Overdoses—not those involving prescription opioids, but of heroin and illicit fentanyl, often combined with benzodiazepines—continue to go up. But opioid…
When people who are dependent on opioids are incarcerated and denied access, they go into withdrawal—an often-painful condition with symptoms…
Medication for anything only works if the patient takes enough. This is emphatically true for people taking medications for opioid…
Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is nothing new, but nonetheless lacks a diagnosis code. This means that nobody—including the Centers for…
In the lucrative but hit-and-miss opioid use disorder treatment field, buprenorphine is one medication that has demonstrated outstanding efficacy. It’s…
Marijuana, which is now legal for medical use in 33 states and counting, can help treat pain—something which opioids also…
Is kratom a plant (Mitragyna speciosa)—originating in Southeast Asia and long used in traditional medicines for the mild opioid-like and…
Imagine going through opioid use disorder treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, perhaps getting a job and family and everything in your life back—except for one…
Does anyone still want to do drug tests on their children? Apparently so, because there are plenty of kits for…
In light of the imminent threats to the confidentiality of substance use disorder patients, Legal Action Center, along with Faces…