- Arkansas Children’s in Little Rock is opening a first-of-its-kind center that will focus on the “impacts of the opioid crisis on the fetus, newborn and developing children.”
- AltaPointe’s Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Mobile, Ala., has begun offering the use of ketamine to help transition a patient from fentanyl to addiction-treatment medicine buprenorphine.
- Two senators introduced legislation to increase the addiction care workforce through a student loan debt relief program.
- The Biden administration unveiled a list of resources to help businesses and state leaders increase employment opportunities for Americans struggling with substance use disorder or who are in recovery.
- The first stabilization center in Washington, D.C., opened and offers emergency crisis intervention for adults experiencing substance use disorder.
- Franklin, Tenn.-based Landmark Recovery opened an addiction treatment center in Westerville, Ohio.
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