The nation's heroin epidemic cost the U.S. approximately $51 billion in 2015, according to a study published in PLOS One.
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Alcohol and drug intoxication deaths in Maryland increased for the sixth straight year in 2016, peaking at 2,089 deaths — the largest number ever recorded in the state, according to a report from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental…
As the opioid epidemic worsens, hospitals in North Carolina have seen an increase in patients being hospitalized for endocarditis, a bacterial complication of injection drug use, according to a report in the CDC's Friday Morbidity and Mortality Report.
U.S. News & World Report and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna's charitable foundation launched a project to research, analyze and report how communities with inventive policies and partnerships are changing citizens' health, The Hartford Business Journal reports.
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50-times more powerful than heroin, is now the primary cause of drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island, according to two studies published in The International Journal of Drug Policy.
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The mayor of Dayton, Ohio, filed a lawsuit Monday against physicians, drug manufacturers and drug wholesalers for allegedly contributing to the city's ongoing opioid crisis, according to a release.
Dozens of individuals in central and southwest Georgia were hospitalized for opioid overdoses over the span of 48 hours, according to a Tuesday release from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Recovery Centers of America, a provider of addiction treatment services, inked a coverage agreement with Boston-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts for its Danvers, Mass.-based Boston Center for Addiction Treatment.
Twenty-two opioid-related overdoses occurred in the span of 48 hours in Suffolk County, N.Y., resulting in at least one fatality, according to a report from NBC New York.
Republican Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday declared a statewide health emergency in Arizona due to surging rates of opioid overdose deaths.