Almost 20 years into the opioid epidemic, there finally is evidence of significant and continual decreases in the abuse of these risky pain medications, according
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New report shows impact of Connecticut overdose tracking program fighting opioid epidemic
A new report shows the strong impact Connecticut’s Statewide Opioid Reporting Directive (SWORD) is having in its first year of tracking opioid overdoses. The initiative
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Opioid addiction treatment is more widely available, but only for adults
Prescriptions for an FDA-approved treatment for opioid addiction have increased over the past decade in all age groups except the youngest (age 15-24), a new
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First trial in US to use deep brain stimulation to fight opioid addiction
The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and WVU Medicine, today (Nov. 5) announced the launch of a first-in-the-U.S. clinical trial using deep brain stimulation
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Researchers identify focus points to reduce opioid overdose deaths
A new study identifies specific locations where medication and harm reduction services for people with opioid use disorder should be available in order to have
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Front-line caregivers given tools to play bigger role in the fight against opioid abuse
Buprenorphine and naltrexone can help break a person’s addiction to life-threatening opioid use disorder, but they can be hard for front-line, primary care providers to
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Recreational marijuana drives down synthetic opioid deaths by a THIRD
Could weed save the US from fentanyl? Recreational marijuana drives down synthetic opioid deaths by a THIRD in areas with more dispensaries, study claims Opioid
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Q&A: Newly public data maps opioid crisis across US
The release of a massive trove of data from lawsuits over the nation’s opioid crisis provides the most detailed accounting to date of the role
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Media reporting of unused opioid medication disposal
Proper and timely disposal of unused prescription opioid medication can prevent accidental overdose or misuse of these medicines. However, the debate surrounding unused opioid medicines
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Opioid crisis helps explain rise in cocaine deaths: report
Cocaine deaths have been rising in the U.S., health officials said Thursday in their latest report on the nation’s overdose epidemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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