New Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Professor and Chairman of the Psychiatry Department Dr. Rajendra Badgaiyan was drawn to the Permian Basin by the new behavioral health hospital being ...

The Connecticut Public Health Committee staged a hearing Friday on a bill that would create a pilot program for overdose ...

Popular for its stimulating and pain-relieving properties, the herb kratom can be as easy to buy as a bag of chips in many parts of the US. That’s also raised questions about whether kratom should be ...

Though more research is needed to understand who might benefit from GLP-1 agonists for addiction, early studies suggest that the approach holds promise.

The Capital Chronicle published a four-part series about fentanyl addiction in Oregon and the state's approach to the crisis.

A doctor from the University of Palermo in Italy has published a case study of an adult cocaine user who experienced reduced withdrawal symptoms when given GLP-1 therapy. In the case study published ...

Kelly Juleson and Roland Harmon, co-presidents of the Governor’s Prevention Partnership, recently answered some questions about their organization’s mission and efforts to educate and mentor young ...

SEATTLE — A man who sold fentanyl to people outside a Seattle drug treatment clinic will spend ... money by any means available to feed their addiction. That harm is particularly concentrated ...

Gripped by opioid withdrawal, Benjamin Santiago was violently ill when he stepped into San Mateo County’s Maguire Correctional Facility last fall. At 44, he had been using illicit opioids for ...

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, addiction is treatable, but it’s not a simple process. Addiction is a chronic disease that can’t be stopped within days, and individuals will need ...

Experts recommend your results from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria can help create your treatment plan ... ones cope with AUD. This drug is the least preferred drug ...

The newly reported data suggested improved access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction contributed to recent downturns in drug overdose deaths, which declined 9% in New York ...