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Tool Kit for Measuring Opioid Misuse Needs Expansion
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health has been a key metric for measuring drug use across the United States ...
AUGUST 25, 2025
HALT Act Would Recategorize Fentanyl as a Schedule I Controlled Substance; Is That a Good Thing?
The Senate HALT of Fentanyl Act attempts to address the drug abuse and opioid use disorder crisis through enhanced ...
JUNE 25, 2025
When Illicit Drugs Crash the Party, ED Pharmacists Have the Antidotes
The title “When the Good Times Roll Too Far: An Overview of ‘Party Drug’ Management” proved ...
APRIL 17, 2025
Steep Drop in Mortality Has Congressional Caucus Looking to ‘Land the Plane’ on Opioid Deaths
The bipartisan congressional Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus has been in existence for 20 years and is ...
APRIL 4, 2025
As Opioid Deaths Fall, CDC Drills Down on Causes
Death from drug overdose is trending lower nationally for the first time in more than five years, according to the ...
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Patients, Providers Provide Perspectives on Opioid Diversion in Canada’s Safer Supply Programs
Safer pharmaceutical-grade alternatives to toxic and unregulated supplies of opioids could help address opioid ...
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
The NOPAIN Act: An Opportunity for Collaboration, Improvement in Pain Outcomes
Significant change may be on the horizon with regard to the treatment of postsurgical pain in the United States.
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
DEA Releases Telehealth Prescribing Rules For Controlled Substances, Buprenorphine
On January 15, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s long-awaited rules on telehealth prescribing of ...
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
CDC Warns of Reemergence of Carfentanil, A Stronger and More Potent Fentanyl
WASHINGTON—The CDC is warning about the dangers of carfentanil, a synthetic drug that is significantly more potent ...
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Looking at the Numbers: Are Opioid Overdose Deaths Trending Down?
Provisional mortality statistics from the CDC indicate a slight reduction in opioid overdose deaths nationally in ...
OCTOBER 8, 2024
One Opioid Overdose Often Predicts a Second, but Effective Interventions Curb Deaths
Nearly 18% of Medicare beneficiaries who experienced an opioid overdose had a second overdose, according to ...
AUGUST 14, 2024
Study of Parent Overdose Deaths Highlights Familial Impact of Opioid Crisis
An estimated 321,566 children in the United States lost a parent to a drug overdose from 2011 to 2021, according to ...
JUNE 18, 2024
