The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will invest $100 million to improve homelessness, opioid addiction and ...

Child deaths and critical injuries in Washington’s child welfare system hit a record high in 2025. State lawmakers are ...

Researchers have found that key brain cells may be damaged in overdose, and OUD itself resembles near-drowning victims. Serial neurological evaluations and neurorehab could help.

Johnson returned to the Penn North Recovery Center to attend NA meetings, “This is where I got my foundation,” Johnson told The Sun. “I used that and my wife’s death to ...

The drug problem is fueled by a deadly trend of rising demand, and America needs to refocus its energy on driving it down.

Clarke County will receive state dollars to put toward employing a new social worker who will focus on combating drug addictions.

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A Missouri House committee on Thursday approved legislation aimed at reducing barriers for patients to access non-opioid ...

Substance use disorders (SUDs) present a formidable challenge to public health globally, with recent statistics from the U.S.

The Phase 1 clinical study is expected to enroll approximately 24 healthy adult volunteers. The primary objectives of the study are to characterize the pharmacokinetic release profile of the nalmefene ...

A downriver city says they’ve seen a massive drop in overdoses, and they’re crediting an innovative approach many communities ...

A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, ...