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Good morning everyone. Today the subcommittee of oversight and investigation holds a hearing entitled combatting the Opioid Crisis battles in the states. Now, make no mistake the term combatting and battled are entirely appropriate. Our nation is in the midst of devastation around every corner of the nation. In 2015 there were more than in the u. S. , more than 33,000 deaths involved in opioid. 24 increase from the prior year. Overdose death rate in 2015 was almost seven times the rate of deaths...

Journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern monday morning. Join the discussion. State officials discuss efforts to combat opioid addiction. Two hours, 15 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Today the subcommittee of oversight and investigation holds a hearing entitled combatting the Opioid Crisis, battles in the states. Make no mistake, the terms combatting and battles are entirely appropriate. Our nation is in the midst of a tremendous fight against death and devastation affecting over corner of our natio...

A Johns Hopkins Medicine program in Baltimore focuses on caring for people who are working to overcome the chronic disease known as substance use disorder.

The temperature outside the paper-thin walls of Ely Long’s tent plummeted to 14 degrees before sunrise on Nov. 11. By the time the new Community Compassion Outreach Temporary Warming Center opened for...

SAMHSA is expanding opioid treatment, awarding RWJBarnabas Health's Institute for Prevention and Recovery a $3.75 million grant.

When Angela Cicchino learned she was pregnant in 2019, she uncovered a whole new round of obstacles in her recovery from drug addiction that at that point had been underway for 8 years.

Daniel Ritchie said he knows what it means to live at rock bottom, which is why he's able to connect with those who feel hopeless or afraid of getting help.