The nation's ongoing opioid overdose and addiction crisis cost the U.S. economy more than $1 trillion from 2001 to 2017. The epidemic is poised to cost the nation an additional $500 billion by 2020, according to an analysis released Tuesday…
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Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Saturday declared Pennsylvania's opioid overdose and addiction crisis a statewide emergency.
The companies behind the opioid overdose antidote Narcan donated 4,000 doses to Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's opioid overdose task force Thursday. with an additional 1,000 doses scheduled to be donated to the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition Friday.
As of Wednesday, Monroe County (N.Y.) has seen 112 heroin overdoses — 17 of which were fatal — during the first month and a half of 2018, according to report from the Democrat & Chronicle.
San Francisco health officials are moving forward with a plan to launch two safe injection sites for intravenous drug users in July without the blessing of state officials, according to a report the San Francisco Chronicle.
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The bipartisan budget agreement released by the Senate Wednesday would devote $6 billion in funding to address the nation's opioid crisis and other mental health issues, as well as $2 billion in new funds for the National Institutes of Health,…
While the Trump administration has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats and public health experts for its response to the opioid crisis, voters are split on whether federal efforts to address the crisis have been sufficient, according to a poll conducted…
Treating depression among patients with chronic prescription opioid use may help wean the patients off opioids, according to a study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Among all states, West Virginia faces the highest per-capita fiscal burden related to the nation's opioid crisis, according to an analysis from the American Enterprise Institute cited by the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
Low-cost testing strips designed to detect fentanyl — a highly potent synthetic opioid often cut into street drugs — may help reduce rising drug overdose rates in the United States, according to a study backed by the Bloomberg American Health…