After a slow start, Kansas’ opioid settlement funds have reached every county and benefitted tens of thousands of residents ...

The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) this week announced an investment of more than $8 million to expand or ...

Rather than further criminalizing substance use disorder, we must legitimize trauma-informed care as a key pathway to ending ...

For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug ...

Passing the Alternatives to PAIN Act would be an excellent way for Trump to uphold his promise to “Make America Healthy Again ...

The researchers found that the 15 candidate genes accounted for 0.40 percent of the variation in OUD risk, while age and sex accounted for 3.27 percent of the variation. Using the 15 variants as ...

Evans is the former chief operator of the DEA leading initiatives across 240 domestic offices and 93 foreign offices.

(HealthDay News) — A gap persists between the need for and receipt of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment among U.S. individuals, according to a research letter published online Jan. 6 in JAMA ...

Despite a rise in the number of individuals needing treatment for substance use disorder in the United States, treatment ...

Under a new state pilot, paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering a medication that blunts withdrawals and cravings.

For individuals reporting cannabis use, the odds of opioid misuse are reduced among individuals in states with medical ...