To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. August 31 marks International Opioid Overdose Awareness Day ...

Implementation of the Opioid Overdose Recovery Program (OORP) in emergency departments (EDs) led to a 2.3-fold increase in initiation of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUDs), better treatment ...

Disparities in access to recovery resources persist, with Black Americans facing significant barriers in sustaining recovery from opioid use disorder. Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are ...

As state officials tout record declines in overdose deaths, some advocates and community leaders say similar success among older, Black men has stagnated. George Jones, left, is a peer navigator with ...

The young program aims to prevent all opioid overdoses, but for now, its leaders know that even one person breaking their ...

Attempting to reduce fatal opioid overdoses and encourage more people to seek treatment, fire department paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering the medication buprenorphine in the field ...

AND AS WE REPORTED LAST WEEK, NORTH CAROLINA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF JACKSON, IS SUING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER HEALTH CARE FUNDING CUTS. OUR JOSHUA DAVIS HAS BEEN WATCHING THE FALLOUT AND SHOWS US ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Researchers from the University of Arizona and the National Center for Wellness and Recovery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are testing a new molecule that could change the way opioid ...

“I have asked [over] 2.5 years for county staff, committees, advisory councils with any ‘power’ to please speak with us and consider opioid settlement dollars assisting RIPple in the work we do,” Fox ...

Data show that older people are increasingly dying of overdoses to opioids both across the nation and in Maine. Photo by Patrick Semansky of the Associated Press. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been ...

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Opioid overdose deaths in Michigan are projected to drop in 2024, marking the third consecutive year of decline, according to the Department of Attorney General. Data from the Michigan Department of ...