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Everett's pilot program provides buprenorphine post-overdose, offering early success in opioid crisis intervention.

The US opioid overdose epidemic has fundamentally changed, with increased fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine usage and decreased heroin usage.

History of benzodiazepines and z-hypnotic drug use prior to a traumatic injury increases the risk for persistent opioid use after a traumatic injury.

"Our policies are saving lives,” Biden officials say about the drop in drug overdose deaths. Experts say that may not be the ...

As part of the City of Everett's efforts to address the drug crisis impacting the community, the Everett Fire Department ...

Across the US, drug-testing of pregnant patients is routine, hospital error is common—and innocent mothers face punishment ...

There is a significantly higher 90-day hospital readmission rate amonginfants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome compared to those without.

Corey Newman started taking Percocet bought off the streets shortly after he was shot in the leg in 2019. It helped with the ...

Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to ...

Hospitals across the country reported mothers to authorities after they tested positive for medications used routinely in ...