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Drug and Substance Abuse February 24, 2017

Deadly US heroin overdoses quadrupled in five years: study

The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency said on Friday, as the price of the drug dropped and its potency increased.

Addiction February 22, 2017

Opioids may be causing increase in cocaine overdoses

The number of people dying from cocaine overdoses in the United States is on the rise, and a new study suggests why: People are using cocaine and opioids together.

Addiction February 21, 2017

FDA rejects Amphastar's nasal version of opioid overdose treatment

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had rejected its application to market an intranasal version of the drug naloxone, which is designed to stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

Addiction February 17, 2017

Volunteer cuddlers helping infants born addicted to opioids

Volunteers at Boston Medical Center are helping babies who were exposed to drugs while in the womb heal faster with the power of human touch.

Addiction February 13, 2017

Louisville reports 52 overdoses in 32-hour period

Louisville experienced a severe spike in overdose calls last week with authorities responding to 52 calls in a 32-hour period.

Addiction February 13, 2017

‘We never talked about it’: As opioid deaths rise, minority families stay silent

As more and more people emerge from the shadows to put a face on the nation's opioid epidemic, faces of color are notably absent.

Addiction February 7, 2017

West Virginia distributing 8,000 overdose antidote kits

West Virginia health officials are responding to opioid overdoses by distributing more than 8,000 kits with an antidote — Naloxone — that can get people breathing again if administered in time.

Addiction February 6, 2017

Marijuana compound shows some potential for treating opioid addiction

A component of marijuana may help heroin users resist the urge to use the drug and alleviate withdrawal symptoms, but more research should be done in this area, according to a new review of previous research.

Addiction February 2, 2017

Man's daily vodka intake calcified his pancreas

After drinking a half a pint of vodka every day since he was 35, a 50-year-old man in Pennsylvania went to the emergency room vomiting blood.

Addiction February 1, 2017

Twenty-five years on the wagon, and holding on tight

Alcoholism isn’t always what you think it is. It’s not just the Bowery bum or the squeegee guy or that uncle of yours who gets roaring drunk at Thanksgiving.

Painkillers January 26, 2017

How to treat an opioid epidemic

The grim faces of the nation’s opioid epidemic—an overdosing parent slumped in the front seat of a car, mouth agape, with a neglected child in the rear seat—have become too familiar in recent years.