Substance Use & Addiction Journal (SAj)

Authors' own words: "Screening for Nonmedical Use and Misuse of Prescription Medication by #Adolescents" : "Nonmedical use of prescription medication or prescription medication misuse may be more common than previously reported..."

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"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."

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Practice Changes 6 Months Following a Physical Therapist Training Program Regarding Opioid Use and Misuse Screening and Assessment: A Qualitative Study:"...participants...strengthened their perceptions of physical therapists’ role in screening for opioid misuse."
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"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.."
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State Policies Targeting Patient Brokering and Deceptive Marketing of Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Melissa M. Garrido, Kiersten Strombotne, PhiYen Nguyen, Steven D. Pizer, Austin B. Frakt, 2025 Objectives: To characterize state laws targeting patient brokering and deceptive marketing of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Background: Patient broke...

"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..."

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"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 t

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“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..."

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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."

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Development of a Patient and Clinician Informed Website on Injection Drug Use Related Infective Endocarditis - Carolyn A. Chan, Rebecca Minahan-Rowley, Emma T. Biegacki, Kimberly L. Sue, Melissa B. We... Background: Few patient-facing educational materials and interventions exist for the prevention of injection drug use-related infective endocarditis (IDU-IE). W...

Development of a Patient and Clinician Informed Website on Injection Drug Use Related Infective Endocarditis (IDU-IE): "A patient & clinician-informed website on IDU-IE is acceptable...to use as a patient education resource to help prevent IDU-IE-related harms." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

"Among patients treated with buprenorphine or methadone, with each additional treatment month since baseline, those who continued with treatment appeared to be more likely to report 17% to 25% decreased odds of past 30-day nonprescribed opioid use."

Association Between Length of Buprenorphine or Methadone Use and Nonprescribed Opioid Use Among Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder: A Cohort Study - Xinyi Jiang, Gery P. Guy, Jill A. Dever, John S. ... Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) affects millions of individuals each year in the United States. Patient retention in medications for opioid use disorder (...

Authors' Own Words: From Association Between Length of #Buprenorphine or #Methadone Use and Nonprescribed Opioid Use Among Individuals with #OpioidUseDisorder: A Cohort Study journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

"Our findings show that individuals in recovery from #SUD had highly + experiences with the episodic resonant breathing app. A + user experience may improve adherence to the intervention & the self-management of stress, anxiety, and craving relapse triggers." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Linkage to Care Outcomes Following Treatment in A Low-Threshold Substance Use Disorder Bridge Clinic - Sarah K. Casey, Sydney Howard, Susan Regan, Alison Romero, Elizabeth A. Powell, Laura Kehoe, Mart... Background: Treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) remains low in the United States. To better meet needs of people who use alcohol and other drugs, low th...

AUTHORS' OWN WORDS: "Of those participants who transitioned out of a [#lowthreshhold] #bridgeclinic into community-based #SUD care, 78% were successfully connected to ongoing care and 84% were still in care at follow-up." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

AUTHORS' OWN WORDS: "Recovery Ecosystem Index scores were generally inversely associated with #drugoverdose mortality rates in US counties, suggesting that communities have stronger #recovery systems and services as the burden of #SUD increases. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Authors' Own Words: "A 90-minute #buprenorphine training improved residents’ attitudes toward, perceptions of competency, and knowledge of buprenorphine delivery to patients with #OUD in the inpatient and outpatient setting." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

AUTHORS' OWN WORDS: "Few studies have examined the public’s perception of blame for the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic directed at distinct groups. ...Perceived blameworthiness for the opioid overdose epidemic is related to knowledge and understanding of OUD." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

SAj started our 2025-2026 SAj Editorial Scholar Program. 2 scholars are 1) learning about the editorial process; 2) joining the diverse/outstanding SAj Editorial Team; & 3) learning along side our Editors as we navigate the academic addiction environment. Congrats EvansKyei and BeckyHalmo!

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Hot off the press in @sajamersa.bsky.social: “Un attracteur de soins”: Bringing People Into Care. Interdisciplinary Health Care Professionals’ Attitudes Toward Opioid Agonist Therapy in France: a Qualitative Study with Implications for the United States/ 🧵

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SAj is pleased to announce our 2025 Volume 46, Issue 1 SAj Editors' Choice Award: authored by Acevedo A & colleagues - "Disparities in Alcohol Treatment Use at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Insurance." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39344041/ Original. Important. Provocative.

SAj's Editorial Efficiency Metrics for Feb 2025! Over 12 months: articles received/decided on= 347/400. Monthly average papers to consider = 28.9. Mean days to first/last decision = 39.9/48.8 days. Currently: 61 paper under review. Accept ratio = 32.5% over 12 months.

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: A quarterly review of happenings at SAj. SAj Awards, SAj Editorial Scholar Program, Peer Review recognition, and more. amersa.org/from-the-edi...

The call for abstracts, workshops, and awards for #AMERSA2025 (November 13-15 in Portland, Oregon) opened over the weekend! Submissions focused on expanding access to substance use resources that increase positive health outcomes are encouraged. Submit by May 1 here: amersa.org/annual-confe...

AUTHORS' OWN WORDS: "Racial Differences in Medications for Opioid Use Disorder #MOUD Initiation in a Carceral Setting: "...race influences the relationship between MOUD initiation status and the selected MOUD treatment during #incarceration."
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We are proud to announce our SAj Editorial Scholar Program (amersa.org/saj-editoria...)! The goal of the Program is to engage early career clinical or health services scholars with SAj’s editorial team to learn about editorial decision-making and enhance skills in scientific communication.

AUTHORS' OWN WORDS: Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol in People With Major Depressive Episodes and Alcohol Use Disorder: "From 2005 to 2019, driving under the influence #alcohol (#DUIA) declined...with varying rates of decrease across different...groups"

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