The state of the opioid crisis in 2024: It’s as bad as ever | Vox
Jan 16, 2024 · In 2022, 6.1 million people 12 and older had an opioid use disorder, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s most recent annual survey, …
Fewer than half of U.S. jails provide life-saving medications for ...
Sep 24, 2024 · A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the nation offered any form …
News Releases | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Apr 12, 2017 · Fewer than half of U.S. jails provide life-saving medications for opioid use disorder September 24, 2024 | NIH findings highlight critical gaps in treatment access in correctional …
Remember opioid crisis? It’s gotten worse. - Harvard Gazette
Jul 19, 2023 · Deaths involving illicit drugs and prescription opioids have risen since 2017, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the problem a public health …
New rules for methadone ease access opioid addiction treatment
Oct 12, 2024 · Markey's legislation, known as the Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (MOTAA), would allow methadone to be prescribed by any board-certified addiction doctor and …
Medication for opioid use disorder is available via telehealth. One ...
1 day ago · Barriers remain, Terranella said, including a lack of substance use disorder treatment providers. Many adolescent treatment facilities don’t offer buprenorphine and some …
U.S. sees a sudden and unexpected drop in fatal overdoses - NPR
Sep 18, 2024 · According to Donaldson, many people using fentanyl now carry naloxone, a medication that reverses most opioid overdoses. He said his friends also use street drugs with …
Purdue Pharma, Sackler family members reach new opioid settlement | AP News
15 hours ago · Surrounded by people involved with the fight against the opioid epidemic, New York Attorney General Letitia James, center, speaks about a settlement with regard to the …
First on CNN: To ‘meet people where they are,’ HHS to allow opioid ...
Feb 1, 2024 · Some people being treated for opioid use disorders can now take home doses of their methadone medications or schedule telehealth appointments in ways they haven’t always …
‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic Crashes Ashore, Propelled by …
Feb 21, 2024 · These waves, according to a report out Wednesday from Millennium Health, began with the crisis in prescription opioid use, followed by a significant jump in heroin use, …