The device, which is cleared by the FDA for withdrawal mitigation from opioid use disorder, works by abating severe symptoms such as stomach aches, back aches, sweats, and the inability to keep food ...

Health insurance loss, changes "may undermine continuity of critical treatment," researche ...

EXCLUSIVE: In the years since 2017 when the opioid epidemic was declared a public health emergency, more than half a million ...

Evidence continues to mount suggesting that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on cigarettes, ...

The effect was seen across a wide variety of addictive and habit-forming substances, including cocaine, opioids, alcohol, ...

In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri DOC of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it.

The number of New Yorkers prescribed a key medication for opioid use disorder increased 7% during the pandemic as health providers battled against skyrocketing drug overdose deaths, a state report ...

New research suggests the weight-loss medications could be powerful tools in tackling substance use disorders.

The Iowa Attorney General's Office has launched an Opioid Crisis Grant application site to support communities in tackling the opioid crisis. Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that over $365 ...

Weight-loss jabs could prevent and treat addiction to alcohol, cigarettes and drugs, according to a large study. Experts ...

Mississippi will receive more than $400M to fight the opioid epidemic. So far, officials haven’t directed it toward programs ...

A large new study suggests they may drastically reduce the risk substance use disorders and drug-related deaths.