After many years of increasing opioid and drug overdose deaths, it appears the United States has turned a corner, with the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data indicating fatal ...

In 2019, seven county correctional facilities (jails) in Massachusetts initiated pilot programs to provide all Food and Drug Administration–approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). This ...

Baltimore has been among the cities hardest hit by the opioid overdose epidemic, with a per capita overdose death rate significantly higher than the national average. Something must change — ...

MARYLAND - Lieutenant Governor Aruna K. Miller, along with the Office of Overdose Response, has announced the award of $12.4 million in grants to numerous programs and organizations to address ...

Most deaths are caused by opioids, synthetic opioids and methamphetamine, with fentanyl accounting for 80% of all overdose deaths.

It’s no secret the opioid crisis remains a major public health concern in the United States. It was declared a public health emergency in 2017, and for multiple years following, nationwide overdose ...

Ellen Latsko, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Alina Denham, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York. Michael L. Barnett ([email protected]), Brown ...

A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...

People who leave jail and prison are at extremely high risk of a drug overdose, research shows. In this study of people with probable opioid use disorder in Massachusetts county jails, those who ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The Republican tax bill signed into law earlier this month could result in a significant death toll for people seeking treatment for opioid ...

Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to provisional CDC data. In 2024, Massachusetts had 1,340 confirmed opioid-related ...

Rhode Island began offering treatment for substance use disorders in its prisons in 2016 and within a year, the overdose ...