The opioid crisis, once primarily a concern of high-income countries, is increasingly becoming a substantial public health challenge in Nigeria.1 The alarming rise in opioid abuse, particularly among ...

Kavitha Sivasubramaniam looks at how employers can identify and support staff who may be struggling with alcohol and drug ...

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The state department of addiction services says that up until a few months ago, our country was experiencing the worst ...

Central Valley leaders are asking voters to weigh in one of the oldest public policy questions: Which works better, the ...

By Vice Mayor and Second District City Councilmember Cindy Allen, contributing writer ...

Many people have completely wrong ideas about addiction, which can impede addicts from getting treatment and sustaining ...

If passed, Prop. 36 would reverse Proposition 47, an extensive prison and sentencing reform measure. Since its adoption ...

Street fentanyl has long been viewed as unstoppable. Now many experts say the supply of the deadly synthetic opioid is ...

Postdeparture outreach and specialized addiction medicine teams could help patients with substance use disorder, the study ...

Louisiana’s first-in-the-nation law listing the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol as “controlled dangerous ...