Christine Turner has been named clinical director of Recovery Centers of America, a 207-bed drug treatment and rehabilitation center in Danvers. Turner previously served in…
WESTMINSTER – The health community has been trying to figure out how addiction works for ages, how to treat it and how to erase the…
A drug that reverses an opioid overdose and prevents death is often cited by public health experts as a bridge that would connect people to addiction…
PHILADELPHIA — Five dollars is enough to get high on heroin here in the City of Brotherly Love.Without it, people addicted to opioids will develop a…
This month, the Washington DC metro area became the home of one of the largest addiction treatment centers in the world. The new facility represents…
DANVERS — The company that operates an addiction treatment center where two patients died last year said one death may have been caused by “contraband” brought…
In an effort to help stop a “public health nightmare,” the City of Philadelphia on Wednesday sued several regional pharmaceutical companies, claiming that their marketing methods have been so misleading,…
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf last week signed a statewide disaster declaration, designating the opioid crisis a public health emergency. The aim is to enhance responses from…
TUESDAY, July 5, 2016 (HealthDay News) — People who mix marijuana with tobacco are at greater risk for dependency and less motivated to find support…
In 2014, the overdose death rate for whites ages 25 to 34 was five times its level in 1999, and the rate for 35- to…
