The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates the total “economic burden” of prescription opioid misuse alone in the US to be $78.5 billion a year. This includes multiple factors such ...
On any given day in the United States, 78 people die from an opioid-related overdose, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This number is only rising, according to ...
The media is full of stories about the epidemic of opioid addiction in our country, and indeed, the crisis is real. Opioid-involved deaths are continuing to increase in the United States, where more ...
In the parking lot outside a church in the Eastern Shore of Maryland, a mobile treatment unit quietly offers what too many people desperately need in the United States but too often cannot get – ...
Collage of fentanyl-related images. Editor’s Note: As we continue to observe National Recovery Month, Homeland Security Today contributor Robert Patterson – former Acting Administrator for the Drug ...
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Decatur city leaders are using opioid grant money for good. On Monday, city leaders presented Victoria Bell with a check. She’s the head of Victorious Reentry Program, which ...
With an estimated 5 million Americans battling opioid use disorder—resulting in tens of thousands of deaths each year—a new ...
DELTA, Colo. (KREX) — On Monday, River Valley Family Health Centers (RVFHC) announced the expansion of its Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) clinic in Delta, which will grow access to evidence ...
How does your doctor actually prescribe opioid medication? Why is it hard to get a refill? What are the best solutions to ...
For far too long, the opioid crisis has stolen lives, torn apart families, and strained communities across Pennsylvania—especially in our rural and industrial towns in the state. As someone who ...
Editor’s Note: As we continue to observe National Recovery Month, Homeland Security Today contributor Robert Patterson – former Acting Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) – ...