A recent study using Medicaid enrollee data showed that medical marijuana laws and adult-use marijuana laws were associated with lower opioid prescribing rates. A second
With deaths from opioid overdose rising steeply in recent years, and a large segment of the population reporting knowing someone who has been addicted to
Araya is supporting the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by ensuring many of its members are aware of the date and how to
A new lawsuit alleges pharmaceutical manufacturers knew the addictive nature of opioids but peddled them to doctors and patients anyway. Albany County wants the companies
In the last two decades, prescribing rates for opioids have increased nearly three-fold, from 76 million prescriptions in 1991 to approximately 207 million prescriptions in 2013.
