While the FDA has classified synthetic kratom as a public health threat and dozens of states have enacted regulations or bans ...

At Beyond Addiction symposium at UAlbany, Dr. Joshua Lynch detailed how the MATTERS app connects New Yorkers to telemedicine ...

A US study of more than a million Medicaid enrollees newly diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD), finds most—nearly seven ...

Those who kept taking buprenorphine as prescribed for at least a year were much less likely to suffer an overdose or require ...

More older adults are seeking medication and outpatient treatment for opioid use disorder following expanded coverage under Medicare.

America’s overdose crisis isn’t the simple story we’ve been told for years. A new investigation reveals how two key graphs — ...

Hundreds of people are on a waitlist for opioid addiction treatment in Los Angeles County jails as the state presses the system to reduce overdoses and in-custody deaths.

A bankruptcy court judge has approved the settlement of thousands of lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful ...

North Carolina's second Mobile Opioid Treatment Program launches in Greensboro to expand addiction recovery services.

Larry Arata, director of the Opioid Crisis Action Network, allegedly bribed women who relied on support from his organization ...

Los Angeles County jails pared back access to life-saving opioid addiction treatment this fall during one of the system’s ...