According to a report, an estimated 73,000 people died from overdoses in the 12 months ending August 2025. At the same time, data analysis on opioid overdose trends also indicates that 54,045 opioid ...

Brendan Saloner ([email protected]), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Pooja Lagisetty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Access and scale are two sides of the same coin. Whereas ...

We can’t solve what we can’t measure, so let’s use opioid abatement funds to help. Comprehensive toxicology would let us ...

Why are there so many contradictory findings regarding opioid policy impacts in studies that have used quasi-experimental designs? One contributing factor is the diversity of disciplines conducting ...

Nitazenes, less detectable and sometimes stronger than fentanyl, have been detected across more than a dozen states.

A new meta-analysis of 148 studies estimates that 9.3 percent of patients who receive opioid prescriptions for chronic pain experience "dependence" or "opioid use disorder" (D&OUD). The authors, Kyla ...

The national Six Remnant Defendants lawsuit was brought Feb. 23. The total compensation paid to participating governments ...

Some researchers and recovery advocates see the NET device as the latest in a series of products pitched as the solution to the addiction crisis that have been overhyped to capitalize on money from ...

Opioids are a class of medications mostly used to treat pain. While they can improve your quality of life, opioids can be highly addictive. Although the words are often used interchangeably, there’s a ...

Opioids only provide small, short-lasting relief or are ineffective for many acute pain conditions, an overview of systematic ...

This week's Trivia Tuesday question revisits a device designed to prevent opioid overdoses. Why did readers respond so ...