In order to access prescribed opioids, and then consume them under supervision, drug users would be limited by, for example, ...

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were about 107,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2023. Of those, about 75%, or 81,000, involved opioids.

Co-prescribed stimulants, opioids linked to higher opioid doses Study analyzes millions of U.S. prescriptions over 10 years Date: February 21, 2025 Source: Ohio State University Summary: The ...

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families agreed Thursday to increase their financial contribution to $7.4 billion to resolve mass opioid litigation. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control ...

At issue: whether opioid settlement money — paid by health care companies that were sued for fueling the opioid crisis and meant to help states abate addiction — should be funneled to two ...

British Columbia will change the fee structure for pharmacies that dispense ... and that a “significant” portion of the prescribed opioids were being diverted. The issues, separate but related ...

Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to more serious opioids like heroin and fentanyl, being dispensed at the Alameda Health ...

British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne has announced a major revamp of its safer-supply anti-addiction program, ...

Most people understand that our country is facing a crisis of opioid addiction and deaths. To combat this, you need proven solutions and resources. Yet, a lot of the money that is supposed to be ...