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In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated barriers to care and treatment for individuals experiencing opioid use disorder. Experts estimate a record-setting 90,000 people died of a drug overdose in ...

This brief outlines key considerations for state health departments to keep in mind as they create financing, data, and policy partnerships with behavioral health stakeholders.

This report highlights six public health approaches for addressing the rising incidence of substance use disorder and neonatal abstinence syndrome and draws out the critical role that state health ...

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of heart disease, particularly in adults aged 35 to 64. This blog post breaks down ways the Surgeon General's report on smoking cessation may be ...

Supporting policies that reduce HIV stigma and promote health equity is an important public health issue.

ASTHO sat down with Rich Hamburg to discuss Safe States Alliance’s reinvigorated mission to strengthen the practice of injury and violence prevention, and opportunities for public health leaders to ...

An ASTHO blog article about the importance of resiliency in the workplace, pertaining to leadership and organizational work environment.

Xylazine: What Health Agencies Need to Know astho, association of state and territorial health officials, xylazine trend, xylazine, overdose epidemic, overdose deaths, harm reduction, drug overdose ...

Larry Wolk, chief medical officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, discusses misconceptions surrounding the health impacts of e-cigarettes, encouraging regulatory actions, ...

Four ways the Oregon Health Authority has benefited from aligning its opioid and accreditation-related efforts.

Take Back Day is a nationwide event designed by DEA to encourage communities to dispose of and destroy expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. These programs have proliferated at the state ...

How the Civil Rights March on Washington Embodied Key Public Health Tenets astho, association of state and territorial health officials, civil rights march on Washington, public health, national day ...

Infographic depicting findings on a survey around opioid use among pregnant people.

Overdose Prevention Policy Considerations: A Policy Playbook for State and Territorial Health Officials and Agencies overdose prevention, drug checking equipment, syringe services, health equity, ...

State efforts to reduce firearm injury and death with safe storage policies.

How Pennsylvania Health Department’s Cross-Sector Partnerships Are Strengthening Climate and Environmental Justice health department, pennsylvania department of health, climate change, low income ...

Polysubstance Use During Pregnancy and the Benefits of Universal Verbal Screening polysubstance use, universal verbal screening, health equity, polysubstance use during pregnancy, public health, ...

During the 2023 legislative session, a number of states enacted policies that advance ACEs prevention measures and support families in ensuring safe places for their children to live, grow, and play.

How states are building sustainable health equity programs.

Strategic federal legislative efforts to stem the U.S. fentanyl crisis.