EXCLUSIVE: In the years since 2017 when the opioid epidemic was declared a public health emergency, more than half a million ...

Evidence continues to mount suggesting that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on cigarettes, ...

Health insurance loss, changes "may undermine continuity of critical treatment," researche ...

New research suggests the weight-loss medications could be powerful tools in tackling substance use disorders.

New Hampshire Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte's PAC took campaign donations from the owners of opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma—makers of the drug OxyContin—while publicly decrying opioid deaths in ...

Mississippi will receive more than $400M to fight the opioid epidemic. So far, officials haven’t directed it toward programs ...

A large epidemiological study of more than 600,000 veterans with diabetes suggests GLP-1 weight-loss medications may reduce ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...

If a person has major surgery chances are they were prescribed opioids. Hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and many others are all different types of opioids typically prescribed by doctors to treat ...

With Alcohol and Opioid Cases Rising, Bright Paths Recovery Highlights the Need for Safe Detox and Inpatient Treatment ...

The number of New Yorkers prescribed a key medication for opioid use disorder increased 7% during the pandemic as health providers battled against skyrocketing drug overdose deaths, a state report ...

Counties and municipalities were required to report their spending for the first time earlier this year. Money went to ...