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Dr. Sarah Spencer works in Ninilchik Community Clinic’s mobile unit, housed in a repurposed ambulance. The clinic sees many patients entering and leaving incarceration. At the Ninilchik Community ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A local behavioral health agency is on the front lines fighting to end the opioid crisis, with counselors working to save one life at a time. One of their social workers is ...

If you haven’t heard of 7-OH, now is the time to get familiarized and make sure that you and your loved ones know how to recognize and avoid it. The compound 7-hydroxyitragynine, 7-OH, is up to 13 ...

Multnomah County expects a $4.7 million payout as part of a national opioid settlement, officials announced Thursday. That sum, which will be doled out over nine years, is part of a $7.4 billion ...

A rare opportunity exists for hospital leaders to rethink their role in addressing the opioid crisis. Billions of dollars from opioid litigation settlements are flowing to states, counties, and ...

Some medications can help individuals with opioid addiction, but treatment isn't widely offered in Kansas. People trying to kick addiction should have access to medical detox programs, but these ...

In the parking lot outside a church in the Eastern Shore of Maryland, a mobile treatment unit quietly offers what too many people desperately need in the United States but too often cannot get – ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The opioid epidemic has claimed too many lives—and for many, it starts with something as routine as a prescription after surgery or injury. In Iowa, however, a growing ...

One of the most effective medications for treating opioid addiction is still hard to find at U.S. pharmacies, according to a new study. Only 2 in 5 retail pharmacies carried buprenorphine in 2023, ...

Japanese scientists have developed ADRIANA, a non-opioid painkiller that could provide powerful relief without the dangers of addiction. With successful trials already completed, large U.S. studies ...

Faced with a worsening drug crisis, policymakers in recent years have made it much easier for doctors to prescribe the highly effective opioid addiction treatment buprenorphine. However, many patients ...