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Sackler Family Says Opioid Lawsuit Is "Misleading"

The family’s lawyers have filed motions to dismiss the complaint filed against them by the Massachusetts Attorney General.

The floral exhibit coincided with the Macy’s Flower Show, and aimed to depict opioid addiction in a different light.

The bulk of the settlement will go to Oklahoma State University to fund an addiction treatment center and addiction treatment medicine.

For the third straight year, the U.S. has dropped in the rankings of the World Happiness Report.

Volkow says that patients using cannabis for opioid use disorder treatment may be putting themselves at risk of relapse.

Many women who experience violence and other traumatizing situations use opioids to self-medicate, an expert suggests.

Ohio’s prescription drug monitoring program played a major role in the state’s success. 

The number of doctors starting patients on opioid prescriptions also significantly declined.

Fewer than 7% of US physicians currently have the DEA waivers necessary to prescribe buprenorphine.

The clinic is the brainchild of a registered nurse who has been sober for 13 years. 