A new study identifies specific locations where medication and harm reduction services for people with opioid use disorder should be
Focus points to reduce opioid overdose deaths identified
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Teens abusing painkillers are more likely to later use heroin
It’s an unforeseen side effect of the nation’s opioid epidemic: Adolescent heroin users. A USC study in the July 8
Combining opioids and marijuana may be advantageous for pain sufferers: Study suggests using the two drugs together could reduce risk of dependency without causing cognitive problems
Researchers report combining cannabinoids with morphine did not significantly increase impulsivity or memory impairment in a study conducted in rhesus
Peer support, healing hands may curb prescription opioid misuse: Study shows holistic approach may help prevent drug deaths in vulnerable populations
A program offering group support, acupuncture, mindfulness, massage and gentle exercise may help prevent patients on prescription opioids from spiraling
Opioids fueled a doubling of suicides and overdoses in the US: Turning the tide demands improvements to pain care, mental health care and medication-assisted opioid addiction care
Suicides and drug overdoses kill American adults at twice the rate today as they did just 17 years ago, and
How Does a Poppy Seed Bagel Trigger a Positive Drug Test?
A mother in Maryland said that eating a poppy seed bagel caused her to test positive for opiates while she
Opioid epidemic responses overlook gender
Yale health experts warn that current efforts to confront the growth of opioid addiction and overdose deaths must better incorporate
Conventional view of opioid mechanism of action upended in new study: Scientists find new molecular target for developing safer pain medications
A new discovery shows that opioids used to treat pain, such as morphine and oxycodone, produce their effects by binding
Promise for safer opioid pain reliever: New compound offers pain-relief of opioids without tolerance or addictive properties
Researchers at the University of Michigan have engineered a new compound that animal tests suggest could offer the pain-relieving properties