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Treating Concurrent Substance Use Among Adults

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Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Last Reviewed: September 2021

This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) guide presents 3 evidence-based practices that engage and improve outcomes for people with concurrent substance use and concurrent substance use disorders:

  • FDA-approved pharmacotherapy, together with counseling, to treat alcohol and cocaine dependence or cocaine and opioid dependence
  • Contingency management, together with FDA-approved pharmacotherapy and counseling, to treat cocaine and opioid use and dependence or cocaine dependence and alcohol and opioid use
  • 12-step facilitation therapy, together with FDA-approved pharmacotherapy and counseling, to treat cocaine and opioid dependence or opioid and other substance dependence
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2021). Treating Concurrent Substance Use Among Adults. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/resource/ebp/treating-concurrent-substance-use-among-adults.