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In December, Marie, who lives in coastal Swampscott, Massachusetts, began having trouble breathing. Three days after Christmas, she woke up gasping for air and dialed 911.

U.S. overdose deaths have exceeded 100,000 a year, yet few hospitals are equipped to treat patients with addiction. A new kind of treatment team connect patients with help before theyre discharged.

U.S. overdose deaths have exceeded 100,000 a year, yet few hospitals are equipped to treat patients with addiction. A new kind of treatment team connect patients with help before theyre discharged.

PORTLAND — A surge of illicit fentanyl in the Pacific Northwest is supercharging an opioid epidemic with counterfeit pills that are 50 to 100 times more potent than heroin, cheap

Education leaders discussed the rise in fentanyl use in Oregon adolescents and interventions needed to curb abuse during an Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) panel Wednesday.

Study sheds light on experience of patients with substance use disorder during the pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect across society, but it has been especially devastating for people with substance use disorder. A new study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, sheds light on the experience of patients with substance use disorder who were hospitalized during the initial surge of COVID-19 cases in Oregon last spring. Researchers with Oregon Health & Science University concl...