The overdose crisis is touching the lives of citizen across Wisconsin, and it’s affecting American Indian citizens most ...

In my years as a nurse working in a drug detox unit, I’ve witnessed both the crushing grip of addiction and the grueling ...

Opioids work by binding to opioid receptors in the brain, spinal cord, and other areas of the body, triggering the brain’s reward centers and reducing pain signals. They also mute other nerve cell ...

Older adults are not immune from the opioid crisis, but senior living can provide safeguards through medication management to help control chronic conditions and effectively mitigate pain, Argentum ...

Widespread access to opioid agonist treatment (OAT) can reduce the risk of suicide by 35% among people with opioid use ...

California officials are accepting public comment through mid-March on a plan that would remove medical marijuana as an accepted treatment for injured employees in workers’ compensation cases. The ...

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association of Ghana (PMAG) has called on the government, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), the Pharmacy Council and all relevant stakeholders to launch an immediate ...

As a surgeon who operates on people whose bodies have been damaged by the contamination inherent in illicit drugs, I am certain that pushing kratom to the underground market by banning it would be ...

A new study on the use of medical marijuana by older patients—age 50 and above—concludes that “cannabis seemed to be a safe ...

She urged state regulators to enforce strict measures, ensuring that medications are sold exclusively with prescriptions to prevent ... had exported unapproved combinations of these drugs to West ...