doctors were prescribing enough opioids for every American adult to get their own bottle of pills. For the first half of the opioid epidemic, in other words, America’s doctors didn’t just fail ...

CEO & Founder Milt Dallas, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Member, Leads the Charge in Helping Native American Reservations from ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration finds Alabamians threw away more than 3,500 pounds of prescription drugs during Drug Take Back Day. That was in October 2024. But drug prevention advocates believe ...

Could sex hormones explain the difference in opioid use and misuse between genders? Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and according to the ...

Lieutenant Governor Aruna K. Miller, along with the Office of Overdose Response, has announced the award of $12.4 million in ...

“Come up with a plan,” he said. “Maybe that means five or six community members pick a time and walk around once or twice a week. Handing out a bottle of water and a sandwich can help prevent crime.

Preparation of a dose of Buprenorphine, an opioid that can be administered to people with opioid-use disorder to blunt cravings for other drugs like fentanyl and reduce the risk of overdose.Credit ...