Tag: opioid overdose

Government officials are in favor of expanding drug treatment centers that offer medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for residents of Modesto and the rest of...

A recent study showed that SMS text messaging technology has assisted St. Louis residents in addiction recovery for opioid use disorders. Epharmix, created by Washington...

Hawaii state officials and program directors are discussing methods to expand addiction recovery and prevention on Kauai and other islands to treat local residents....

The Round Rock Fire Department in Texas began implementing a new program to assist community members in need of addiction treatment and mental health...

A new study that has been released by the American Action Forum suggests that toughening regulation for prescription opioids in 2010 may have led...

An Alaskan Native tribe in the Juneau area has formed a committee to address rising concerns over substance abuse. The Central Council of Tlingit and...

The United States Surgeon General, Jerome Adams, MD, has urged Americans to carry naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication, in order to protect themselves...

On Tuesday, March 27, Donald Trump tweeted that he was “very pleased” to announce that a temporary memorial to victims of the opioid crisis...

A Delaware woman has been found guilty of manslaughter after injecting her father with the fentanyl that caused his death by opioid overdose. On October...

A new report compiled and released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reveals that the number of opioid overdoses in the United States...