"Artificial Intelligence in Addiction Scholarship: Transparency, Accountability, & Disclosure in Research & Publishing" is now online. #AI is already embedded in scholarship. The ? is no longer whether it is used, but when its use should be disclosed. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

SAj's Authors' Own Words: From "Mandated Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Qatar: An Innovative Model of Care"..."This model emphasizes the importance of balancing directed care with patient autonomy and may serve as a framework for similar initiatives in the region. " journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…

Authors' Own Words: Naloxone Distribution Models in the United States: A Scoping Review. "This review outlines the many ways in which naloxone is distributed in the United States and emphasizes a need for improved outcomes data collecting/reporting in the various settings where naloxone is distributed." journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…

SAj's AuthorsOwnWords: Redesigning a Stopped Clinical Trial as an Emulated Trial Using Real-World Data to Explore the Effectiveness of Slow-Release Oral Morphine as a Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: This commentary aims to help other researchers and trialists apply emulated trials in substance use research and beyond, emphasizing the role of this methodology in clinical research and advancing scientific knowledge that could be otherwise lost or unattainable. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…. .

SAj's AuthorsOwnWords: A Hospital-Based Intervention to Improve Access to #Buprenorphine for Patients with #OpioidUseDisorder "This paper describes a novel, volunteer physician-led interprofessional approach to identifying patients with OUD, initiating buprenorphine, and linking to office-based opioid treatment." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…

SAj's AuthorsOwnWords: Disparities in Receipt of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US Veterans Health Administration "The proportions of patients with #OUD prescribed #MOUD increased from before to during the pandemic. However, Veterans who were women, Black, Latinx, and food insecure did not experience these increases." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…

AuthorsOwnWords: The Lookout Project: A Student-Run Mail-Based Overdose Response Kit Distribution Program Through Social Media During COVID-19: "... nonprofit organization founded by college students, shows potential for informing other student-run organizations about naloxone distribution programs using social media advertising." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…

"Screening for Nonmedical Use and Misuse of Prescription Medication by #Adolescents" : "Rates of reporting the nonmedical use of prescription medication or prescription medication misuse vary by screen, and some exceed national estimates. Nonmedical use of prescription medication or prescription medication misuse may be more common than previously reported..." journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…

"Psychosocial Impact of Suspected #Xylazine Associated Skin Wounds Among People Using #Fentanyl, Philadelphia, 2022 to 2023" - "People with probable #xylazine-associated skin wounds have psychosocial concerns about and self-treat these wounds." journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…

Practice Changes 6 Months Following a Physical Therapist Training Program Regarding Opioid Use and Misuse Screening and Assessment: A Qualitative Study: "...participants found the training important and useful and strengthened their perceptions of physical therapists’ role in screening for opioid misuse." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…

"One Third of Alcohol Use Disorder Diagnoses are Missed by ICD Coding": "Our model improves the identification of patients meeting AUD criteria, outperforming ICD codes in detecting cases of AUD. Detection discrepancy...highlights clinician under documentation.." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…

"State Policies Targeting Patient Brokering and Deceptive Marketing of Substance Use Disorder Treatment" - "State policies targeting patient brokering and deceptive marketing may be useful for preventing instances of unethical SUD treatment practices..." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…

"Impact of a Web-Based Curriculum on Internal Medicine Resident Use of #Stigmatizing Language for Substance Use Disorder" - "There were trends toward improvement in language, including decreased use of stigmatizing terminology...." journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…

“SafetyNet”: Evaluation of a #RecoveryCoach and Paramedic Intervention Following Naloxone Resuscitation From an #OpioidOverdose" - "...We conducted a prospective nonrandomized study in individuals who experienced opioid overdoses, received ##naloxone..." journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…

Exploring Xylazine Awareness, Health Impacts, and Harm Reduction Strategies: Findings From a Multimethods Study in Lowell, Massachusetts: "...there is limited awareness of #xylazine among #PWUD, and they consider xylazine an unwanted adulterant." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…