Massachusetts legislators reached a deal to advance a long-debated bill focused on preventing opioid overdose deaths and improving access to treatment while omitting one central sticking point: a ...

Narcan is an opioid antagonist in the form of a nasal spray. If used quickly, the drug can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. More bystanders are using naloxone to prevent people from ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts (RHHD) are sharing tips for preventing and recognizing opioid overdoses ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day. In recognition ...

Solano Community College’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter has earned national recognition for its groundbreaking project, “Opioid Overdose and Prevention: Student-Led Narcan Distribution” by being selected ...

The Connecticut State Legislature is advancing a new way to address the state’s opioid crisis — establishing overdose prevention centers, or OPCs. Last month, the Public Health Committee of the ...

As the United States continues to battle the opioid crisis, the impacts of which cause the drug overdose deaths of more than 1,000 Connecticut residents every year, it’s becoming clear that old ...

With increasing age, older adults are more likely to encounter health conditions and injuries that require opioid therapy for pain relief. This reality means that opioid overdoses are a concern for ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. People taking semaglutide medications like Ozempic for diabetes may be at reduced risk of drug overdose, according to new research.

THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE SAME CRIME. TODAY, THE SHAPIRO ADMINISTRATION WAS AT THE PERRY COUNTY STATE HEALTH CENTER TO DISTRIBUTE NALOXONE, ALSO KNOWN AS NARCAN, THE LIFE SAVING DRUG WAS DISTRIBUTED ...

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