In the ongoing fight against opioid addiction, Gov. Gavin Newson has signed a bill aimed at expanding access to methadone ...

Medication for opioid use disorder can save lives. But fewer than half of jails surveyed across the country provide it, a new ...

The federal funds will support substance use prevention and treatment efforts, workforce capacity building and access to ...

Semaglutide was linked to a significantly lower risk of overdose than other antidiabetic drugs in patients with type 2 ...

The Kentucky suit against Express Scripts and its related entities says the state should receive $2,000 for each willful ...

Despite two-thirds of incarcerated people having substance use disorder, a new study reveals a lack of therapy options.

Minnesota is seeking a Medicaid waiver to help cover incarcerated people’s health care, including substance use treatment, ...

Daily doses of the drug buprenorphine is a standard treatment for opioid use disorder, and the findings suggest that higher ...

Opioid use disorder can be a contributing factor to Americans landing in the nation's prisons and jails, but those inmates ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky's attorney general has sued Express Scripts, claiming the big pharmacy benefit manager was at the center of an opioid dispensing chain that fueled a deadly addiction crisis ...

Pandemic-era rules, set to expire Dec. 31, enabled telehealth prescriptions of controlled medications like buprenorphine, ...

Non-opioid alternatives provide satisfactory pain relief, yet too many patients are prescribed opioids after dental ...