Prescription stimulant misuse was less prevalent among women aged 35 to 64, but this same group saw an increase in the number of individuals dispensed these medications. Among patients prescribed ...

While the rate remains unchanged from 2016, there was an observed shift from prescription opioids to other drugs and dangerous drug combinations. More than half (52%) of Americans misused prescription ...

More than half of adults who misused opioids did not have a prescription, and many obtained drugs for free from friends or relatives, according to a national survey of more than 50,000 adults.

Substance use disorder affects every community, neighborhood and income level, and is a widely spreading epidemic across the country -- and Mid-Missouri is no exception. Addiction to drugs and alcohol ...

Originally Published in Law360 - September 23, 2013. Many consumers misuse products, plain and simple. All the warnings, labels and admonitions in the world won't stop this, try though the ...

With rates of prescription opioid use disorder and opioid-involved overdose deaths on the rise, the U.S. opioid crisis appears to be continuing unabated. Data on overdose and death are pretty reliable ...