Happy July 1st! With that — we officially welcome Dr. Varisco as our PhARM director!We’re so excited to have found such a great fit for PhARM to continue and grow the important work we do. ✨

Recovery-Friendly Workplaces = healthy, supportive environments for employees in recovery. States are partnering with employers to improve workforce well-being, retention, and opportunity. Explore examples from CO, MI & more → loom.ly/NRFmjW0 Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts

Last week, @PittPERU staff came together for our first annual retreat. We closed with an outstanding seminar by Tyler Varisco from the PhARM Program focused on pharmacy-level barriers to buprenorphine access! #PhARMOUD Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts @NABP NCPA youtu.be/FcTt9eYpJls

Over the last 5 years, FORE-funded researchers have published ~60 articles demonstrating how policy & practice shape access to #prevention, #treatment, & #recovery supports for people w/ #opioid use disorder. Read more in our our new Data Brief series. forefdn.org/access-to-trea…

The latest publication from the PhARM-OUD project – led by Tyler Varisco at PhARM Program with funding from Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts – describes challenges and opportunities to improving buprenorphine access in pharmacies with a focus on wholesale distributors. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr…

"The work is personal for Dasgupta, he told the health policy news organization Tradeoffs. He started analyzing #overdose death data 2 decades ago when a close friend died of a heroin overdose. Dasgupta hoped digging into the data would help him cope." npr.org/sections/shots…

ASAP is now taking the Faith-Based Support Specialist Training Conference to Washington, DC on October 10, 2025. The Pew Charitable Trusts | 8:00am–4:00pm 🔗 Register now: fbss.asaprev.com 📞 (256) 789-5585 | 📧 [email protected] Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts Alabama Department of Mental Health

A new video out today shows how #FOREgrantee Project Venture approaches culturally-responsive #prevention & fosters resilience among Indigenous youth living on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, one of the largest tribal reservations in the U.S. vimeo.com/1109732505?sha…

Join Health Affairs September 3 for a virtual event where authors discuss their major findings and insights from the September theme issue on the opioid crisis. Register now: healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he2…

JUST RELEASED | The September 2025 issue of Health Affairs—'Insights About The Opioid Crisis'—is now available. Read more here: healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

Yesterday, Health Affairs released 'Insights about the #OpioidCrisis.' Supported by FORE & other funding partners, the special issue brings together new research articles, perspectives & policy proposals for addressing the #opioid & #overdose crisis. forefdn.org/new-health-aff…

Don't miss the Health Affairs issue briefing on the opioid crisis today at 1 pm ET. Hear from authors as they discuss their major findings and insights. Register now: healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he2…

MUST-READ NEW REPORT ALERT!!! Sr. Health Policy Atty Deborah Steinberg discusses how policymakers can ensure ppl w/ substance use disorders & formerly incarcerated individuals don’t fall thru the cracks & lose Medicaid as HR 1 goes into effect: bit.ly/ImplementingHR…

ASAP is now taking the Faith-Based Support Specialist Training Conference to Washington, DC on October 10, 2025. The Pew Charitable Trusts | 8:00am–4:00pm Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts Alabama Department of Mental Health

More than $50 billion in opioid abatement funds is currently being distributed in the country, including millions in Tennessee. Here’s how that money is being used. nashvillescene.com/news/citylimit…

From 2017 to 2023, the percentage of US pharmacies regularly dispensing buprenorphine increased from 33% to 39%. Jenny Guadamuz and coauthors from UC Berkeley and USC Schaeffer find that buprenorphine availability varied substantially across states, counties, and neighborhoods,