Topic in Focus: Substance Use Disorders

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Rising cervical cancer rates and a new at-home screening test for cervical cancer

Jul 24, 2025 | 10 Min Read
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6 reasons to join the AMA

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Fighting stigma, building a career treating substance-use disorders

Learn how AMA member Alena Balasanova, MD, is helping to fill the gaps in addiction psychiatry and medication-assisted treatment in Nebraska.

Behavioral Health
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Black patients less likely to get treatment for opioid-use disorder

Financial barriers widen racial inequities in access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid-use disorder, creating a large disparity in prescriptions.

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The opioid epidemic and emerging public health policy priorities

Adm. Brett P. Giroir, MD, of the Department of Health and Human Services, explores this national problem, along with potential solutions.

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90% who need substance-use disorder treatment don’t get it

But we can change that by removing the barriers to evidence-based medical treatment for this chronic medical condition.

Behavioral Health
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Oct. 18, 2019: State Advocacy Update

Bridging the gap between the ED and long-term SUD care and raising awareness about the opioid epidemic in the latest AMA state advocacy news.

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Oct. 4, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Congressional oversight on health IT, substance use disorder records, veteran suicide and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

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Oct. 4, 2019: State Advocacy Update

Governors take executive action on e-cigarettes, fighting stigma treating substance use disorders and more in AMA's latest state advocacy news.

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Opioid epidemic: 6 key steps that states should take now

The AMA’s in-depth analysis informs a proven road map that states can follow to successfully fight the opioid epidemic and improve pain care.

Behavioral Health
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AMA applauds Surgeon General’s advisory on cannabis

AMA commends Surgeon General’s advisory on harmful health effects of cannabis use by pregnant women and youth, and commitment to furthering research on cannabis.

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