Cannabis is the world’s most consumed drug, according to data from the UNODC World Drug Report 2025, released Thursday. An ...

When most people think of the world’s most commonly used drugs, opioids often come to mind due to their devastating […] ...

Context Prescription opioid and heroin abuse has increased substantially in recent years. Enrolment on opioid agonist therapy programmes is consequently increasing as well. As a result of these trends ...

For comparison, we also examined patients who did not fill a surgical opioid prescription. Compared with opioid-naïve patients who filled opioid prescriptions, patients with no opioid prescriptions ...

If this trend continues, Nashua could set a 10-year record for the number of suspected opioid-related deaths, according to data from AMR.In the last ten years, 2017 had the highest number of ...

Context A rapid method of methadone conversion known as the Perth Protocol is commonly used in Australian palliative care units. There has been no follow-up or validation of this method and no ...

Opioid overdose deaths in Cook County dropped dramatically in 2024, according to preliminary data from the medical examiner’s office. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 73°F.

the guns had arrived. a baltimore jury found two drug makers liable for fueling the city’s opioid epidemic. mckesson and mayor sauce burgin must pay more than $266 million dollars in damages.

When an opioid binds to an opioid receptor, it activates various reactions that can affect the body. Due to their powerful analgesic effect, a doctor may prescribe opioids for pain relief.

The pace of opioid overdose deaths still remains far worse than before the pandemic, when there were fewer than 50,000 fatal overdoses a year. Fatal overdoses from other groups of drugs, ...