A massive survey recently released by a national drug-testing company strongly suggests we are well into the “fourth wave” of the opioid crisis. The three previous waves were driven by 1) prescription ...

America's addiction crisis is being ushered into a dangerous new era by rising levels of polysubstance abuse, as more people become addicted to deadly combinations of synthetic opioids and stimulants.

How can researchers compare findings if not everyone is on the same page? In today’s Academic Minute, SUNY Empire State College’s Cailyn Green examines the health effects of teen substance use. Green ...

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The moment she saw him, Kelly Celata feared the man was dead from a drug overdose. It was a warm July morning last summer, and a man in his 30s was stretched out on the pavement near downtown Brockton ...

Even as the opioid epidemic dominated national attention over the past decade, the rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine, methamphetamine and other stimulants tripled, a new study in veterans ...

If you administer naloxone (Narcan) to a patient experiencing an apparent opioid overdose and it doesn't seem to be working, should you give more? Not necessarily, according to Kelly Ramsey, MD, MPH, ...

Results of a new study show that opioid overdose deaths involving more than one substance (polysubstances) are more common than opioid-only overdose deaths among youth. Led by researchers at Boston ...

Today’s officer faces unprecedented challenges daily. From day-to-day operations, to local and federal regulation changes, officers must be nimble and able to adjust quickly. The legalization of ...