Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine has been awarded close to $3 million for an imaging study to determine what is occurring in the brains of people living...
Fewer than 30% of young people who survive an overdose of opioids receive addiction treatment in a timely manner afterward. These results were published in a new study published...
States to Offer Medication-Assisted Treatment to Inmates with Opioid Addiction Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), which is one of the methods recommended by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...
Timeline of Heroin Withdrawal When a person’s body becomes physically dependent on heroin, it’s not easy to stop using it, even if they make the decision to stop. Not...
Heroin Addiction Expert Says There is an “Even Bigger Crisis” Than Opioid Addiction In 2015, Florida’s Manatee County recorded 57 fatal drug overdoses. At the time, that level was...
Getting Your Life Back with Heroin Rehab Arizona Heroin addiction has been on the rise over the last several years. In the United States, more people are using heroin...
Opioid Prescriptions and Addiction in Teens For the first time, opioid-producing pharmaceutical companies are being held accountable by state and federal courts for their role in the opioid addiction...
Treating Opioid Use Disorder with Opioid Addiction Treatment Arizona The opioid epidemic is not showing any signs of slowing down. In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) urged...
If you could order a genetic test that could tell you whether you were at risk for opioid abuse later in life, would you take it? What factors are considered...
