In a new study, opioid addicts experienced structural and functional changes in specific regions of their brains. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News "This is your brain on drugs," the old anti-drug ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - A new joint program is looking to find the root cause of addiction here in Horry County. Myrtle Beach, Horry County and the City of Conway are all partnering for the Opioid ...

Washington State University researchers have discovered how a neural circuit—or a connection between two brain regions—drives ...

Prescriptions of tapentadol have surged in the last five years - The Examination After years of misery, Brad Liefvoort managed to beat his addiction to oxycodone. In 2018, he and his wife, Linda ...

Thirty years ago, I started tutoring teenagers in Concord. Today, Parker Academy serves students from across New Hampshire, and I’ve had the privilege of getting to know thousands of families along ...

This post is co-authored by Khary Rigg, Ph.D., and Malika Rigg, Au.D. The potential consequences of misusing opioids are well documented. Reports of opioid addiction and overdose are found throughout ...

The last time singer, songwriter and activist Melissa Etheridge heard her son’s voice, he said, “I’m sick. Mom, it’s fentanyl.” According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, there were ...

"There is a risk." Official issues urgent warning about hidden opioids in common product marketed toward children: 'We need ...

Some of the most recently available data brings welcome news in the nationwide fight against the opioid epidemic. After many months of increasing overdose deaths in the wake of the Covid pandemic – a ...

Homelessness is primarily caused by unaffordable housing, not addiction or mental illness, and is exacerbated by a lack of ...