Buprenorphine Regulations and Better Treatment of Addiction
We face a lot of obstacles on the road to ending the opioid crisis, and one of them revolves around access to evidence-based addiction treatments.
We face a lot of obstacles on the road to ending the opioid crisis, and one of them revolves around access to evidence-based addiction treatments.
Jayani Jayawardhana, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy (@JayJayawardhana). Jose M. Fernandez, PhD, is an associate professor at
This is part 4 in our series on the opioid crisis, presented with support from the NIHCM Foundation. We’ve talked about the state of the
Part 3 of our opioid series, supported by the NIHCM Foundation, examines the potential of marijuana to improve outcomes in opioid addiction therapy. Some studies
In recent years, life expectancy in the US has dropped, and deaths of despair have been a significant contributor. Drug overdoses and suicides have increased
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2020, The New York Times Company). It also appeared on page B3 of the April 14, 2020
Alex Woodruff is a Policy Analyst at Boston University School of Public Health. He tweets at @aewoodru. A “traumatic event” is when someone is exposed to
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2019, The New York Times Company). It is jointly authored by Austin Frakt and Toni Monkovic. When
The following originally appeared on the University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute Health Police$ense blog and the CHERISH blog. It is coauthored by Sarah Gutkind and
My colleagues Nambi J. Ndugga, Elsa Pearson, and Melissa Garrido have a piece out in Axios today on the challenges posed by benzodiazepines (BZDs). In
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2019, The New York Times Company). The idea that legal cannabis can help address the opioid crisis has generated
A new simulation study published in the American Journal of Public Health shows that reducing opioids for short-term pain saves lives in the long run,