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 ...

Rather than further criminalizing substance use disorder, we must legitimize trauma-informed care as a key pathway to ending ...

For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug ...

Passing the Alternatives to PAIN Act would be an excellent way for Trump to uphold his promise to “Make America Healthy Again ...

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 ...

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 ...