September 23, 2023
Nearly three-quarters of the over 29 million adult Americans who identify as having substance use disorder are in recovery, new federal data shows. This weekend, hundreds of advocates in the f…
September 3, 2023
During National Recovery Month, we celebrate the more than 20 million Americans who have had the courage to seek help for substance use disorder, showing millions of others that recovery is po…
August 19, 2023
About 66% of people reported that they, or a family member, had experienced substance use disorder The drug crisis is hitting home for the majority of adults in the U.S. According to the lates…
August 1, 2023
The FDA also approved the first generic non-prescription naloxone drug in July 2023. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the second over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone nasal spray p…
July 16, 2023
The White House on Tuesday unveiled a new plan to address the growing presence of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, in the country’s illicit drug supply. In recent years, xylazine, wh…
July 1, 2023
Overdose deaths involving illegally manufactured fentanyl laced with xylazine have skyrocketed in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). New CDC data…
June 18, 2023
When Ryan Hampton was recovering from opioid addiction in 2015, he remembers turning on the television at the recovery house where he was staying and seeing something remarkable: A rally, call…
June 4, 2023
Despite the continuing rise in opioid overdose deaths, one of the most effective treatments for opioid addiction is still drastically underprescribed in the United States, especially for Blac…
May 21, 2023
Drug overdose deaths in the United States plateaued in 2022 but still topped 100,000 — stark proof that the nation remains in the throes of a staggering crisis killing hundreds of Amer…
May 6, 2023
The rate of drug overdose deaths linked to fentanyl in the United States has skyrocketed over the last five years, new federal data showed. The rate of overdose deaths involving fentanyl spike…
April 22, 2023
Grammy Award-winning artist Macklemore to join the recovery community for Mobilize Recovery 2023 in Washington, D.C. Continuing its mission to support, motivate, and empower the 23 million Ame…
April 8, 2023
Every weekday at 5280 High School in Denver starts the same way. Students in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction gather on the steps of the school's indoor auditorium to discuss a topic c…
March 30, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first op…
March 14, 2023
People recently released from prison are ten times more at risk of opioid overdose than other citizens in the state of Oregon, according to researchers studying the incarceration and overdose…
February 26, 2023
The federal government is planning to allow states to use Medicaid funds to provide drugs to combat addiction and other medical services for people at state jails and prisons in an effort to…
February 11, 2023
State legal systems consistently rely on supervision as a cost-effective alternative to incarceration— though experts and key stakeholders acknowledge that probation must respond to the…
January 27, 2023
When George Lewis Jr., also known as the musician Twin Shadow, checked himself into a Thousand Oaks, California, rehab center last year, he met several people whose lives had been saved by nal…
January 10, 2023
The white powder, deposited in a small tube, arrived one morning by FedEx in a basement office on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Quick OD, half bag, we…
December 28, 2022
Nearly 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to final figures released Thursday. The official number was 106,699, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sa…
December 9, 2022
For decades, the U.S. struggled to create a national system for tracking opioid overdoses. Critics including Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) say the lack of accurate, real-time data has made it harde…
February 6, 2021
Foundations commit to lifting up voices of people in recovery and those impacted by addiction; support ongoing efforts for overdose response initiatives; and empower community-based solutions.…
November 6, 2020
Oregon will become the first state to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs, including heroin and cocaine. Voters on Tuesday passed Measure 110, which also expands addiction servi…
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