Deaths due to opioid addiction have reached an all-time high, with no sign of relief in sight. Addiction is a complicated illness that often requires several treatment attempts before an addict ...

Does the approach to treating opioid addiction need a radical overhaul? After her son's death, Melissa Etheridge turned her grief into advocacy by creating a foundation to support new research into ...

Indiana's recent tobacco tax increase creates an opportunity to address the combined challenge of tobacco and opioid addiction. People with substance use disorders, including those in treatment for ...

Many people can't get access to opioid medication treatment while incarcerated, or have trouble accessing treatment once released. A community clinic in Alaska is trying to help.

Imagine if anyone with an opioid addiction could walk into a local treatment center and receive medication for their addiction, primary care, emotional counseling and many more health and social ...

Less than half of U.S. jails offer people medication for treating opioid addiction, despite the fact that around two-thirds of those incarcerated have some form of substance use disorder, according to ...

PROVIDENCE – In recent years Rhode Island has grappled with opioid overdoses across the state. In 2024 there were 272 deaths from overdoses, the majority of them involving opioids, according to data ...

Ten Iowa entities have been notified they will receive grants of up to $1 million each for opioid addiction prevention and ...

As the opioid epidemic continues raging, some advocates in Kentucky are pushing the state to explore a little-known psychedelic drug called ibogaine as a possible treatment option for addiction, a ...

The Food and Drug Administration will consider approving an implant designed to reduce addicts' cravings for heroin or prescription painkillers, USA Today reported. Probuphine is the name of the ...

The last time singer, songwriter and activist Melissa Etheridge heard her son’s voice, he said, “I’m sick. Mom, it’s fentanyl.” According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, there were ...