today that federal funding may now be used to purchase rapid fentanyl test strips (FTS) in an effort to help curb the dramatic spike in drug overdose deaths largely driven by the use of strong synthetic opioids, including illicitly manufactured fentanyl. FTS can be used to determine if drugs have been mixed or cut with fentanyl, providing people who use drugs and communities with ...

Federal official addresses harm reduction in West Virginia during virtual symposium By March 17, 2021 - 10:59 am CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “Unfortunate” was how the acting assistant secretary for mental health and substance use in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, SAMHSA, described attempts in West Virginia to regulate harm reduction programs. “Someone can’t get into recovery if they’re dead,” said Tom Coderre during his closing comments at Wednesday’s virtual and inaugural Reducing Risk in Higher Education Symposium. Tom Coderre “We need to meet peo...

The Biden administration announced on Thursday how it intends to spend $2.5 billion on mental health and drug addiction services through the American Rescue Plan, which President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday.

× With Pandemic Worsening the Mental Illness and Addiction Crisis, Biden Administration to Provide Nearly $2.5 Billion to States, Territories for Treatment, Prevention Aid March 12, 2021 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Funding to Support Comprehensive Community Prevention, Treatment, Recovery and Health Services The Biden Administration will provide nearly $2.5 billion in funding to states and territories to address the nation’s mental illness and addiction crisis, which has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Substance Abuse and Me...

With Covid-19 causing so much death, addiction advocates worry the nation’s “other” epidemic has become a second-tier issue in Washington.