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It’s possible that GLP-1s may be useful for a range of substance use disorders, including opioid use disorder and nicotine ...

Cannabis use disorder requiring hospital-based care is linked to an increased risk for premature death in a new cohort study.

Over a decade spent treating and researching substance use disorders taught one researcher that the overdose epidemic is a ...

To help individuals seeking substance use disorder treatment services, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has added a new resource to MI Bridges, a website where Michigan residents ...

The City of Henderson, alongside regional leaders, hosted the second Fentanyl Awareness Summit on Wednesday at the World ...

Going beyond treating opioid overdoses, paramedics in Wake County are carrying a different medicine to treat the addiction itself.

North Carolina is one of many states receiving funds from a series of national opioid settlements resolving litigation ...

The Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust has begun to use much of the state’s portion of the money to attempt to build on ...

On Wednesday, national, regional, and state leaders gathered for the Fentanyl Awareness Summit to discuss the latest on ...

A new study (the first clinical trial of its kind) has shown that the GLP-1 agonist semaglutide — known by the brand name ...

Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster GLP-1 diabetes drug Ozempic led to improvements in some measures of alcohol use disorder in a ...