For adults with opioid use disorder (OUD) receiving buprenorphine, a mindfulness-based group is similar to a recovery support ...

Kratom has been used for hundreds of years in Southeast Asia for issues like fatigue. But it's banned in at least 6 states.

What Mark Conway says is groundbreaking and lifesaving, the mayor’s office says is irresponsible and simplistic.

At their bimonthly meeting Monday, Baltimore City Council members introduced legislation designed to improve health care for children and help emergency personnel respond to the opioid crisis.

Pat George, chairman of the Kansas Fights Addiction Act Grant Review Board, gives an update to the Senate Ways and Means ...

Reversing opioid overdoses in rats using a drug that does not enter the brain prevents the sudden and severe withdrawal symptoms associated with therapeutics that target the central nervous system.

A new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found that a treatment approach designed to help people addicted to fentanyl, using low doses of buprenorphine, is not working as expected. The ...

Sean Hanchett died in custody in December 2022, and did not receive adequate medical attention, the suit alleged.

Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...

Kratom is known for its stimulant and opioid-like effects and is derived from the leaves of a tree in the coffee family, the Southeast Asian tree Mitragyna speciosa. This differs from another natural ...

Under a new state pilot, paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering a medication that blunts withdrawals and cravings.