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A recently enacted New York law aims to ensure that naloxone is available if needed by people who take prescription opioids.

This strategy — now in place in at least 10 states — is part of an effort to curb accidental opioid overdose deaths by patients who take these powerful medications.

Women 25-34 years of age had the greatest decrease in life expectancy, a new study found.

Adolescents that reported e-cigarette use were more likely to report cannabis use 1 year later

By RNZ
An expert at the National Institute of Drug Abuse in the United States has warned that fentanyl is extremely potent, very dangerous and easy to over

An American drug abuse expert has warned that fentanyl is potent, dangerous and easy to overdose on with evidence the synthetic opioid is now circulating in New Zealand.

/PRNewswire/ -- As the opioid epidemic continues to ravage the nation, stigma has remained a major barrier to treatment, recovery and reshaping approaches to...

AUSTIN — Drug use and addiction is growing in Texas and getting younger, but current pushes by state leaders to attack the issue by reducing supply will have little effect

AUSTIN — Drug use and addiction is growing in Texas and getting younger, but current pushes by state leaders to attack the issue by reducing supply will have little effect

Can testing recreational drugs be an effective harm reduction strategy?