America's opioid crisis has gotten worse over the last two decades, and a new study bolsters calls for medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to manage resulting substance use disorders. MAT is defined ...

In 2003, the year Nora Volkow was appointed director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, roughly 13,000 Americans died of opioid overdose. In the two decades since, the overdose crisis has ...

Medetomidine-laced opioids cause severe, life-threatening withdrawal in jails. Here's why many facilities remain ill-equipped ...

Harm reduction specialist Venus Woods holds Kloxxado, an opioid overdose treatment. Last year, her organization 4As gave out 2,500 kits in Anchorage, Juneau and the Mat-Su Borough. (Rachel ...

Discover how Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is revolutionizing addiction recovery. Take a look at Greene County's medication-assisted treatment clinic, and how medication can help assist with ...

Rumford Comprehensive Treatment Center (CTC), located in Rumford, Maine, offers medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for adults age 18 and older who are suffering from addictions to prescription ...

Families, first responders, and bystanders who witness an opioid overdose now have more than one naloxone nasal spray they ...

Fort Wayne officials are accepting applications for opioid settlement grants that will be awarded to organizations that support prevention, treatment, recovery and harm reduction.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. & RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) and their correctional healthcare partner, NaphCare, Inc., are proud to announce the expansion of the ...

The decision allows paramedics to start treatment during 911 calls for the first time and link patients with ongoing support.