Public Health

Hospitals in Massachusetts experienced the highest rate of opioid-related emergency department visits in 2014, according to a report based on state reported data conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Gov. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., vetoed a measure to expand the state's Medicaid program under the ACA Thursday, Star Tribune reports.

The number of adults in the United States who reported using heroin at some point in their lives increased by approximately fivefold over the span of a decade, according to a new analysis of two surveys published in the journal…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to develop a commission to address the nation's ongoing opioid epidemic, reports Vox.

In Massachusetts — one of the states hit hardest by the opioid epidemic — local business leaders, healthcare professionals and elected officials have launched a nonprofit to address the rising rates of opioid abuse in the state, according to the…

The U.S. drug overdose epidemic is driving a rise in premature deaths across the country, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

A growing sect of pain physicians and addiction specialists are using marijuana to help opioid addicts curb their habit, reports The New York Times.

Milwaukee County's North Shore Health Department released a guidebook to help county residents prevent and reduce opioid abuse in their homes and communities.

The American College of Physicians issued a broad set of public policy recommendations for the treatment and prevention of substance use disorders for both illicit and prescription drugs in a new paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

Gov. Rick Snyder, R, joined by a group of Michigan legislators, unveiled a bipartisan package of legislation March 23 designed to curb opioid abuse in the state.