addiction

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Biden administration punts menthol cigarette rule indefinitely

First Opinion Giorgi Minasovi and Jonathan JK Stoltman

Does addiction make you un-American?

Health Lev Facher

Federal judge rules against Philadelphia supervised drug consumption effort

The Readout Meghana Keshavan

STAT Plus: How resurrecting extinct species might impact medicine

The War on Recovery Lev Facher

Switzerland had a drug overdose crisis. Then it made methadone easy to get

First Opinion Rebecca Arden Harris and David S. Mandell

Methadone treatment has been reformed for the better. States shouldn’t go back to the old ways

Health Lev Facher

Top U.S. addiction researcher calls GLP-1 data for addiction ‘very, very exciting’

Health Lev Facher

STAT Plus: Ibogaine, the psychedelic, unlikely to receive approval as opioid treatment, says top addiction researcher

Health Lev Facher

Overdose deaths hit another record but show signs of leveling off

The War on Recovery Lev Facher

STAT Plus: Q&A: Mark Parrino says it’s time to ‘completely re-examine’ methadone treatment for opioid addiction

The War on Recovery Lev Facher

STAT Plus: The methadone clinic monopoly: Opioid treatment chains backed by private equity are fighting calls for reform

The War on Recovery Lev Facher

Rigid rules at methadone clinics are jeopardizing patients’ path to recovery from opioid addiction

The War on Recovery Lev Facher

STAT Plus: New methadone rules are about to take effect. Here are 6 ways treatment could shift

The Readout LOUD Damian Garde, Allison DeAngelis, and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: VC turmoil, GLP-1 competition, & the war on recovery

The War on Recovery Lev Facher

How the U.S. is sabotaging its best tools to prevent deaths in the opioid epidemic

The War on Recovery Alex Hogan

Watch: Why fentanyl withdrawal is agony and how medication can prevent it

The War on Recovery Lev Facher

STAT Plus: Q&A: Nora Volkow on how to get ‘at least 50% less people dying’ from opioid overdose

Health Simar Bajaj

Opioid cravings were reduced by anti-obesity drug in small study

Health Associated Press

More people die after smoking drugs than injecting them, study finds

First Opinion Regina Benjamin and Jerome Adams

Former U.S. surgeons general: The U.S. should ban menthol cigarettes

Health Lev Facher

Higher naloxone doses have no impact on overdose survival, study shows

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Years into an addiction crisis, a med school lecture still minimized opioid risks

Health Lev Facher

Methadone treatment gets first major update in over 20 years

The Readout Damian Garde

STAT Plus: Pfizer’s reset year starts with a little profit

Politics Nicholas Florko

STAT Plus: Zyn scrutiny from Sen. Chuck Schumer prompts an unlikely culture war

First Opinion Maggie Hassan

STAT Plus: Sen. Maggie Hassan on what Congress must do next to fight the opioid crisis

First Opinion Joëlla W. Adams

The misguided reason why providers aren’t prescribing more buprenorphine for opioid use disorder

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: FDA is blasted by advocates for pursuing a deal with data provider that has ties to opioid makers

Health Lev Facher

How opioid overdoses in public restrooms led an electrician to invent ‘safe bathrooms’