{"id":15051,"date":"2020-12-08T10:28:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nasadad.org\/?p=15051"},"modified":"2023-02-09T13:46:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T18:46:03","slug":"nasadad-releases-policy-brief-on-disasters-and-substance-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/2020\/12\/nasadad-releases-policy-brief-on-disasters-and-substance-use\/","title":{"rendered":"NASADAD releases policy brief on disasters and substance use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With increased attention on substance use during disasters due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NASADAD staff have revised an issue brief on the topic. The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/2020\/12\/policy-brief-on-disasters-and-substance-use\/\">Disasters and Substance Use: Implications for the Response to COVID-19<\/a> <\/em>brief includes data on recent disasters, policy recommendations, and spotlights on Louisiana and New York\u2019s response to Hurricane Katrina and 9\/11. NASADAD recommended the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During a disaster, the federal government should coordinate with State alcohol and drug agencies given the link between trauma and substance use disorders.<\/li>\n<li>Policymakers should consider specifically referencing substance use disorders in the statute governing disaster declarations (Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act) to ensure a holistic and comprehensive response.<\/li>\n<li>Supplemental federal funding designed to help respond to substance use disorder needs during a large-scale disaster that impacts all States\u2014such as COVID-19\u2014should be routed through the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant, including enhanced flexibility regarding certain allowable uses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gde-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Policy-brief_-Disasters-and-Substance-Use-1.pdf\" class=\"gde-link\">Download (PDF, 163KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnasadad.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F12%2FPolicy-brief_-Disasters-and-Substance-Use-1.pdf&hl=en_US&embedded=true\" class=\"gde-frame\" style=\"width:100%; height:1200px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With increased attention on substance use during disasters due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NASADAD staff have revised an issue brief on the topic. The Disasters and Substance Use: Implications for the Response to COVID-19 brief includes data on recent disasters, policy recommendations, and spotlights on Louisiana and New York\u2019s response to Hurricane Katrina and 9\/11. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/2020\/12\/nasadad-releases-policy-brief-on-disasters-and-substance-use\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NASADAD releases policy brief on disasters and substance use<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":882,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-news","category-publicview","post_format-post-format-image"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Emily Diehl","author_link":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/author\/ediehlnasadad-org\/"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73gOt-3UL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/882"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}