With fatal opioid overdoses rising steadily between 1999 and 2022, researchers have tried to identify effective policy approaches that can stem the tide and mitigate associated harms. However, policy ...

A central challenge in the opioid crisis in the US has been the underuse of lifesaving treatment and harm reduction programs. Conventional explanations focus on limited access to care when services ...

The drugs are 10 times more dangerous than fentanyl. They are showing up in street drugs in the South and the Midwest, and ...

The authors examined experiences with Pennsylvania’s implementation of opioid settlement funds, identifying 7 themes and highlighting opportunities to improve administration and ensure effective fund ...

As climate change threatens to cause an increased number of disasters in the U.S., a group of doctors urged state and federal ...

BOSTON – Mass and Cass – the Boston intersection that serves as the epicenter of the commonwealth’s substance abuse and homelessness problem – is the most visible example of a statewide problem that ...

Studies show that ibogaine can be effective for short-term opioid addiction treatment, especially reducing drug cravings and some withdrawal symptoms.

People who take oxycodone need to be careful when also taking antifungal drugs or drinking grapefruit juice. Why? Because both the juice and the drug can result in abnormally high, perhaps dangerously ...

A four-condition crossover design (hydromorphone, dronabinol, combination, placebo) in 21 participants showed no additive or ...