Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder need better access to primary care and specialist services to avoid trips to the emergency department, researchers from Penn State College of Medicine researchers concluded in a new study.
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Mental health patients and individuals suffering from chronic pain prefer cannabis over prescription drugs, including opioids, according to a new study published in The International Journal of Drug Policy.
Lynn, Mass., has lost $150,000 in funds to pay a clinician and case manager who work with police to refer hundreds of opioid overdose victims to treatment annually, according The Boston Globe.
Approximately two-fifths of patients prescribed buprenorphine — a medication used to curb opioid addiction — filled at least one prescription for opioids while being treated with the anti-addiction medication, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Addiction.
Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe on Thursday signed four bills into law crafted to reduce the human cost of the opioid epidemic in Virginia.
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As the death rate from opioid overdoses climbs, advocates in the recovery community initially urged President Donald Trump to install the White House's "drug czar" in his Cabinet. Now they are working to ensure the drug czar's office won't be…
The share of heroin-related overdose deaths in the United States increased from 8 percent in 2010 to 25 percent in 2015, according to a new data brief released Friday by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and New York City-based Quartet, a mission-driven technology company that integrates mental health into primary care, expanded their services to two Pennsylvania counties — Butler and Westmoreland.
Hundreds of Minnesotans who've lost loved ones to opioid overdoses rallied at the State Capitol building in St. Paul on Tuesday for the state's inaugural "Opioid Awareness Day." The gathering coincided with bill proposals from state lawmakers designed to deter…
Opioid overdoses accounted for 33,091 deaths in 2015, according to a CDC report released in December.