People taking GLP-1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide for diabetes or obesity showed lower rates of new alcohol and ...

Key TakeawaysA legal settlement with pharmaceutical companies for their part in fueling the opioid crisis has pumped $1 ...

In America, it’s easier to get illegal opioids than to access proven medications to treat opioid addiction. Nearly 8 million people in the United States misuse opioids in a given year. Illicit opioids ...

Addiction services must urgently consider the way they offer support for those wanting to come off opioid substitutes through ...

Lev’s reporting has explored Americans’ deadly hostility to addiction medications, subpar treatment offered in jails and prisons, shifts in the illicit drug supply and consumption behavior, ...

Hepatitis C and opioid use disorder are both chronic but treatable conditions. Yet many Americans living with this deadly combination aren’t offered treatment. Imagine going to your doctor with strep ...

For Lacy Sisk, 40, the lowest moment in her opioid addiction was watching her family pack their belongings because she could no longer afford to pay the rent. All of her money had gone to pain pills ...

The task force was created in 2018 as a regional response to the opioid epidemic.

LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) – The East Texas Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse received a $750,000 grant from the Opioid ...

Increasing the levels of chemicals naturally produced in the body called endocannabinoids may thwart the highly addictive nature of opioids such as morphine and oxycodone while maintaining the drugs' ...

A recovering addict writes that medication-assisted treatments such as kratom and 7-OH should remain viable options, but only ...

Waterville paramedics will soon offer medication treatment to people who are experiencing opioid withdrawal or recovering ...