In a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine , researchers with JCOIN’s Massachusetts Clinical Research Center found that providing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) during incarceration can improve outcomes and save lives after release. The study shows that individuals who received MOUD in jail were more likely to engage in treatment and less likely to experience an overdose within six months of release. The study evaluated the impact of a 2019 Ma

Provisional data  released by the CDC’s National Vital Statistics System indicate a 26.9% decrease in drug overdose deaths nationwide in 2024, falling from 110,037 in 2023 to 80,391. The decline represents an estimated average of 81 fewer overdose deaths per day. Seven states—Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin—and Washington, D.C., experienced 35% or more reductions. “The continued decline in overdose fatalities is likely a result

RecoveryOhio’s Overdose Early Warning Dashboard is a first-of-its-kind resource designed to predict when a community is at heightened risk for drug overdoses. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s RecoveryOhio initiative has launched a groundbreaking new online dashboard designed to predict when communities may be at heightened risk for a spike in drug overdoses so local leaders can take action in time to save lives.  The first-of-its-kind tool uses a variety of data to pinpoint ZIP co

CDC data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths this year.

In a large-scale effort to make fentanyl and counterfeit pill education resources available to communities, The Addiction Policy Forum...

A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry estimates that between 2011 and 2021, 321,566 children in the US lost a parent to a drug...

Addiction Policy Forum (APF) has partnered with the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) on a new project to advance...

Overdose deaths have reached a devastating new 12-month record, with nearly 110,000 American lives lost from December 2021 to December...

A new report from the Addiction Policy Forum provides feedback from patients, caregivers, and practitioners on the U.S. Food and Drug...

APF Executive Director Jessica Hulsey spoke before a Joint meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug...

A new study from researchers at Rutgers University found that teens and young adults treated for sleep disorders with benzodiazepines...

Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released provisional data showing there were 107,622 overdose deaths in 2021,...

As cases of COVID-19 continue to spread across America, the effects of the pandemic on the opioid crisis are creating mounting concerns...

Contact Your Member of Congress to Urge Them to Increase Resources for Naloxone As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the...

Improving Narcan availability is the best chance of saving lives from overdose.

New Report on How Naloxone Saves Lives

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revealed that 67,367 people died from a drug overdose in 2018.

If all overdoses are considered “accidental” until proven otherwise, we may be missing higher rates of suicide and depression

Naloxone is now available in many places without a prescription. Naloxone is a temporary antidote for overdoses from opioid drugs Here...

Naloxone is now available in most places without a prescription. Naloxone is a temporary antidote for opioid drugs which include but are...