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Study examines trends for use of medications for opioid use disorder among surgical patients

Written by | 9 Nov 2025

In an effort to stem the death toll from opioid overdose, United States public health officials have promoted the prescription and use of medications like buprenorphine that blunt… read more.

Reduction in costs of fentanyl production found to have long-term implications for illegal opioid supply industry

Written by | 20 Oct 2025

The spread of illegally manufactured fentanyl has driven overdose deaths to unprecedented levels in the United States and Canada. It has also changed the production function for drug… read more.

Record number of drug overdoses in one year reported

Written by | 14 Aug 2024

Drug-involved overdose deaths increased by over 500 percent in 2022 according to a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, with trends attributed to synthetic opioids…. read more.

Rapid high-dose buprenorphine treatment strategy reduces opioid withdrawal in individuals using fentanyl

Written by | 9 Nov 2023

Buprenorphine is a medication approved for pain and opioid dependence. New findings published in The American Journal on Addictions indicate that a transmucosal dose (which dissolves in the mouth) of… read more.

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