The agreement also ends the Sacklers’ control of Purdue Pharma and prohibits them from selling opioids in the United States.

(HealthDay News) — A gap persists between the need for and receipt of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment among U.S. individuals, according to a research letter published online Jan. 6 in JAMA ...

Individuals with opioid use disorder can get “stuck” in particular patterns of brain activity, a new Yale study finds. And this stickiness is more pronounced after they’ve seen images related to ...

Rate of severe maternal morbidity 292.1 per 10,000 live births among those with OUD, with variation seen across states.

Gov. Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong announced the state is investing $58.6 million to create a program ...

The program's expansion is being funded by money Orange County received through national legal settlements with opioid ...

For individuals reporting cannabis use, the odds of opioid misuse are reduced among individuals in states with medical cannabis legalization.

Vinnidhy Dave, D.O., hospice specialist and director of palliative medicine at Englewood Health Physician Network, and Lauren Savage, director of population health at Englewood Hospital, discuss what ...

Despite a rise in the number of individuals needing treatment for substance use disorder in the United States, treatment ...

Under a new state pilot, paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering a medication that blunts withdrawals and cravings.

A new study found no changes in opioid outcomes among the general population with the states' passage of medical and recreational marijuana laws. However, the findings also show decreases in opioid ...

Since the opioid epidemic was declared an emergency in 2017, it has claimed more than 450,000 lives, but local drug and alcohol specialists are working to fight the crisis daily. The opioid epidemic’s ...