Many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Studies show that ...
Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others.
Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups ...
Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups ...
Once among the hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, overdose deaths are falling in Ohio, though challenges remain.
Only about 1 in 3 pharmacies across the country are able to fill prescriptions for a critical treatment option for opioid addiction, according to a new study from the University of Southern California ...
If a person has major surgery chances are they were prescribed opioids. Hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and many others are all different types of opioids typically prescribed by doctors to treat ...
After his visit to Clay County, Stein will head over to Cherokee for an evening visit. There, he will attend the North ...
Today, much of the conversation around opioid use focuses on ways to more tightly control access, including limits on usage and the mandatory use of databases that can alert physicians to patients’ ...
The opioid addiction crisis impacts communities across the nation, creating challenges around public health, safety, and ...
How to choose which nonprofits applying for money coming from lawsuits against the manufacturers of opioid pain medication triggering West Virginia’s addiction and overdose epidemic was the topic of a ...
As the Baltimore City Opioid Restitution Fund moves forward with distributing funds to nonprofits included in its initial set ...