Opioid Crisis

Chinese officials declare that all variants of the deadly Opioid Fentanyl will be considered controlled substances, fulfilling a promise…

Multiple Lawsuits Against Pharmaceutical Companies Converge in One County

From Portsmouth, Ohio, come rumors of corrupt officials running a sex trafficking ring, using women with drug addictions and other at-risk…

App Tracks Buprenorphine Doses to Manage Opioid Withdrawal

While many people unassociated with the crisis tend to think that the deadliest opioids are illicit drugs like Heroin, the issue is much…

The Outcome of the Historic Oklahoma vs. Purdue Pharma Lawsuit

As more than 150 Americans die every day due to Opioids, FDA advisors are petitioning the agency to stop approving new prescription…

Teen drug use is at historically low rates, yet overdose deaths continue to climb. Look for these 5 signs if you suspect your teen is…

Seven states have passed legislation that requires physicians to prescribe the Opioid-reversal drug, Naloxone, along with an Opioid…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require pharmaceutical companies that produce Opioids to study their effectiveness in dealing…

Parrots across India have been raiding poppy fields dozens of times a day. This large group of birds have caused a decline in the farmers’…

In 2018, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Elijah Cummings introduced the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act. The bill…

Kratom: Friend or Foe?

Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is in hot water after being fact-checked by members of the Washington Post.

Cash-for-Pills Doctor Gets Life in Prison

Fentanyl Prescriptions on the Rise

Studies show Opioid prescribing limits imposed by the DEA had an unintended consequence–prescriptions actually increased, giving patients…

International Women’s Day is a day to educate and empower women and an opportunity to analyze how addiction stigma and access to treatment…

Insurance Companies Make It Harder to Treat Opioid Addiction

America is in the grips of an Opioid Epidemic. 115 women and men die each day from opioid overdose. In 2017, doctors in the U.S. wrote 191…

What Are the 5 Most Addictive Opioids?

115 Americans die each day due to fatal opioid overdoses, nearly half which involve a prescription opioid. In the struggle with opioid use…

As of 2017, more Americans are dying from Opioid overdoses than from fatal car accidents–a first in the country’s history.

Recent studies have noticed an increase in pet opioid prescriptions. A Penn Medicine and Penn Vet study found a spike in the number of pet…