The first major legislative win for this issue came in 2022 when the NO PAIN Act was signed into law. By providing separate ...

Whatcom County Health and Community Services has partnered with the Swinomish tribe’s didgʷálič Wellness Center to bring a ...

The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Walgreens, accusing the 124-year-old pharmacy chain of dispensing ...

A new "powerful tool" for combatting opioid deaths isn't settled science. For that reason, the state is taking a measured ...

For individuals reporting cannabis use, the odds of opioid misuse are reduced among individuals in states with medical ...

The state is investing $58.6 million in funding it received from multistate settlements with pharmaceutical companies.

Despite a rise in the number of individuals needing treatment for substance use disorder in the United States, treatment ...

Walmart Just Added This Take-Out Dinner Favorite to Shelves ...

Since the opioid epidemic was declared an emergency in 2017, it has claimed more than 450,000 lives, but local drug and alcohol specialists are working to fight the crisis daily. The ...

Clinicians and policymakers need a more accurate estimate of the prevalence of problematic opioid use, authors say.

Vinnidhy Dave, D.O., hospice specialist and director of palliative medicine at Englewood Health Physician Network, and Lauren Savage, director of population health at Englewood Hospital, discuss what ...

A gap persists between the need for and receipt of substance use disorder treatment among United States individuals.