Researchers in Illinois are developing a novel device to rapidly and automatically administer the opioid overdose antidote naloxone. Smaller than…
A report published last month by the Washington Post—The Afghanistan Papers: A secret history of the war—confirmed what many of…
Congressmembers are pushing for new laws that will impose harsher penalties for potent synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which are involved…
Staff confusion and incompetence seem to be responsible for the wrongful denial of disability insurance to people with substance use…
A study published January 7 suggests that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may be drastically undercounting national…
Since 2000, Anne Fuqua has been on opioid pain medications, including fentanyl and Oxycontin, notorious for their involvement in different…
I had never been in trouble my whole life. Then I got in major trouble,” said Nikki, a 35-year-old woman…
Overdose deaths in Shelby County, Tennessee have increased 62 percent this year compared to the same period in 2018, according…
A one-size-fits-all approach to the "opioid epidemic" will not work, say researchers at Iowa State University. Co-authors David Peters, Shannon…
Cannabis works as a treatment for opioid use disorder, according to many patients and some limited research. But experts suggest…