Ellen Latsko, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Alina Denham, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York. Michael L. Barnett ([email protected]), Brown University; and Brigham and Women’s ...

People who leave jail and prison are at extremely high risk of a drug overdose, research shows. In this study of people with probable opioid use disorder in Massachusetts county jails, those who ...

A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...

Amid an escalating overdose crisis, growing attention has turned to racial and ethnic disparities in the accessibility of medication-assisted treatment (MAT), such as buprenorphine. Most existing ...

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...

State and federal actions to address substance use disorders (SUD) have begun to show progress. The provisional number of drug overdose deaths plummeted by nearly 24 percent from 2023 to 2024 and is ...

Black patients are less likely to receive outpatient OUD treatment referrals post-ED visit for opioid overdose compared to White patients. Hospital admissions increase the likelihood of receiving ...

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MARYLAND - Lieutenant Governor Aruna K. Miller, along with the Office of Overdose Response, has announced the award of $12.4 million in grants to numerous programs and organizations to address ...

Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to provisional CDC data. In 2024, Massachusetts had 1,340 confirmed opioid-related ...