On Thursday night, the city of Sacramento hosted its first naloxone training session, attended by more than 20 bartenders and ...

A powerful new synthetic opioid, up to 1000 times stronger than morphine, has emerged in Adelaide’s street drug supply, and ...

San Diego County officials have terminated a major contract to distribute naloxone – a lifesaving overdose-reversal drug.

Public health data from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania indicate that opioid-related deaths are on the decline ...

People experiencing substance use can receive peer support through Certified Peer Recovery Specialists at Howard County libraries through a partnership with the county’s Health Department.

Recent research shows that the mechanism of action of ketamine is complicated but involves the opioid receptors of the brain.

Policies now detail how the Clarke County Public Schools will respond if a student on campus is thought to have overdosed on opioids.

Naloxone, commonly known by the brand name Narcan, is an opioid-receptor blocker that can reverse opioid overdoses. This easy ...

Naloxone (also known as Narcan, the commonly used drug to treat narcotic overdoses) has greater binding to opioid receptors ...

Earlier this week, a new sort of vending machine appeared outside of the Government Center's main entrance with the promise of not only potentially saving a life, but changing a life. The vending ...