Even as more people get treatment overall, people with criminal justice involvement still remain less likely to get medication for opioid use disorder. As awareness of opioid addiction has grown, new ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new app is helping families who are fighting addiction. The app to fight addiction with the help of medication-assisted treatment is a first of its kind. Thousands of patients ...

Philadelphia officials unveiled a new advertising campaign Tuesday that urges people battling opioid addiction to seek medication assisted treatment. There are some 12,000 medication-assisted ...

Treating addiction with medication is the new norm — and considered the best practice by the medical community. "There is good evidence that medication-assisted treatment is the gold standard," said ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a treatable but potentially life-threatening condition. Yet millions of people still lack access to the most effective treatment options. According to recently released ...

Drug and alcohol addiction is known as a family disease because of the deep impact substance abuse has on the addict’s loved ones, as well as on the addict. At the same time, family members often ...

To support the dissemination of accurate patient-focused information about treatments for addiction, and to help provide scientific solutions to the current opioid crisis, an ad hoc committee under ...

The opioid epidemic has touched nearly every corner of the United States. Public health officials, lawmakers, and others have recommended a vast scale-up in the capacity of substance abuse treatment ...

OGDEN — People who are incarcerated at the Weber County Correctional Facility and struggling with opioid use disorder now have access to expanded treatment services. During its weekly meeting Tuesday, ...

Orange County’s Office for a Drug-Free Community leads efforts to curb opioid deaths through prevention education, enforcement, treatment and recovery. Credit: Orange County Government media gallery ...