Current News

California News

newReport: Lax Rules Allow Felons to Serve as Drug and Alcohol Counselors in California – 5/16/13

newExperts Talk Prescription Drug Abuse at Santa Barbara Forum – 5/14/13

Medical board backs prescription drug reforms – 4/27/13

Addiction can be fatal in San Diego County jails – 4/17/13

Health law expands treatment for addicts in Calif. – 4/16/13

 The Role the Media Can Play in Reducing the Overdose Crisis – 4/2/13

Vivitrol helps patients beat opioid addictions – 3/29/13

Prescription drug-related deaths continue to rise in U.S. – 3/29/13

Life-Saving Drug for Heroin OD Not Widely Available – 3/22/13

San Diego Prescription Drug Abuse Medical Task Force
a Call to Stop Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse – 2/19/13

National News

newProbuphine Update – 5/21/13

newSAMHSA appoints Elinore F. McCance-Katz, M.D. to the new position of chief medical officer – 5/20/13

Health Law Could Overwhelm Addiction Services – 4/17/13

Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc. Receives FDA Response To Citizen’s Petition – 2/25/13

Fatal drug overdoses in U.S. increase for 11th consecutive year – 2/19/13

 Current Legislation

California lawmakers target prescription drug abuse – 4/15/13

Upcoming California Events

2013 COMP Symposium
Wednesday September 18, 2013

College of Problems on Drug Dependence Annual Meeting
June 15-20, 2013
San Diego, California
Contact: http://www.cpdd.vcu.edu/Pages/Meetings/FutureMeet.html

National Conference on Addiction Disorders (NCDA) 2013
September 21-25, 2013
Anaheim, California
Contact: http://www.addictionpro.com/ncad-conference/national-conference-addiction-disorders-2013

newCAADAC/CFAAP 33rd Annual Conference  
October 3-6, 2013
Sacramento, California
Contact: https://www.caadac.org/

California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) Addiction Medicine State of the Art 2013
October 16-19, 2013
San Diego, California
Contact: http://www.csam-asam.org/

Society for Neuroscience 2013 Annual Meeting
November 9-13, 2013
San Diego, California
Contact: http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=annualMeeting_futureandpast

Upcoming National Events

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) 44th Annual Medical-Scientific Conference
April 25-28, 2013
Chicago, Illinois
Contact: http://www.asam.org/

newGlobal Addiction and EUROPAD Conference
May 7-10, 2013
Pisa, Italy
Contact: http://www.globaladdiction.org/

new19th Annual National Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities (TASC) Conference on Drugs and Crime: Focus on Reentry
May 9-10, 2013
Columbus, Ohio
Contact: http://www.nationaltasc.org/index.php

National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) 2013 Annual Conference
May 18-21, 2013
San Antonio, Texas
Contact: https://www.naatp.org/events/2013-annual-conference/

American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence National Conference
November 9-13, 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contact:http://www.aatod.org