Proposed cuts to Medicaid could undo advances in treatment for opioid use disorders, risking more overdoses, deaths and stress on the U.S. health system ...

The city of Durham is poised to allocate nearly $1 million to support organizations on the frontlines of the opioid crisis.

In Philadelphia, fatal overdoses are the No. 3 cause of death after heart disease and cancer. That's been the case each year since 2016, except in 2020 and 2021 when COVID-19 deaths outpaced overdose ...

Philadelphia’s 7% drop in fatal overdoses in 2023 is notable. Still, opioid use disorder claimed the lives of over 1,100 residents that year – more than three times as many lives as 10 years earlier.

The round, which included more than a dozen investment firms, should give the startup enough cash to get late-stage data for ...

Scientists at Medical University of Vienna, The University of Queensland and Universität Innsbruck have identified cysteine stapled dynorphin A (CSD) analogues acting as κ-opioid receptor antagonists ...

Between 2011 to 2021, an estimated 321,566 children lost a parent to drug overdose. Parental deaths from drug overdose rose ...

After my brother snapped his collarbone and was prescribed morphine pills to ease his suffering, my first instinct was fear. Prescription opioids are the cause of many addictions across North America.

Knoxville distributed money to organizations that address overdoses, coordinate recovery programs and eliminate illegal drug ...

A few extra words added to the Indiana Code may help ensure Hoosier students always can access emergency medication at school that's capable of reversing an opioid drug overdose. The Indiana House ...

A new study has found that extending state Medicaid coverage did not increase the likelihood of prescription opioid or benzodiazepine misuse among people who use drugs.

A new study published in the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment examined federal data on health and drug use among nearly 20,000 people who inject drugs and are low-income in the US, and ...