In response to the crisis, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in 2017. But despite federal and state interventions ...

Washington County is allocating $2.69 million in the nationwide opioid settlement money this year to two dozen local ...

A new medication-assisted treatment center for those recovering from substance use disorder will open this month in Redmond, ...

The trial will enroll approximately 100 patients who will be randomized to either bupivacaine or Exparel, administered either before or during surgery. Patients will also be given non-opioid ...

Oregon and Washington. Changes in OD death rates varied between states based on specific drug types, the report says: Drug overdose deaths involving any opioid decreased in 20 states and increased ...