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Once-Resistant Rural Court Officials Begin to Embrace Medications to Treat Addiction

06/29/2023

As evidence supporting medication treatment for opioid addiction mounts, judges, district attorneys, and law enforcement officials in rural America are increasingly open to it after years of insisting on abstinence only.

As evidence supporting...

06/29/2023

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Leonardo Dominguez Gomez, field researcher with the New York City Department of Health, tests a heroin sample for xylazine at St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction in New York City on May 25, 2023. (Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

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Evolving Overdose Crisis Shakes Previously Effective Treatments

11/28/2023

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Xylazine, a sedative used for animal surgeries, continues to infiltrate the illicit drug supply and contribute to a steady climb in overdose deaths.

Xylazine, a sedative used for...

11/28/2023

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Evolving Overdose Crisis Shakes Previously Effective Treatments

11/27/2023

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The prevalence of synthetic drugs is undercutting a previously effective and widely embraced opioid use disorder treatment tactic. Now, the model pioneered in Vermont a decade ago and adopted at sites nationwide, especially in hard-to-reach...

The prevalence of synthetic...

11/27/2023

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