Tag: opioid epidemic

The Senate announced this week that policymakers in the state of Georgia are going to be moving toward funding and launching new addiction recovery...

Overdose deaths of native populations in the lower 48 states and Alaska have increased by five times between 1999 and 2015. Dr. Michael Toedt...

Substance abuse and addiction treatment providers in Omaha, Nebraska have been increasingly serving children, adolescents and young adults who have opioid-related intoxications. The Children’s Hospital...

Rhode Island is now taking a medication-assisted treatment approach to drugs and is providing three medications for inmates struggling with opioid abuse. The program...

Drug rehab and hospitals are exploring acupuncture therapy to treat patients recovering from opioid addiction in Providence, Rhode Island. This alternative to prescription painkillers...

Due to increasing substance abuse in Cincinnati and other major Ohio cities, local legislators and medical professionals have called upon health insurers to partner...

A non-profit organization based in Bel Air, Maryland has been highlighting the importance of drug addiction treatment and the impact of overdoses in the...

Substance abuse treatment providers from Albuquerque have started examining innovative programs to help their patients while also pushing lawmakers to approve new measures that...

Philadelphia is looking to combat the opioid epidemic by finding ways to innovate and expand drug addiction treatment programs. According to members of the Philadelphia...

According to a U.S Senate report, pharmaceutical drug makers gave millions of dollars to pain-treatment advocated for five years and promoted opioids to people who...