Calls to overhaul methadone distribution intensify, but clinics resist
Days typically start early for patients undergoing opioid addiction treatment at Denver Recovery Group’s six methadone clinics in Colorado. They…
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As overdose deaths surge, advocates push for over-the-counter naloxone
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Louise Vincent figures her group, the North Carolina Survivors Union, saves at least 1,690 lives a year.…
Opinion: Pandemic helped spread fentanyl, drive opioid overdose deaths to new high
For the past 20 years, I have been engaged in efforts to end the opioid epidemic, as a public health official,…
Nation’s overdose deaths top 100,000 in one year
NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a never-before-seen milestone that health…
Judge conditionally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
A federal bankruptcy judge gave conditional approval Wednesday to a sweeping settlement that will remove the Sackler family from ownership…
In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black Americans
ST. LOUIS (AP) — She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to drive faster, faster, faster…