Boston, Massachusetts Local News
MBTA balks at expanding overdose prevention kiosks
[ad_1] BOSTON — MBTA officials are pouring cold water on a legislative push to make the opioid overdose reversing drug naloxone available at subway…
Tag: Opioid Use Disorder
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Rockport school board updated on opioid prevention
[ad_1] The Rockport School Committee, along with the town’s Public Health Department, is aiming to eliminate the effects of possible substance abuse in Rockport…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in Mass., NH
[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in Massachusetts
[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines…
Orlando, Florida Local News
Orange County overdose prevention program aims to save lives, one fentanyl test strip at a time
[ad_1] click to enlarge Courtesy of Largest Heart Nonprofit Largest Heart distributes fentanyl test strips in Orange County to help prevent accidental overdose. When…
Orlando, Florida Local News
Orange County opens new medication-assisted treatment program for opioid addiction
[ad_1] click to enlarge Orange County Government media gallery Orange County’s Office for a Drug-Free Community leads efforts to curb opioid deaths through prevention…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Sheriff expands inmate drug treatment program to The Farm
[ad_1] LAWRENCE — Sheriff Kevin Coppinger plans to stand before hundreds of police chiefs this month and tell them how he’s bringing drugs into…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Opioid deaths drop 10%, but remain high
[ad_1] BOSTON — The scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, but new data shows a double-digit decrease in the number of overdose…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Report: Injured workers at risk for opioid overdoses
[ad_1] Workers who are injured on the job are at higher risk for fatal opioid-related overdoses, according to a new study, which calls for…
Cannabis
Can Cannabinoids Help People Wean Off Opioids? | High Times
[ad_1] Doctors desperately need tools to battle the opioid epidemic, and they’re turning to cannabinoids for new ways to approach the problem of opioid…
Cannabis
New Study Suggests Cannabis Does Not Help Opioid Use Disorder | High Times
[ad_1] A long-term study on opioid addiction and cannabis use found little to no evidence that using cannabis can help addicts reduce or stop…
Health
We Have No Drugs to Treat the Deadliest Eating Disorder
[ad_1] In the 1970s, they tried lithium. Then it was zinc and THC. Anti-anxiety drugs had their turn. So did Prozac and SSRIs and…
Breaking News
University of Kentucky physicians push for standard-of-care opioid treatment for incarcerated patients
[ad_1] Newswise — In a recently published commentary, UK HealthCare physicians call for standard-of-care treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) among patients who are…
World News
Canada province decriminalizes hard drugs in new bid to combat opioid crisis
[ad_1] Ottawa — A Canadian province on Tuesday decriminalized the possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and other hard drugs in a…
Finance
Some addiction treatment centers turn big profits by scaling back care
[ad_1] Near the end of his scheduled three-month stay at a rehab center outside Austin, Texas, Daniel McKegney was forced to tell his father…
US News
Easing prescription rules for opioid treatment meds did not increase overdose deaths, study finds
[ad_1] A new study shows that reducing restrictions on buprenorphine, a medication that can treat opioid use disorder, did not lead to an increase…