An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More?
A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely ...
Child welfare agencies are buckling under staffing shortages as Pa. debates using opioid money to help
A number of counties are using opioid settlement money for child welfare purposes, but spending by Cameron County was ...
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The opioid crisis is a crime. So addiction treatment should be free.
For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid OxyContin for the treatment of chronic pain.
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Could an app help treat opioid addiction and PTSD? 5 questions with URI's Nicole Weiss
Weiss recently received a $5.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop a phone app for people with PTSD who are transitioning out of opioid addiction treatment.
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Sackler family, Purdue Pharma reach $7.4 billion settlement with 15 states over opioid crisis
The funds will go to communities nationwide to support opioid addiction treatment ... devastation I have felt in losing two of my three children." Juaire noted that the new deal is "even more ...
Could an app help treat opioid addiction and PTSD? 5 questions with URI's Nicole Weiss
Around two-thirds of people relapse within 30 days after being discharged from residential treatment. An app could help them get help.