Opioid orphans: Grandparents struggle to raise children left behind
Between 2011 to 2021, an estimated 321,566 children lost a parent to drug overdose. Parental deaths from drug overdose rose ...
Emergency department treatment with buprenorphine puts people struggling with opioid use disorder on path to long-term recovery
Patients who struggle with opioid addiction and who are treated by California emergency department physicians are remarkably ...
Higher opioid deaths among men may be due to sex hormones, new fentanyl study finds
Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and the staggering majority have been ...
Cambria County Drug Coalition gets up to $200K in state funding to fight opioids
The Cambria County Drug Coalition will receive up to $200,000 in Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs grant funding to assist in its effort to provide community-based services to ...
Opioid, other drug overdose deaths in Illinois drop for the first time since 2018
Opioid deaths in Illinois have decreased for the first time since 2018, and Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration is in part ...
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Why do patients pay to access free opioid agonist treatment?
While some family doctors or emergency departments will prescribe OAT to patients for free, most family doctors are hesitant ...
Why a potential $7.4 billion Purdue Pharma opioid settlement frustrates some victims
Opioid victims are not getting a "fair shake" in potential $7.4 billion settlement, a claimant in the Purdue Pharmacy ...
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OUD Treatment in Opioid Treatment Programs Is Linked to Lower COVID-19 Risk
OUD treatment in opioid treatment programs is associated with a lower risk for COVID-19 diagnoses and COVID-related emergency ...
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Hamilton County Unveils State’s First Overdose Prevention Team, Announces Renewal Project To Combat Opioid Crisis
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp and Hamilton County EMS on Wednesday announced the launch of the Overdose Prevention Team, ...
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Unequal Access: The Racial Divide in Opioid Treatment
Racial disparities in the receipt of treatment for opioid use disorder exist in the United States, with Black patients having ...
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Emergency department treatment with buprenorphine puts people struggling with opioid use disorder on path to long-term recovery
OAKLAND, Calif., March 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Patients who struggle with opioid addiction and who are treated by California emergency department physicians are remarkably successful at ...