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Heroin
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Rural jails turn to community health workers to help the newly released succeed
Garrett Clark estimates he has spent about six years in the Sanpete County Jail, a plain concrete building…
April 22, 2024
Opioid dependence in Scotland remains high but largely stable, study shows
Opioid dependence in Scotland remains high but largely stable, according to a new University of Bristol-led analysis published…
April 18, 2024
West Virginia city once battered by opioid overdoses confronts ‘fourth wave’
From 2006 through 2014, more than 81 million painkiller pills were shipped to this city and surrounding rural…
March 13, 2024
DNA aptamer-based sensors can accurately detect trace amounts of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new generation of high-performance DNA aptamers and highly accurate…
March 5, 2024
California hospitals, advocates seek stable funding to retain behavioral health navigators
Health providers and addiction experts warn the funding structure is unstable for a California initiative that steers patients…
March 1, 2024
Restoring brain pathways to fight opioid addiction
Medical University of South Carolina scientists report in Neuron that they have uncovered a way to restore an…
February 21, 2024