After a slow start, Kansas’ opioid settlement funds have reached every county and benefitted tens of thousands of residents ...

The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) this week announced an investment of more than $8 million to expand or ...

Spokane County is considering expanding its opioid response by $650,000 after one program recently saw a roughly 85% success ...

The volume of those who received medications for opioid use disorder at federally qualified health centers more than doubled ...

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with NaphCare, Inc., has announced the expansion of its ...

Centra Wellness includes alcohol and stimulant use disorders in its health home services, following state policy updates.

In 2023, more than 84,000 people in the U.S. died from overdosing on opioids—everything from prescription painkillers to ...

Last week, members of the Sackler family, which owns the pharmaceutical company known for selling OxyContin, agreed to a $7.4 ...

The researchers found that the 15 candidate genes accounted for 0.40 percent of the variation in OUD risk, while age and sex accounted for 3.27 percent of the variation. Using the 15 variants as ...

Elevated opioid neurotransmission in the brain may underlie appetite loss and emotional symptoms in anorexia nervosa.

Reversing opioid overdoses in rats using a drug that does not enter the brain prevents the sudden and severe withdrawal symptoms associated with therapeutics that target the central nervous system.

Only a tiny percentage of people addicted to alcohol or drugs take medication for it. Why not? It's complicated, but the ...