The U.S. opioid crisis has entered a new phase. With a 24% decline in overdose deaths between September 2023 and 2024 (CDC, ...

More information: Benjamin A. Howell et al, Receipt of addiction treatment after nonfatal opioid overdose and risk of subsequent overdose: A retrospective cohort study, Drug and Alcohol Dependence ...

Fentanyl now dominates the unregulated opioid supply. Fifty times stronger than heroin, fentanyl overwhelms the ability of low doses of buprenorphine to counter its effects.

For opioid addiction, treatment underdosing can lead to fentanyl overdosing: A physician explains by Lucinda Grande, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

The nationwide decline in opioid overdose deaths reported at the end of 2024 was promising. Still, the 80,000 Americans who died from this crisis remains too many.

NBC10 Investigators have uncovered how Pennsylvania’s opioid settlement money is being spent, and how the process is causing confusion for some. NBC10’s Claudia Vargas has the story.

Opioid dispensation rate in 2023: 117.9 prescriptions per 100 residents Drug overdose rate, 2021 to 2023: 43.9 deaths per 100,000 residents Residents living below poverty level: 16.8% Total ...

Just a few years ago, Lamont backed a law that created the Connecticut Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee (OSAC) to designate how more than $600 million in opioid funds that are expected to come ...

The Trump administration's opioid crisis plan focuses on preventing overdose deaths, but neglects preventing addiction in the first place. Non-opioid choices are key.

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it would extend the emergency declaration linked to the opioid overdose crisis that was originally set to expire on March 21, indicating the ...

The opioid settlements have more guardrails than the tobacco settlement did, but KFF Health News' multiyear investigation found lax oversight and enforcement.