After many years of increasing opioid and drug overdose deaths, it appears the United States has turned a corner, with the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data indicating fatal ...

Ellen Latsko, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Alina Denham, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York. Michael L. Barnett ([email protected]), Brown University; and Brigham and Women’s ...

A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...

People who leave jail and prison are at extremely high risk of a drug overdose, research shows. In this study of people with probable opioid use disorder in Massachusetts county jails, those who ...

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It’s no secret the opioid crisis remains a major public health concern in the United States. It was declared a public health emergency in 2017, and for multiple years following, nationwide overdose ...

MARYLAND - Lieutenant Governor Aruna K. Miller, along with the Office of Overdose Response, has announced the award of $12.4 million in grants to numerous programs and organizations to address ...

In 2019, seven county correctional facilities (jails) in Massachusetts initiated pilot programs to provide all Food and Drug Administration–approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). This ...

Baltimore has been among the cities hardest hit by the opioid overdose epidemic, with a per capita overdose death rate significantly higher than the national average. Something must change — ...

In a December op-ed, former Milwaukee County Health Commissioner Paul Nannis provided a vigorous call for continued efforts to address the opioid crisis. As a Family & Addiction Medicine Physician ...

August 31 marks International Opioid Overdose Awareness Day: A time to remember the lives lost due to overdose and highlight prevention and recovery efforts. In Denver’s restaurant scene, one couple ...