Despite the removal of the X-waiver requirement, which once restricted clinicians from prescribing buprenorphine for opioid ...

The volume of those who received medications for opioid use disorder at federally qualified health centers more than doubled over a recent 6-year span, results from a cross-sectional study showed.Yet, ...

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

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

Individuals with opioid use disorder can get “stuck” in particular patterns of brain activity, a new Yale study finds. And this stickiness is more pronounced after they’ve seen images related to ...

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

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced Montana will receive over $16 million from a settlemtn with Purdue Pharma ...

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 ...

A new study found no changes in opioid outcomes among the general population with the states' passage of medical and recreational marijuana laws. However, the findings also show decreases in opioid ...

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

The Robert C. Byrd Clinic (RCBC) announced the launch of a new rural community health initiative. According to a press ...

This study evaluated a structured support program to help small, rural primary care clinics improve their capacity to provide ...