New challenges in the opioid epidemic
New OUD research summarized for helps officials, practitioners, families, patients, and communities
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- Jan 27, 2020
Addiction Policy Forum Supports Bill for Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl
Legislation to combat fentanyl and the devastation it causes in our communities nationwide.
- Oct 31, 2019
The fentanyl crisis is only getting worse
Synthetic opioids like fentanyl accounted for around 3,000 deaths in 2013—by 2018, they accounted for over 30,000
- Oct 3, 2019
The truth about MAT? Patients know the virtue
The CDC and Surgeon General encourage us to improve naloxone access at the local level, through prescribing and pharmacy dispensing
- Apr 25, 2019
Fentanyl-adulterated Cocaine: Strategies to Address the New Normal
Cocaine and fentanyl are proving to be a lethal combination.
- Apr 4, 2019
Geographic Distribution of Opioid-Related Mortality in the Third-Wave Opioid Epidemic
The opioid epidemic is a devastating public health crisis - over 47,600 overdose deaths in 2017 involved an opioid.