Patients in the United States are prescribed disproportionally higher amounts of opioids after surgery regardless of pain severity, according to an International Patterns of Opioid Prescribing Workgro...
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In fiscal year 2021, states will spend $656 million on tobacco prevention and cessation programs out of the $26.9 billion they will receive from tobacco taxes and the 1998 tobacco settlement. This...
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On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to 10 companies who manufacture electronic nicotine delivery systems, operate websites selling them and e-liquids, and did not s...
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently awarded the University of Miami and the North Dakota State College of Science as th...
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Legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) that would expand research into the prevention and treatment of opioid addiction was signed into law on Thursday. The legislation, the Ex...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that it would be expanding access to medication-assisted treatment by eliminating specific requirements for physicians who want to p...
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Six West Virginia counties are eligible for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funding. Boone, Clay, Hampshire, Lincoln, Preston, and Wirt counties were changed from the urban to r...
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A bipartisan group of state attorneys general is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a progress report on the fight against opioids. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, the ...
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Researchers looking at combining two medications to treat methamphetamine disorder think their approach may be a safe and effective way to treat addicted adults. By combining injectable naltrexone...
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Between 2010 and 2017, the rates of pregnant women diagnosed with opioid use disorder spiked 131 percent, and babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) grew 82 percent, according to a U.S. D...
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A team of scientists, led by Duke University, have developed a bio-compatible surgical patch that releases nonopioid painkillers directly to the site of a wound. The polymer patch, made of poly(est...
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U.S. Reps. David McKinley (R-WV) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) announced Tuesday that they had introduced legislation that would help those suffering from addiction or mental illness access treatmen...
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Washington, D. C. Councilmember Mary Cheh reintroduced the “Flavored Electronic Smoking Device Prohibition Amendment Act” to the DC Council Tuesday, hoping to end the sale of all flavored e-cigare...
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A new study suggests that collaboration between physicians and pharmacists may increase the adherence to and participant satisfaction of treatments for opioid use disorder. Researchers at Duke Uni...
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The U.S. Department of Health announced Monday that it had awarded $8 million to fund the Telehealth Broadband Pilot (TBP) program. Funded through the Health Resources and Services Administration,...
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Using tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, before the age of 18 is a major contributor to becoming daily cigarette smokers, according to a University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim Scho...
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Counsel for the American Hospital Association (AHA) and other groups have put drug companies on notice that they need to immediately halt their practice of eliminating drug discounts for contract phar...
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Texas Health and Human Services recently launched a website to promote Texas Targeted Opioid Response (TTOR), the state’s public health campaign to combat opioid addiction and overdose. The websi...
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As the number of drug overdoses skyrockets, Gen. Barry McCaffrey (ret.) is urging Americans to protect its vulnerable substance use disorder patients. McCaffrey, former Director of the White House...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its plan to address the public health threat caused by viral hepatitis across the country. Call the “Viral Hepatitis National ...
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