Once-a-month shot for opioid addiction works as well as daily medication, study finds A study finds a monthly shot to treat opioid addiction was as effective in maintaining short-term abstinence as a more commonly prescribed daily treatment.
Dr. Marc Siegel: The opioid contagion President Trump’s plan to call the opioid crisis a national emergency next week is a good one, and not just because of the more than 30,000 deaths from opioid overdoses in 2015 alone — including 20,000 from prescription pain killers.
Washington state judge rules in favor of supervised injection sites With the opioid crises growing across the United States, the fight over what to do about it has landed in a Seattle courtroom.
NYPD training helps officers respond to calls involving mentally ill Police officers in New York City can take part in training program focused on skills that will help them respond to calls involving people with mental health concerns.
President Trump doubles down on opioid epidemic On Monday, from the Rose Garden, President Trump announced that he is doubling down on his commitment to battle the opioid epidemic.
Prescription opioid abuse rising in UK While opioid use – both in the form of prescription painkillers and heroin – has not reached the crisis level it has in the U.S., health officials in the United Kingdom have seen a drastic uptick in drug abuse over the last decade and are warning that, without a greater investment in education and public health services, Great Britain could face a similar situation to the U.S. sometime in the near future.
America's teen anxiety epidemic is heartbreaking. Parents, here's the incredible thing you must do now A key ingredient in helping our kids overcome their anxiety is facing and working through our own anxiety.
K2 overdose victim warns against potential dangers amid spike in abuse calls A 26-year-old man who overdosed on synthetic marijuana four years ago is speaking out to warn against the drug amid a rash of K2-related overdose calls in Minnesota.
Mom speaks out after cheerleader daughter's overdose death The mother of a former cheerleader who died of an overdose shortly after returning home from rehab wants to see the way insurers cover in-patient therapy and addiction treatment changed.
Fentanyl, synthetic opioids claim top spot for US overdose deaths Fourteen people overdosed on heroin laced with fentanyl in a span of just four hours Wednesday in Camden, New Jersey, NBC Philadelphia reports.
