opioids

Officers with the New Albany Police and Floyd County Sheriff's departments will soon carry naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug.

Over the past eight years, grassroots group Clark County CARES has worked at the local and state levels to increase education and support surrounding substance use.

The Biden administration will use data from EMS first responders to track overdoses. The focus will be on improving response to a public health crisis that kills more than 100,000 Americans annually.

Proceeds will be put toward addiction treatment and prevention and will be distributed to the state over the coming years.

The Sacklers are seeking bankruptcy-like protections from the court without actually filing for bankruptcy.

A report from a federal oversight agency shows that over 4,000 patients in the Ohio Valley received high amounts of opioids in 2018 through Medicaid,…

Despite overdose death decreases, new studies warn that access to medication assisted treatment continues to be a challenge.

An open-ended survey of 2700 rural adults found that 25 percent of rural Americans said drug addiction was their biggest concern.

The study looked at two states that implemented opioid prescribing deadlines – Massachusetts and Connecticut.

New research shows just how difficult it is to access opioid treatment in rural areas in Kentucky, Indiana and surrounding states.