In a discussion of three bodies of research that collectively explore lessons learned from treating alcohol and opioid ...

Albany lawmakers must deliver Opioid Patients’ Right to Know Act to Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk. This is why.

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...

Faced with a worsening drug crisis, policymakers in recent years have made it much easier for doctors to prescribe the highly effective opioid addiction treatment buprenorphine. However, many patients ...

While medication-assisted treatment can help people who are addicted to opioids, the three drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration are underused, according to a review of current medical ...

The last time singer, songwriter and activist Melissa Etheridge heard her son’s voice, he said, “I’m sick. Mom, it’s fentanyl.” According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, there were ...

Use of medication for opioid use disorder (OUD) in jail was strongly associated with lower risks for overdose, death, and re-incarceration after release into the community, an observational study of ...

Patients suffering from opioid abuse disorders are more likely to relapse — and relapse sooner — if they are treated in a compulsory drug detention center versus a voluntary rehabilitation program ...

Mercy's new program for addressing opioid addiction in the rural Ozarks focuses on supporting patients during the first 72 ...

Although cannabis has long been falsely accused of being a “gateway drug” for harder substances like heroin and opioid-based painkillers, the public perception has dramatically shifted in recent years ...

According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, there were an estimated 70,029 overdose deaths involving opioids in 2020. On May 13, 2020, her son Beckett Cypheridge became one of the ...