Legalizing cannabis for both medical and recreational use may lead to a decline in daily opioid use among people who inject ...

For many Americans, a routine surgical procedure serves as their first introduction to opioid pain medication. While most ...

The ongoing opioid epidemic highlights health care’s role in fueling the crisis as well as the highly addictive nature of ...

For years, buprenorphine—one of the primary medications used to treat opioid use disorder—has been a critical bridge to recovery, helping to reduce illicit drug use and overdose deaths. But with the ...

One county in Colorado has committed to investing more than $4 million into opioid prevention, treatment and recovery. It's ...

For many Americans, a routine surgical procedure serves as their first introduction to opioid pain medication. While most stop using these drugs as they heal, a considerable number of "opioid-naïve" ...

The Ward County Detention Center is seeing success with an opioid use disorder treatment program that has been the first of ...

As hospitals look for ways to better manage pain and reduce reliance on opioids, some emergency departments are placing ...

The rate of opioid use in pregnancy more than doubled in 12 years, a new Oregon Health & Science University study using ...

A committee of the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority approved more than half a million dollars in new grants this month, ...

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The Oklahoma City Fire Department’s Mobile Integrated Healthcare program has given the city a fresh set of tools for responding to mental health emergencies.