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In The Media Mint

Why America Has Not Passed A Law To Treat Addiction Better

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Ashish P. Thakrar, MD, MSHP
May 30, 2025

In The Media The Economist

Why America Has Not Passed A Law To Treat Addiction Better

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Ashish P. Thakrar, MD, MSHP
March 21, 2025

Blog Post

LDI Research and Analysis That Caught Your Attention in 2024

Topics of Interest Included Insights About Health Disparities and Implications of Health Policies

By:
  • Miles Meline, MBE
January 6, 2025

Policy

Substance Use Disorder

Addressing U.S. Opioid Epidemic Through Increasing Access to Methadone

Briefing: Presented to Staff of U.S. House of Representative

By:
  • LDI Staff
March 21, 2024

Blog Post

Substance Use Disorder

Chart of the Day: Rise in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Leaving Hospital Prematurely

Untreated Withdrawal May Be the Cause, Researchers Say

By:
  • Mackenzie Bolas
February 8, 2024

In The Media NPR Illinois

Why Are People Afraid of the Most Popular Opioid Addiction Treatment?

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Ashish P. Thakrar, MD, MSHP
February 5, 2024

Blog Post

LDI Research Blogs That Caught Your Attention in 2023

A Wide Range of Health Policy Issues Drew Interest

By:
  • Kaday Kamara, MPH
  • Mackenzie Bolas
January 3, 2024

In The Media WHYY

Penn Study Finds ‘Dramatic Rise’ in Patients With Opioid Addiction Who Leave Hospitals Early, Against Medical Advice

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Ashish P. Thakrar, MD, MSHP
December 30, 2023

News

Substance Use Disorder

Penn LDI Team Leads Senate Health Care Committee Staff Briefing

Addiction and Recovery Specialists Provide Evidence for Methadone Distribution Changes

By:
  • Hoag Levins
December 13, 2023

Policy

Substance Use Disorder

Addressing U.S. Opioid Epidemic Through Increasing Access to Methadone

Briefing: Presented to Staff of U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

By:
  • LDI Staff
December 4, 2023
A large group of people sit in a medical waiting area.

Blog Post

Substance Use Disorder

Patients With Opioid Addiction Describe the Factors That Make Them Quit Methadone

Q&A With Dr. Ashish Thakrar Reveals Policy Gaps and How the System Could Be Improved

By:
  • Dominic Weiss
June 12, 2023

In The Media Time

Inside the Emerging Xylazine Addiction Crisis in the U.S.

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Ashish P. Thakrar, MD, MSHP
May 18, 2023

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