This 4-hour course is designed for medical providers practicing addiction medicine who interact with treatment courts and the justice system. Clinicians will explore the complexities of treating justice-involved individuals and apply practical strategies through case-based learning to enhance collaboration, advocate for evidence-based care, and improve coordination with community resources.

This one-hour, on-demand, journal article–based activity examines interventions designed to maintain smoking abstinence in postpartum individuals who quit smoking during pregnancy. The systematic review and network meta-analysis compare cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing (MI), and combined CBT-MI approaches, assessing their effectiveness at maintaining abstinence at 6 and 12 months postpartum. The article highlights challenges in sustaining long-term abstinence, identifies factors associated with postpartum relapse, and evaluates the current evidence base for psychosocial interventions aimed at reducing postpartum smoking relapse. This review provides insights for clinicians and public health professionals seeking to support ongoing abstinence and improve maternal and child health outcomes during the postpartum period.

This one-hour, on-demand, journal article–based activity examines youth-specific overdose prevention interventions, an important topic given the rising overdose deaths among adolescents and young adults. The article reviews existing educational programs designed to improve overdose awareness, risk recognition, and response among youth. It highlights features of current programs, describes how interventions have been evaluated, and identifies gaps in the evidence on effectiveness, implementation, and distribution. This review provides context for understanding the current conditions of youth overdose prevention efforts and informs future public health and clinical education strategies.

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 1-hour, online module focuses on health disparities in substance use and the causes therein, with a special emphasis on racially oppressive values that are harmful to racial and ethnic minoritized populations.