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<p>Medical cannabis legalization is associated with a decrease in the frequency of nonmedical prescription opioid use, according to a Rutgers study.</p>

When someone lives through an opioid overdose, taking the medication buprenorphine lowers their risk of death if they OD again, according to new research.

Opioid-involved overdose deaths following nonfatal overdose events are largely preventable with buprenorphine, research finds.

The COVID-10 pandemic limited access to opioid addiction treatment for some racial and ethnic minority groups, but not for white people.

Receiving psychosocial and behavioral therapy alongside medications for opioid use disorder leads to better treatment engagement and continuity, according to Rutgers researchers.

In the past year, only 1 in 4 people who needed treatment got medication for opioid use disorder, a new study shows.

Medication rates were particularly low for adolescents, older adults, study showed