In the Season 2 premiere of ASAM Practice Pearls, Drs. Stephen Taylor and Jeanmarie Perrone follow up on Season 1’s episode, Emerging Illicit Substances: What Clinicians Need to Know. Together, they discuss how medetomidine has continued to spread to different regions and what has changed over the past year. They explore strategies for managing medetomidine withdrawal, keeping patients safe, and preparing for this growing public health threat.

This 75-hour on-demand conference includes 64 sessions highlighting best practices and the latest science, research, and innovations in addiction medicine from leading experts in the field.

This 75-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 56th Annual Conference addresses the mechanisms, current uses, and emerging evidence for GLP-1 receptor agonists in the treatment of substance use disorders, including nicotine, stimulants, and alcohol.

This 75-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 56th Annual Conference addresses the prevalence and risks of alcohol use during pregnancy, management of acute withdrawal, and evidence-based treatment strategies for alcohol use disorder in the perinatal period.

This 90-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 56th Annual Conference addresses shared decision-making tools to facilitate optimal outcomes for patients transitioning from illicitly manufactured fentanyl's (IMF) to buprenorphine in outpatient care settings

This 75-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 56th Annual Conference addresses strategies for successful manuscript submission in addiction medicine, including responding to reviewer feedback and navigating ethical considerations in academic publishing.

This 75-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 56th Annual Conference focuses sexualized drug use, such as the use of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), methamphetamine, or mephedrone, and provides an overview of harm reduction, assessment and treatment considerations for effectively addressing substance use in the LGBTQ population, through a case-based educational experience.

This 75-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 56th Annual Conference explores replicable community-based models of care that leverage existing infrastructure in transformative ways to address the treatment gap.

This 75-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 56th Annual Conference addresses the current fentanyl-xylazine landscape, identification of related skin and soft tissue injuries, and effective approaches to wound care management.

This 60-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 56th Annual Conference addresses ethical dilemmas in person-centered substance use disorder treatment and explores harm reduction strategies, emotional resilience, and practical approaches to maintaining patient-centered care in complex cases.