Medicaid cuts in tax bill projected to generate spike in opioid deaths
The Republican tax bill signed into law earlier this month could result in a significant death toll for people seeking ...
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Medicaid unwinding may have put opioid recovery care at risk
The massive national effort to return the Medicaid enrollment process to its pre-pandemic rules starting in April 2023 may have ...
Oura and Google Fitbit partner with academia and others to battle opioid disorder
The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) announced it is partnering with Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS), Duke University, Google Fitbit, Morse ...
Opioid control policies linked to drop in domestic violence
A new study led by the University of South Florida reveals opioid control policies may offer broader public health benefits, ...
Study raises concern about opioid prescribing to injured Australian workers
Trajectories of opioid use during the first year of workers’ compensation in injured workers with back and neck conditions. Credit: ...
Opioid prescriptions in the ED linked to small increases in future opioid use, hospitalizations
Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Opioid prescriptions in the emergency department (ED) were associated with small increases in later opioid prescriptions ...
Support for rural primary care clinics increases their ability to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder
Evaluation of a Program Designed to Support Implementation of Prescribing Medication for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care ...
DOJ says Walgreens filled ‘millions’ of illegal opioid prescriptions
After several years of investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit accusing Walgreens of illegally dispensing millions ...
STAT readers on DEA opioid quotas and more
First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech ...
Stimulant users are caught in fatal ‘fourth wave’ of opioid epidemic
In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, near a storefront advertising "free" cellphones, J.R. sat in an empty back stairwell and showed a ...
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