Over six months, more than 60 people receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder answered surveys on their smartphones about their mental health, psychological state and ...

Over six months, more than 60 people receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder answered surveys on their smartphones about their mental health, psychological state and ...

Loftin Wilson, a harm reduction programs manager for the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, works on one of the coalition's syringe service programs. Credit: Photo courtesy of the subject This ...

Several northern Ontario communities continue to see opioid death rates far above the provincial average, according to new ...

Overdose deaths from opioids are falling sharply, down 35.6% in 2024 from the previous year, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health’s latest report.

Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation.

Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups, according to a national survey conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - This week, Wisconsin Senator Jeff Smith and Representative Jodi Emerson introduced a bill that would provide funding to reimburse schools for the cost of supplying Narcan, a ...

Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of ...

Reductions in overall opioid prescribing and high-dose utilization followed the 2016 guidance, building on declines that began around 2012. Distinguishing prescription opioids from illicit fentanyl is ...

Studies show that ibogaine can be effective for short-term opioid addiction treatment, especially reducing drug cravings and some withdrawal symptoms.