The medications “help to bridge that gap between 'I want to get clean' and getting clean," a prisons official said.

For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

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More New Yorkers received scripts for buprenorphine, a med used to treat opioid addiction, amid fight against record-high ...

What is the argument that makes addiction more deserving of free treatment than heart disease or mental illness? Perhaps all ...

A new opioid-free pain medication was approved by the FDA on Thursday, marking a non-addictive alternative for patients.

These medications are life and death for someone coming out of custody and in that state,” said Mary Taylor, a clinical ...

One participant in the drug trial for Journavx said it eliminated her pain without making her feel loopy or nauseous, which ...

NSDUH only queried opioid misusers about opioid use disorder symptoms. After they changed the protocol and asked all ...

An online-based mindfulness treatment program significantly reduced opioid craving among participants with opioid use disorder results from a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open ...