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March 8, 2024
DEA supports collaboration amongst all DEA registrants to ensure there is an adequate and uninterrupted supply of MOUD products when appropriately prescribed. Distributors should carefully examine any quantitative thresholds they have established to ensure that individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) who need buprenorphine are able to access it without undue delay.
February 1, 2024
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) marked two years of its Overdose Prevention Strategy (Strategy) by announcing bold new actions to combat overdoses.
November 9, 2023
The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) have jointly developed a crucial Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Stimulant Use Disorder (StUD). This groundbreaking guideline is designed to provide evidence-based strategies and clinically informed standards of care for the prevention and treatment of StUD, stimulant intoxication, and stimulant withdrawal.
July 11, 2023
As Congressionally-mandated, medical practitioners have a new role to help patients fighting to sustain recovery and prevent opioid overdoses. All medical registrants submitting a new or renewing a current registration must attest to completing an eight-hour training to treat patients overcoming opioid and other substance use disorders.
March 29, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), issued a statement following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the first nonprescription, “over-the-counter” (OTC) Naloxone nasal spray (Narcan). Naloxone – a medicine that can reverse an opioid-related overdose – has been shown to be a critical tool to prevent fatal overdoses and save lives.
March 27, 2023
PCSS wanted to share this email from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency regarding new training requirements.

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