Carlos Santiago, an ambassador and driver for the Greater Hartford Harm Reduction Coalition (now known as the Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance), works at a mobile overdose prevention event in 2022 ...

Despite all this, tens of thousands of people are still dying annually. Estimates suggest that the number of opioid overdose deaths declined in 2023, but just barely, with more than 80,000 US lives ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

Black patients are less likely to receive outpatient OUD treatment referrals post-ED visit for opioid overdose compared to White patients. Hospital admissions increase the likelihood of receiving ...

Patients who come to the emergency department following an opioid overdose have a 1-year mortality rate of about 5%. In this study, 17.8% of patients received a referral for outpatient treatment, 42.4 ...

A major portion of the Perry County commissioners meeting Dec. 22 focused on a presentation regarding the use of opioid ...

Salisbury Fire Department leaders say a two-year mobile health and opioid outreach program helped cut overdose calls by more ...

The gleaming booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. “Be prepared. Get naloxone. Save a life,” the slogan on its walls ...

(AP) — The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. “Be prepared. Get naloxone. Save a life,” the slogan ...